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Ail-Tuesday, Feb. 24, 1874.
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. [Election Monday, April 6th.]
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’- boomer-HENRY B.HARRISON,NewHaven
For Lieut-Govemor—JOHN T. \VAIT, Norwich.
{For Treasurer-DAVID r. NICHOLS, Danbury.
FarScc’yStaw—JOHN‘Q. A. STONE, Killingly.
,3. MMptroucr-i—E. PERRY PACKER,Coventry.
Be ublicanSenatnnal Convention,
p l2th,Se_natorlal District. .
The Republican Senatorial Convention of the
TWBIRII Senatorial District; will be holden in the
Court Room in" thc'Town Hall, in Stamford, on the
TWELFTH DAY OF MARCH, A. D., 1874, at 10:30
a. m., for the purpose _of nominating a candidate
for Senator and candidates for J udgcs of Probate
for the several Probate Districts in said Senatoria
District, and to transact any other proper business.
All towns areVrcquestcd to send double the number
of delegates they have Representatives. ‘
Dated at Norwalk, this 23d day of February,«187~£.
'A. H. CAMP "
IRA soorm’LD. }
J. BELDEN'HURLBUTT,
.. ‘ Editorial Letter.
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Senatorial
Committee.
Duals GAZETTE :-—Thc Senate has been
engaged all the week in a prolix discussion
, . of the Banking and Currency bill,-and in
‘ lthe vote last night betrayed the fact that
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the infiationists had a bare majority of
three. The contradictory reports which
come here to Congress from the different
sections of the country, are as perplexing as
the testimony in a court of Justice.‘ One
man, or set of men, will write that they rep-
resentailarge class of persons of great
wealth, and interested in contraction to; the
extent ‘.of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Another party or committee will send here
greeting that they represent the toiling, cu-
terprisrng, producing millions Of the nation,
who need and, must have more circulating
symbols. of credit. Such .is the conflict of
statements sent here, and contrariety of
sentiment among Congressmen, that it is
next to if not altogether impossible to find
any state whose_‘delegation'is a unit in sen-
timent on any financial‘plan.‘ The fact
' seems‘to be that capitalistsand. persons
whose fortunes are secured, oppose inflation,
while the great middle or operating classes,
and of course the great majority in numbers
of the people, as strenuously demand more
greenbacks. It" Congress could arrange
some system of'frec banking, audio that
system provide for some sort of redemption.
either in legal tenders or‘a. low interest bond ,
the true needs of business would probably
be most adequately reached. The effect of
the Senate’s action last night, if sustained
by the House, will be toexpand our green-
backs, or National Bank circulation, nearly
a hundred millions of dollars. , It was at-
tempted to attach a free banking amend-
ment to the Merriman amendment, but it.
failed. It is beli'eved,lhowcver, that some
sort of.a free banking act will be passed be-
fore the struggle is over. ' '
_ The opinion is prevalent that the infie-
tionists have a decided majority also in the
House, and that we need not look for any
specieresumption from the action of this
Congress. '
In the _House Representative S. L. Wood-
ford achieved a flattering triumph for a new
and young; member. When Mr. Garfield,
chairman of the Appropriation Committee,
essayed to make his report, Woodford rose -
and in an eloquent appeal to the House beg-
gedithat the rhgular Legislative and judi-
cial appropi-iatiOn bill might be laid aside,
for that, he said;could be considered just as
well-next J unej as now, and that'the House
ought first to attend to and decide the great
and pressingfinancial questions, towards
which every business man 'in America had
. ‘ is eyes and heart turned. The suggestion
~. sustained by an overwhelming major-
ud llIer'Gar-field'hzid to._‘subniit with
._ grace he could to his somewhat
.. usual defeat. ' '
The new Civil Service committee, of
which. Gen. S. ‘W; Kellogg, of our New
Haven district, is the chairman, has selected
Capt. Chas. H. Brown, formerlyofStam;
ford,a most- expert. and efficient treasury'i
clerk, to act as their secretary. The com-
mittee are busily engaged, in inquiring into
the alleged abuses and proposed reforms in,
the various Government departments here}
It is doubtful'if any very substantial im-=
provements are secured from all their pains-L
The chief abuse in the departments is keep?
ing unwarthy and incompetent men in of-
fice, but any act that lays the axe at the
root of this evil will so shy off as to hit
only worthy employees,'while worthless
ones are held in place by influential legisldi‘
tors. . " ' I ‘
Chief J usticc Waite is the observed of all
observers just now. He visited the Supreme
Court room'Thursday, and was introduced
to the ofiicers. Later, he came upon the
,_ floor of the'SenaIe, where he was generally
introduced by Hon. John Sherman, of Ohio.
He has made a most favorable impression
on all who have met him thus fur,,a_nd
seems to be a gentleman with no very great
natural relish for being lienized. Mr. De-
lano gave'a dinner in his honor Thursday
evening, and Senator Buckingham gives
him a reception next Thursday evening, in
his-behalf, at his elegant residence. Mr.
Waite is at present domiciled at the Arling-
toll.
Another distinguished :personage is. just
now’. attracting observation in Washington
_society, and one w" a has excited some local
interest with our people hitherto by reason
of his identification with the imprisonmen"
of Mr. Hatch, of N orwalk. President Baez,
recently run .out of ' Smite Domingo, is a
guest at Willard’s; ihpngh' a. “ colored
person,” he once having been President of
a republic admits him to the general: table,
of thatpdpular hostlery without'objection.
How fast are'our prejudices wearing away l -
It is believed that some practicable bil1
will comé‘ out of the chaotic and not alto:
'gether 'decorous' debate on reviving the
Frankiug' privilege in the House, by which
public documentsseeds and cuttings may
be sent the people' free of-cost.» Congress-j
men do not probably have to reply now to .
one letter to twenty-five when enjoying the
frank,‘while the demand for documents has
almost entirely eeased, owing to the expense
involved in their, transmission. The Con-
grease-ate; hes‘endoubtedlr gained great”. ,
‘bf there‘peahbut 1.119 ‘5 dc”.- People” are the
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sufferers. . , . _ .. .
The, petition of the so called “National
Reformcrs" has been acted upon‘by the
House Judiciary Committee. . It will be
rember‘ed thatfthi‘s reform movement has.
for its p'ur‘pbsensuch an amendment aswill __
in express terms. recognize God 'in‘ our Con!
stitution. The committee report that:
“Upon the examination of the. meagre
debates‘by-thc fathers-of the Republic 'in
convention which framed the Constitution,
we find that the subject of this memorial
was most fully andcarefully considered,
and that the convention decided, after
grave deliberation to which the subject was
entitled, that as this country, the foundation
of whose Government they were then lay-
ing, was to"~ be, the home of t oppressed of
'all nations of the earth, whether Christian
or' pagan, and; full realization of the (tan.
gers’which the_;union between church and
state has imposed upon 50 many nations of
the 91d, World,.with greatunanimity that
' it was;cxpedient- to put anything into, the
Cdfistitu'tio'n’or frameof Government which
mi ht be construed to _be a reference to any
religious creeds or"doctrines ; and we fur-
ther find thatthis _decisioniwas accepted by
our Christian fatherswitb such great unan-
imity that in the amendments which were
afterwards. proposed; in order to make the
Constitution more ‘ acceptable to tlienatiun,
none has ever becnlproposed to the States
by which this wise determination of. the
fathers-has been attempted to be changed;
”Wherefore your committee rcportthatitis
inexpedient to legislate upon the'subjoct of
tbe‘memoriaj, and ask that they be-dis-
charged from *the further coaeidei‘aiion
thereof.” .
.Gen.‘Babcock gave Baez a state dinner
lastcvening. W. D. Bishop left for home
yesterday. - Next week he returns and4
goes South with Tom Scott’s railroad party.
. 2- , 'sfl'fim.
Tli ermometer, today, 70 dog. in the‘ghadg
There have been the past week abut},
the Capitol, A. L. Train, Of New Haven},
Edgar T. Welles. .of Hartford; M. F. Mer‘oj
ritt, of Stamford; A”. H. Tehny and Jas. D.
Mowry, of Norwich: and Geo. W. Cram,'of‘
Norwalk, tclegraphs his expected advent
here onMonday.‘ As ever, B.
. FIRE.—-A small unoccupied dwelling
owned by Mr. Geo. W. Byxbee, situated
Down Town, on the shore beyond the resi-
dence of Mr. Marvin, was destroyed by fire
last Friday night, about ten o’clock. Loss
about $500; insured for $300. Incendiary.
_ Judge Butler, of New Haven, lectured on
the subject of Temperance, in Temple of
Honor Hall, South Norwalk, on Sunday
evening. The attendance was good, and
all present were pleased and profited by his
discourse. The meetings will be held at
the same place on each Sunday evening, at
7 o’clock} for the present.
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Number 2 of the “City Guard” is an im-
- provcmcnt upon the first issue, and the
editors promise to make it bright, sharp and
spicy, in the future and to keep on improv-
ing it as fast as they can learn how to do so.
. The South Norwalk Common Council has
voted to buy a Hook & Ladder Truck, at a
cost of about $400. A company will be
organized to use it, and the city may event:
ually have what is sorely needed—a good
fire department. _
”
Tho'nurnslde Guards.
The Twelfth Anniversary,_of this aim-
pany is to be celebrated at Military Hall,
South Norwalk, this evening,'24th. The pro.
gramme embraces 9. Prize Drill, an _OySter
Supper, etc. Ticket holders are entitled to
supper, alchancc for a tea set, and to wit-
ness the drill. Many regimental ofilcers
are expected to be present. Of course a
pleasing-entertainment may be expected.
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The sociable at the Congregational par-
sonage, last Wednesday evening, was large-
ly attended, and passed off very pleasantly.
. .
" Asst.-Adj.-Gen. Fox, of New Haven, was
in town last Tuesday, and‘ during his stay”
was the guest of Capt. Andrew Selleck.
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“Who is to be the first Chief Engineer ?”
is the great question of the day at South
Norwalk.
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Capt. Morris K. Hale, recently a resident
ot'this place, died on Friday last, at Green’s
Farms, and his funeral was attended from
the Congregational church, in that place,
on Sunday last. Mr. Hale was formerly
well-known as Captain of a schooner in the
coasting trade, and was generally esteemed
and respected. He has been in poor health
for months, but seems to have failed rapidly
at the last. '
The Nantucket Gas Company has reduced
the price of Gas to three dollars per 1000
feet. How can such a small. place as that,
with so few consumers, afiord Gasat a so
much less rate than populous Norwalk.
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“ Women Crusaders” is the latest name
given to the praying bands of women who
enlist in the modern crusade against the in-
fidel liquor dealers. ~
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Workmen are busy preparing to enlarge
the corner building of Mrs. Flynn, at South
Norwalk, now occupied by S. F. Peck,
druggist. {A small addition has also been
made, the past week, to the market building
of J.:H.~ Knapp, next, to the 2d Congrega-
tional church. ‘ ' “'
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. The venerable Rev. John; Smith died at
the residence of his son, James D. Smith, in
Stamford, on Friday last. :Rev. Mr. Smith
was at one time settled in Wilton, where he
was greatly esteemed.
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E. W. Stuart and Wm. S. Bouton, Esq'rs.,
have been drawn as Jurors to serve during
the March term of.the Superior Court.
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More fog. The doctors feel encouraged.
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Rcv. S. B. S. Bissell attends the installs-V
tion services at Greenwich, to-day, as a.
delegate from the First Congregational
church. '
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Yesterday was observed as a holiday by-
the Banks, and some of the schools were
closed hall a day. Although a legal holiday,
the day is seldom observed as such in this
vicinity. .
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Miss Helen M. Stevens is to remove her
Home Lawn School to the old Fairfield
County Bank Building, Wall Street. Miss
Louise Stevens contemplates spending the
summer vacation in a tour of Europe.
we
Mrs. Charles T. Leonard and daughter,
who spent last winter in Nassau, expect to
sail for that place again on Thursday, 26th,
and remain untilMay next. Cashier Chas.
H. Street expects to accompany them but
will remain there but a short time. .
W—«OH
If you belong to the masculine gender
and live in the Borough you should remem-
ber that the harbors intend to occupy front.
seats in the churches next Sunday. If you
wish to do the same you must get shaved
the night before.
’P.——-‘
The mud digger and pile driver are here,
and active operations have commenced on
the new wharves.
The Good Templar Supper at Cranberry
Plains comes ofi‘ this week, Wednesday and
Thursda ' evenings. '
, Rev. Mr. Bentley, of the. First BaptiSt
church, was out of town last Sabbath, hav-
ing been suddenly called away on‘ account
of the alarming illness of his father. His
pulpit was supplied morning and evening
by Rev. Miles Olmstead.
I . , .
An ambitiousice dealer from New York
.is at work on Umpawaug lake trying to se-
Ecurc a big crop of ice for transportation to
,that city. He hasfive barges at South N01“.
walk waiting to be filled. ‘
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The Evening Zola/ram of Saturday last
announces that several thousand women
have offered their services for a crusade
against rum in New York and Brooklyn and
‘that other thousands will enlist under that
banner before the close of the present week.
The article to which we alludeegoes on to
say :—
N ow it is notorious that a large part of all
_the property in this city devoted notonly to
tthc Sale of liquor, but to the most infamous
trades, is owned by men who pass as reput-
able citizens, a large number of them being
members or pewholders of churches. When
the police broke up dozens of the most
infamous places some months ago, the secret
of such ownership was revealed
' Suppose the investigation should be sweep
ing ‘3 TVithout talking anything like senti-
ment, we would ask if any one thinks that
these church members could endure the
exposure? Well,’these ladies, thus early in
the campaign, propozc, as we published yes‘
terday, to operate directly with these com.
'municants of churches who rent property,"
knowing it to be used for the sale of liquors.
They will urge these church communicunts
to drive out the offenders; and more than
.lhis, if necessary, the ladies may publish
a list of church members owning this spe-
Tclcs of proper! y.
B‘. S. Blascc-r removes his store i
ry’s Building, this week.
_ .
o Mallo-
Mr. F. Gi‘iebcl, of New Canaan, has-pur-
chased the saloon in Phoenix Bloclrformer-
1y conducted by Mr. A. Faber. ' '
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Select-man Selleck has introduced a fine
new fire-proof safe in his office, manufactur-
"cd by Messrs. Mosler, Bahmsnn Jr 00., of
Cincinnati. -' ' ' '
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.ARHEST ln5ifil stiletto
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‘On Monday last, Deputy Sheriff Aaron
Sanford, of Bedding, and ConstableC. H.
Crosby, ofDanbury, proceeded to’ Newtown
and arrested Henry Willis of Sandy Hook,
on the charge of having murdered Mrs.
Sarah Sellcck of New Canaan, in Novem-
ber last. His examination‘was to take place
in Newfi‘Ciin'ifah“ at 10 o’clock yesterday,
(Monday) morning, and longbetore that
.hour the street in front of the Town Hall
was crowded with an eager and Innxious”
throng awaiting the opening of the doors.
The prisoner was taken to New Canaan
onthe morning train, but hiscounsel, Mr.
J. A. Wilson, of Ncw16wn,got left behind
so the trial had to be postponed for a couple
of hours to await his arrival. On the open-
ing of the hall —'doors ‘at 11:45, the building
was packed in a 'very few moments almost
to sufl‘ocation with people from New Canaan
and adjoining towns. , . '
Immediatelyan ordcr'boing obtained jus-
proceedcd to open the court; he had an ad-
visory bohrd of justices, Stephen Lockwood,
Scofield and Bliss. The. indictment of
grand juror Charles W.'Hall,'chalrging Hen-
ry Willis withthe” murderjjwas read, to
which the pligohet‘pr'ompuy and clefi‘ly
pleat “NotGuilty.” - p
k Lawyer Feesendeu _for the prosecution
then 'called his witnesses:
miter Davjsjepequ in substance his
former evidence of the finding of the body
of Mrs..Selleek, and his having seen her
alive the night; before, when he called at
her house with three pumpkins.
W. L. Waring, forgman of the Coroner’s
jury, also gave evidence regarding the find-
ing of the body. ' ' '
' Dr. Wm. G.§;Bfot1'sothestificd asto the
. marks.‘and'blowsrfofinddon' the body.
Prisoners couusclwtriedfitogét an opinion as
to probable time the. body had been burn-
should judge several hours. ‘ _
Prof. SamuelSt._ J ohnslso, n gave result of
his examinations. In answer to cross-ex-
amination of prisoners counsel as to length
. of time the person had been dead, said body
Seemed to indicate aprotracted burning,
With'n slow fire _it would take a long time
. to.consume so much of a human body.
Andrew F. Jones, son of Mrs. Selleck,
gave evidence as to situation on his arrival
home and named articles which were miss
ing. He kncw‘the prisoner. made his ac-
quaintance in Stamford about two years
ago. Prisoner had been to mother’s house.
First time he had been to the housei'was
something over a year ago. Had been up
there only twico,since, to his knowledge. l
of the prisoner, testified that he hadknowfn
Willis eight, years. He kept 'a saloon in
Stamford last spring. I made my home at
Richard Lockwood’s; Willis was there for
about 4 or 5 weeks. I worked for Hiram
Knapp. My wife saidWillis left hem that
day, Tuesday: the’da'y of the murder. Did
days from'where I stayed- While with us
had conversation with Willis in hall at Mr.
Lockwood’s. Willis proposed to witness
to go up' the Hudson river and break into a
jewelry store; also,that I go and steel beef in
Stamford, and he would barrel it up. Also
to go and break open Smith Glover's store
in Sandy Hook. He also said that two
good fellows could black themselves up, go
where there was some old, rich woman,-—_-
one draw a revolver and cover her, the 6th-
er‘couldtakewhatghe .wanted and go. » He
then spoke of this place, said he could take
a place like where Jones’ mother lived,-:
an out of the'way place. ' I refused to have
anything to do with any such business. He
said I would have to go into some such
business before spring, on account of hard
times. Spoke another time of the boy firing
a building in North Stamford ; said he took
and spread kerosene around and then took
a‘short piece of candle and set fire to it, and
when it burnt dotvn to the oil, that took
fire. Heard‘ot the murder the next day af-
ter he went away. _When Willis came back
from New York, I was at Knapp’s at work
and saw him at Lockwood’s. He was gone
4 or 5 days. , It was before Thanksgiving.
He 'said ’ he 'first heard of the murder
in New York at 4'o’clock a. m. He had
a different shirt'o'n‘ when' he came back
from what he had when he went away-
Mr. Lockwood asked him where he got' his
new shirt and shoes, he said he bought
them. Said he sold his watch for$17 while
gone ; a brass watch plated with silver pri-
zed about $10 by a Stmford jeweler, cost
$11, About the murder, said he could prove
where he was at the time of the murder.
Said he thought he should go to Cuba.
Wore checked ' pants when he went away.
Pants were very dirty, Dove" saw any spots
of blood on‘ them. Have been washed
since. . I went to Newtown—he came home
while I was there and changed his clothes.
A. Mr. W. H. Biglow gave evidence that
he was acquainted with Willls and met him
in Stamford thelday before Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Richard Lockwood of Stamford :4
know Mr. Willis, he has been: at my house,
was there in :November. ‘Never saw Mr.
Willis have any money, had no bag-
gage. He left my house on Friday the
week before Thanksgiving, after dinner.
Said he was going to New York,— had
thoughts of enlisting in the Navy. He had
on a checked shirt when he left. mixed
pants, neither light or dark. Next saw
him the night. before Thanksgiving. He
came into my house while several of us
were talking of Mrs. Selleck’s murder. . Said
he had been to New York. 'Asked where
he got. .his new shirt, rair‘. he got it from an
engineer. Considerabi» value was spent in
crossexamination or flu: witness but with
out changing any of nor evidence. -
corroborating that of his wife, the previous
witness. V _ . ,. .
The hour now being late the court :was
adjourned until 10 o’clock Tuesday morn.
ing.
There are yet several witnesses to be ex-.V
amin‘ed on the part of the prosecution and
the defense 'also have a number in attend-
ance to give-evidence in behalf of the
prisoner.
It is surmised that the defense intend to
try and prove an Alibi, as his counsel was
very particular 'in trying to fix the
probable time of the death of Mrs. Selleck,
in his cross-examination of Dr. Bronson and
Prof. St. John.
It is thought that the prosecution has not
yet produced its strongest evidence.
As the trial is progressing, we content
ourselves with giving a digest of the evi-
dence simply without comment.
Of the prisoner the Stamford Advocate
says :— ‘
“ He formerly kept a “ gin mill” on Pacific
street, in this town, afterwards he was em-
ployed by the railroad company to clean
locomotives, etc., and still later he appeared
as the owner of a groggery in the store
formerly occupied by P. S. Jacobs, grocer.
He earned a very indifferent character here,
and we have heard of more than one in-
stance in which he has“beat” peeplcout
of goods or money. While employed on
the railroad he formed an acquaintance
with Mrs. Selleck’s son, Andrew, and on the
latter’s invitation frequently visited Mrs.
Selleck’s house, occasionally remaining over
unday with Andrew Jones. He thus be-
came personally known to the widow,
(though probably she knew nothing of his
private character) and it is reasonable to
suppose he became more or less conversant
with her circumstances, habits of life, etc.”
It is reported that the Astor Honse,-—-once
‘ ' the pride of New York—will cease to be a
hotel after May 1st.
New buildings, valued at, $39,000,000,
Were erecte‘d'list'year in New Yé'rk City.
iaall’Mul‘der I
,Nol‘vialk Council toj'consider the question
lice of the peace Joseph F. Silliman, Esq,-
ing, but the witness could not fix any time,.
After dinner, Ed. Conger, a brotheifinélaivj
not see him at night.‘ He was gone 5 or 6’
Mr. Richard Lockwood gave testimony,
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V ., _ Water for Selim Norwalkfi‘v
The committee appointed by the South
of supplying the city with water, 1111,70 held
he Borough
several consultations, will
the Council and the Court of Burgesses, the
matter will then come before the people of
theBorough and City for. their sanction
when there will be opportunity for a 'full
discussion of the subject.
Ion—We believe that our ,dealcrs are
pretty well prepared for next summer's
campaign. although they may not have
secured enough to carry them along into
the next season, especially if the summer
should prove very warm, and the demand
large. At South Norwalk, Mr. Keeler had
some left over, and is now pretty well sup-
plied. Up town, Mr..VFitch has secured-his
usual supply,.end Mr. Davis will also prob-
ably be able to supply his customers. R.
Ells &'Sou havealso filled their houses.
Sons 91' Temperance.
Concord Division No.2, 8. of T., holds its
thirtieth anniversarygFriday evening,March
61h. A full attendance of its members, old
and young, is requested for Friday evening
of this week.
A delegation from this Division visited,
by invitation,'a Broadway-New York city,
division, Wednesday evening last.
The regul “monthly meeting of . the
Ladies’ Association of the First Congrega-
tional church, will be held in the Lecture
Room on Wednesday afternoon, at 3 o’clock.
Rev. C. P. Bush, D. D., of New York, Dis:
triet Secretary of the American Boardpf
Commissioners for Foreign Missions, will be
present and deliver an' address respecting
thework of the Women’s Board of Missions.
In the evening of the same day he will do;
liver an Illustrated Lecture in the church,
especially addressed to ‘ the young, but
which will be found very interesting to all.
The Sunday schools of the various churches,
and all interested in the cause of Missions,
are cordially invited. ’
~t
Gcorge Mead, of Danbury, was convicted
of stealing a watch from the person of Mr.
Hitchcock, of Bethel, in the Superior court,
at Bridgeport, on Saturday.
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Mr. C. H. Douglass is constantly beautify;
ing his store and has now one of the most
attractive confectionery establishments in
this country. His 'stock of fine candies is
equalled by few stores in New York. He:
deserves success and we are glad 'to see in-V
dications that-he iswinning it. '
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, Mrs. Ellen Brown, nearly a century old,
died suddenly, in Bridgeport, on.Wednes-
day. She acted rather strangely that morn;
ing, and finally went to her room, put up
Lher knitting, and lay down upon her bed to
rest. Soon after she was found sleeping the
sleep of death. It is said by her friends
that she had often'pray'ed that she might
die on Ash-Wednesday. . Her remains were
brought to Norwalk for burial.
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Tho Dissection or the stallion Twins.
PHILADELPHIA, February 17._-The autop-
sy of the Siamese Twins 'Vreveals’that' the
ligament was in part composed of an exten-
sion of bones of the chest. forming a joint
something like that of the _elbow. It was
also found that the membranes of the stem-
ach extended into the ligament in the form
of two overlapping pouches, so that any at-
tempt at separation would have'opened the
cavity of the abdomen, probably causing
death. It was found that blood circulated
through the band. ” ”h” ’ ' x
V The erection of a $30,000 convent has
been commenced in New Haven—under the
shadow of old Yale.
“CW
Mr. and Mrs. Capt. Geo. W. Swing, of
Viueland, New Jersey, were visiting auld;
acquaintances of Mrs. Swing, in town last,
week._ Mrs. S. was formerly from Norwalk.
er-o———— ..
Frank A. Camp, formerly clerk with?
Kcelcr, Holmes & Co. , also an active mem-
ber and oficer in Concord Division S.- of T.,
having lately graduated from the New;
Have’n Commercial college, is now employ-,
ed as a teacher of book-keeping in that.
college.
.W—m
Bierstadt’s famous picture of‘ “The
Domes of the Yosemite,” which was paint-
ed for the lamented Le Grand Lockwood
for $30,000 and which recently adorned the
walls of Elmenworth, is now said to be in
the possession‘of Mr. Fairbanks, the scale
maker, whoJras, in some wise, given it to
his town of St. J ohnsbury, Vermont.
0
Gorshom Raymond’s new fish “pool”
must be a magical afi'air. He sent us last
week a fresh shad, three months ahead of
the proper shad season l—only think of it.
if this enterprise keeps on we shall soon
have shad all the year round. The pool is
also said to be well stocked with all the
best kinds of fish to be hfi- anywhere on
the coast, or to be caught in our rivers. Go
and try your luck fishing with a silver
hook.
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Sandy has sworn off again and desires us
to state that he will never get drunk any
more. He means it, too, and will keep his
Word as long as Rip Van Winkle used to do.
0
At last the front of Phoenix Engine
Home has been adorned with a signs—one
'of the iiiuminatéd', ventilating kind.
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Harvey Fitch has just completed an ad-
dition to his barn, which is,,designed for
use as an ice house.
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One of our dentists left town on a. Swift
trip east, last Friday. Rumor has it that
social circles in a certain community in this
State.
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Supt. Thornercports that he cannot keep
the streets of New York clean, including
remOvnl of snow, for the sum of $1,000,000
éyeni'ly.
O
York paper says :—)
In spite of adverse criticsm he has insist-'
hippodrome in the world, and one that will
not he destroyedhliy fire, if art and science
can prevent it. 1'. Barnum has been fort-
unate in securing the_squarc bounded by
Fourth avenue on the east, Madison avenue
on the West, Twenty-sixth street on the
South, and Twenty-seventh street on the
North. The ground measures about 450
feetbetwcen the avenues by 200 feet between
the streets, and the amphitheatre will seat
comfortably ten thousand people. . The style
of the building is somewhat after the ancient
Flavian Amphitheatre of Rome. The ellip-
‘ti'cal arena is open to the sky, and is border-
ed bv track twenty-five feet in width, sur-
rounded by rows of-seats for spectators, each
row rising above the row in front of it, until
the outer and upper row nearly reaches the
summit of the outer walls. A light, but
substantial roof will shelter the spectators.
The arena will be arran ed at times as a
garden, while at other times it will lie arc
ranged for pantomimic performances, ath-
letic sports, and for the ascensron of balloons.
From this arena Mr. Barnum proposes to sail
his balloon for Europe. It is building now
0n the other side of the Atlantic.
. _______._,.
The \Vade-Kalhfleisch Breach of Promise
Case. It will be remembered that about
two years ago Mary Frances Wade insti-
tuted anaction against Martin Kalbfleisch,
ex-mayor, to recover $100,000 for alleged
breach or promise of marriage. Before the
case ever came to trial the defendant died,
and the plaintiff subsequently sought to
have the suit continued against his estate.
Judge Nelson, sitting at special term. deci-
ded adversely to her, and ,sbe appealed to
the general te’rm. The general term render~
ed. a decision sustaining Judge Nelson‘s
action, The case mambo taken to theeourt
crappealgp'N. XBei‘ald.
when he returns there will be a vacancy in ,
Hanson’s GREAT Hmronnorm—A New. ‘
ed upon building iniNew York the largest i ‘
, A Lecture. ‘ 3'
We understand that Dr. Paul Hoflm . rin-
'3de to deliver a lecture before afilloryialk
V-pdienee. His experiences but? beddé so
that there can be little doubt, judging from
the specimens of word paintipg which have
lately appeared in our columns from his pen.
The scenes drawn and the incidents related
are so striking, in some instances sonain-
fully real, that one almost feel: the descrip-
tion. Dr. Hoffman is no novice on the lect
ture platform and has reaped abundan-.
laurelswherevor he has been induced to
mount the rostrum.
The lecture he proposes to deliver, we
have no doubt will be one of those enter-
tainments to which we will be able to look
.back, not only with pleasure, but with a
sense ot,full gratification.
A lecture is, and remains the most condens-
ed form of imparting and gaining knowl-
edge, and if the lecturer has the power of
blending the'instructive with the amusing
matter, in such a manner that the audience.
“,learns playing” as it were, the lecture is
an institution not only to be patronized,
-but to be warmly nurtured. To intelligent
people a good lecture is a source of enjoy-
ment which they cannot find in a negro
minstrel show, with its burnt cork and clog
dancers; nor in the circusWith its sawdust
and bedeaubed clown, who, however stupid,
is not half so stupid as those who laugh .at.
his state and thousand-fold repeated clown-V
ishjokes and grimacés,from which they turn‘
in disgust at having misspent their time.
The people of New England are proverb:
ially in a. pdsifion to appreciate a- good
thing, and to. discriminate between a force
and a. reality, and Norwalk we feel sure is
notthe last in the list of progress and men;
tal improvement. . . "
. Louis T. Wigfall, the Texas fire-eater who
figured so conspicuously in the Senate just
before the war, and commanded-a brigade
in the Confederate army, has gone to his re-
ward. . '
, I .
. It is estimated that over $1,000,000 has been
expended on the .Tiehborne case so far.
The faces of Vernon, Ind., bachelors are
rasped by a female barber. ~ ' '
A man in Washington county, New York,
recently eloped with his sister-inlay aged 13.
m
On last Tuesday evening, the friends of
Cyrus Ruscoe, from Vista and Norwalk; to
the number of about. forty, gave him a sur-
prise in his new home in Unionville. He
thought he had served his country too long
in the last rebellion to. be surprised by
friend or fee, but 1115 friends determining to
make some impression on his nerves, per-
suaded him to arise, and there he stood, six
feet high in his boots, while Mr. J. Ruscoe
rehear «I over some of the incidents of his
past 131' , and in closing, presented him with
a purs. f sixty dollars. Then it was very
percep' to that the object of thevisit was
accou‘~ "shed, for you could plainly see that
tall, .~. 4'th frame shake. With a few re-
mark. :2qu suitable thanks from him, his
frieniiv were convinced that if men could
not St. 'i'l'iSC him, sixty dollars could in these
tight t; .125. Alter partaking of a bountiful
supper of oysters and other daintics, and
having what we call a. good, old-fashioned
time,'relieving ourselves of that kind ‘of
amusement we do not wish to carry for the
next forty days, the party broke up and
left for their respective homes, all happy
and well satisfied. ‘ F.
The announcement that the Colvocoreses
insurance cases had been settled by a com-
promise, the companies paying, fifty .per
cent. of the policies,._is_ denied by‘the execu-
tor. ' ‘
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The annual report of the officers of the
.. Naugatuck road, shows the total receipts of
the road for the year ending September 30,
1873, to have been $543,936.71. Of this
amount, there was from the transportation
of freight, $309,156.88; from passengers,
$205,898.27; from mails, $5,621.24; from
express, $10,500, and from other sources,
$12,760.84, making .the total named above.
For the. same period the total expenses
were, $319,708.32. Of this sum the larger
items aréirepairs on road, $127,126.30; pas-
senger ;ev'penses, $26,439.89 ; frcight expen-
ses, $74,788.91, and for engine coal, $28,510.-
45. Tax-eased coupon interest amount to
$29,634.04, which added to the operating
expenses-and the whole deducted from the
entire receipts, give $194,594.35 as the net
income of the company for the year. . The
dividend declared Feb. 15,1878, amounted
to $93,945, and that of August 15, 1873, to
$94,020, leaving as a balance of the earn-
ings for the year ending September 30th,
$6,628.85.
_
The Central Branch Union Pacific
‘ ' Railroad.
An important decision has recently been
made by the full bench of Judges compos-V
ing the Supreme Court General Term, State
of New York, in the suit of Samuel Lenox
TredwellxvsLRalph M. Pomeroy, Efling.
ham H. Nichols and others.
It; will be remembered that Mr. Tred—
well instituted a‘suit'abOut'a'year since to
compel thc’Eicutive Committee composed
of Ralph . M. Pomeroy, Efilngham HI
Nichols, and Henry Day to make an ac-
counting of..t1_re"assets and profits derived
from constructing the first 100 miles of the
above road, and'to expedite the suit applied
for commissions to take evidence of im-
portant witnesses residing in this State and
Kansas. Two such commissions were
issued, one by Judge Barrett, the other by
Judge Brady of the Supreme Court, from
Which an appeal wastaken by counsel for
Pomeroy and Nichols, with the annexed
results. We believe this is the fifth. or sixth
order or decision, given in Mr. Tredwell’s
favor, and yet these are only preliminary
steps to the suit.
We learn that the Treasurer of the .com-
pany has also’refused to exhibit the Stock
Register, When there is so much secrecy
practiced, and so closely contested efforts
to obtain facts, there must be something
which the parties desire to conceal. We
shall watch the prpcccdings with interests
, and hope rightwill succeed.
{srkrn or NIW roux, sornmua coon-r—
, GENERAL rsnn.
Before. Judges Davis, Daniels and Dono-
Ehue.
crimes Br cures Jcsrrcn DAVIS.
. Issue having been joined to answer as to
one of‘several defendants in this action, the
plaintiff moved'o‘n the usual affidavit for a
commission to take the testimony of a wit-
mess residing _in the State of Connecticut.
i'l‘hefdéfendants, as to whom the issue, is
joined,objccted'on the ground that issue.
who not also joined as to all the defendants
mniedin the complaint. The Court grant-
bd the motion and. ordered commission to
issue; ,pt‘bviding, however, the order that
thetestimony taken “under it should not
hfi‘e‘ct the Tether defendants, From this
order-.was.~,tnkcn an appeal, insisting that
the Court has no power to issue a commis-
sion'until the action is at issue as to all the
defendants. Chap. 875 of the laws of 1862
(Session laws of 1862, page 028), provides
that whenever any issue of fact shall have
been joined in _any action or proceedings
and it shall appear on the application 0
either party that any witness, not residing
in the State, is material in the prosecution
or defence, the Court may award a com-
mission to examine such witness on interro-
gatories, See. This provision does not seem
to leave any doubt as to the power of the
Court, and if there were any question under
the Revised Statutes which we do not think
to have been the case, the amendment of
1862, above referred to, wholly removes it.
The discretion of the, Court, was properly
exercised. But we think the order was not
appealablc. This court so held in Thatcher
VS. Bennett, cited at page 555 of Voorhies‘
Annotated Code (edition of 1870). It does
not affect prejudicially any substantial right
of a defendant; on the contrary. it tends to
expedite the case and preserve the evidence
on which the substantial rights of both
arties‘ may be ascertained and enforced. V
3-3,. anneal should'bo dismi'Ssed. with $10 ~
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heart aches; but she perseveres, thinking
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Mr. Eowf W. Smlnrfj .
{Sir .u-I do not pro;
so of Stuart Vs. Bank
908,0 ‘0 reeopen the ca
."varied and his opportunitiespfzobservii'tlon of‘uiNorwalk,» nor entcr into‘ a ' discussidn
Water Commissioners in regard 'to the so manifold, that his lecture cannot fail to with you} as to the, justice of the decision
matter, and are to hold another. eetingon be of thedeepest interest iffhe succeeds in rendered, merely remarking that if your
Thursday evening. If the comm ttee report bringing before his audience the scenes he “statement of facts” is satisfactory to“ the
in favor of taking. Borough jitter‘an‘d an depicts asvvividly as they :‘nccessarily must _many citizens of this abd other places" who
agreement should be'e‘ntered into between be impressed on his mind’s-eye.’ And of have been so patiently waiting for its ap-
pearance, and if they really believe your
assertion that you fully proved on the trial
all the questions in issue between yourself
and the bank, then their opinion of the fit-
ness of a judge for the position he fills, and
,whose character for truth and legal ability
has never been questioned, must be very
damaging to him and their sympathy for
you 'very greatly enhanced. Nor'will I
more than allude to your modest assurance
in claiming for your own unsupported tes-
timony superior weight to that of
other evidence confirmed in every
instance by one or more witnesses
lll contradicting your preposterous and
improbable statements regarding special
agreements,demand and refusal to deliver
your bonds, and other equally absurd dee-
larations. .
But you have chosen to make this vera-
cious “ statement of facts,” the medium of
a gross, personal attack upon me, and to
this part of your statement I design to
make a brief reply.
You have seriously, deliberately and im-
prudently charged that my testimony on
the trial of your case, was not true, and at-
tributing in part to this cause the loss of
your suit, express with an injured and mor-
tyr-like air the anguish of your soul in
being contradicted “under the solemnily
{of an oath,” and appeal with touching
piety to a higher tribunal, where truth, in a
" crushed” condition, shall yet be finally es-
tablished. I will not even dispute the
point with you now, but so far as the
question of veracity between us in this mat-
ter is concerned, will leave it'wholly in
abeyance for the present, relying for confir-
mation of my testimony regarding one of
the points in issue on the trial .of our case—
a question material and important in its
bearing upon the liability of the bank—-—on
a witness whose evidence I do not'think
you will publicly impeach, how‘ever poor
an opinion you may privately entertain re-
specting his veracity. And this witness
shall be yourself—E. W. Stuart—and if I
succeed in convicting you from your own
lips of deliberate, conscious inaccuracy in
your testimony, I shall ask the “ many citi-
zens of this and other places” to hesitate
before accepting your denunciations of
others as “ uncrushed truth.”
And now for my evidence. Yen brought
an actionagainst the Bank of Norwalk to
recover the value of $15,100 in U. S. bonds,
of which the bank was robbed on the night
of Sept. 30th, 1869, and which bonds were
claimed by you to be your property. Four
of these bonds, of $1,000 each, were held
by the bank as collateral security for the
payment of your note for $3,000. The re-
maining $11,100 were a special deposit for
safe keeping only. In your direct examin-
ation you emphatically declared that you
had never received from the cashier, nor
from any other person, a notice or intima-
tion of any kind that any of these bonds
were kept at your risk, but, on the contrary,
you persistently and unreservedly testified
that you had been solicited by the cashier
to bring your bonds to the bank, and on
condition of your so doing and in consrder~
ation of the profits to be derived or to ac-
crue—you were not quite certain as to the
exact term used—from some future ex-
change of the bonds, the cashier agreed on
behalf of the bank to assume all risk in the
care of them. You were very careful to
make no allusion to a special agreement re-
spe'cting the four bonds held by the bank as
collateral, for the obvious reason—as your
counsel doubtless advised you—that such an"
admission would imply an understanding
on your part that no such agreement existed
for the $11,100 special'deposit. On your
cross-examination no effort of counsel could
induce you to admit that you had ever at
anytime or under any circumstances been
notified that the bank refused to assume re?
sponsibiiity for any portion of your bonds,
but you re-asserted that there was an agree,
ment made with the cashier, covering all{
your bonds from the day they were deposigl
ted till the ' robbery of the bank. And now’,
fora quotation from your “statement of:
facts.” You say, “ I had the further reason.
for my claim that $4,000 of the amount was
held by the bank as a collateral pledge for-
the payment of a note of $3,000, whieh'tbe
cashier said when he too]; the collaterala, the
bank zcaogresponszjblefor them at any rate.”
Why did the cashier tell you this if—as you
have sworn-the bank had hold all your bonds
for years on precisely these same terms?
Then you do now admit that at least six
months previous to the robbery, some inti-
mation had been given you that the bank
did not hold itself responsible for some of
your bonds, and this, in the face of your re-
peated denials and assertions to” the con-
trary, and, alas! under the solemnity of an
oath. I refrain from comments,leaviug the
“ many citizens of this and other places” to
draw their own inferences.
In regard to the surprise and pain you
claim to have felt in being contradicted
‘V‘ under the solemnity of an oath,” may not
the novelty of your experience in this par-
ticular be justly attributable to the factthat
you never before were a witness in 'your
own behalf?
to say that your loss by the robbery of the
bank, as well as the losses of the other un-
fortunate sufferers, was a cause of deep and
severe pain to me, as it was to the whole
community. Personally, I should not seri-
ously have mourned if the stickholders of
the bank, in addition to their own heavy loss,
could consistently have contributed to make
" up, at least in part, the losses of those whose
bonds were held as collateral security. But
'the directors decided under the advice of
’the highest legal authority—of the State that
this could not lawfully be done. This de-
cision 'had certainly the merit‘of disinterest-
itcdness, as out ef$40,000 and-upwards of the
collaterals,’ the directors themselves were
the owners of more than $30,000. But se-'
vere as was your loss, and deserving as you
were of sympathy, this was no'justification
for your absurd and preposterous inventions
of agreements, conversations and demands
that never occurred, and for which there
was no other basis than your own diseased
imagination. ' '
. R. B: Casurnnn. -.
‘Pouomnrsm, February 21.—All work
on the ice houses on the river ceased to-nigb t.
The continued thaw has‘so weakened the
ice as to render even foot passage across at
anypointdangerous. It is probable that a
boat will come to N ewburg from New York
on Monday. Clarke’s large house at Stuy~
vcsant, the New Jersey company’s 'house
opposite Tarrytown, and another at Coxsa-
kic are full of ice. All the rest of the houses
along the river are not quite two-thirds full.
Close figuring shows that, up to to night
750,000 tons of ice have been gathered, and
the harvest is considered over. Last year
1,500,000 tons were stored.
The river is open" to' a point two miles
north of Newburg. ‘
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If a child wants alight to go to sleep by,
give it one. The sort of Spartan firmness
which walks off and takes away the candle,
and shuts all the doors between the house-
hold cheer and warmth and the pleasant
stir of evciiiiigmtrlh, and leaves a little son
or daughic-r to hide its head under the bed-
clothes, and get to sleep as best it can,is
not at all admirable. It is after the pattern
.of Giant Despair, whose grim delight, con-
fided toDillldence, his wife, over the miser-
ies of his wretched prisoners, always seem-
ed most inimitable—a perfect picture of the
meanness of despotism. Not that the dear
mother meansto be cruel when she tries
this or that hardening process, and treats
human nature as if it were clay, to Donald-
ed into any shape she may" please. Very
likely she has no idea whatever of the'inju-
ry and suffering she causes, or perhaps her
she is fitting right. ..
There are over 830 boys in the Reforuv' -‘
School at Merlden at presum.
What ac
In closing this communication, permit me .
anion amine party who happens to be in-
L
A];
b
‘ HIE——
unneetidnt [misses in
Vnanunmi
\VAsuINGTou,Feb. semis“.
Masses EDI-tons :—
Lent at last. Forty
days for rest, humiliation, and—frivolity—
on.thelsly...‘ Fashionable “society” at the
nations great capital, to the outer, observant
world, lies like the anaconda gorged with
the deer. Holy Saturday, forty days hence,
it will have digested its gorge and will rise
again to a few public wriggles in the way of
balls and parties. .But the satiety will not
have entirely have wornofi‘, and these ef-
forts at a new reign of fashionable dissipa-
tions and follies will be feeble in the extreme
and the attempted recuperation a spiritless
failure for the rest of the Congressional
term. May we not hope that many'a spoil-
ed son and daughter of fashionable life, may
improve these ashen days for their souls
purification and e (l them with some earn-
est resolves for a higher and nobler life.
While there is much, very much, that is
heartily and properly enjoyable in the social
customs reigning here‘evcry winter, there
are many painful sides to it all. The meet-
lugs and greetings of admirers and friends
from remotest parts of our great nation,
are ofiimes hearty and sincere. But too oft
jealousies, envies, unseemly gossips, undue
familiarities and scandalous flirtatious, re-
sult from the incessant. round. While we
may observe trails of highest breeding and
truest culture, at these receptions, balls and
parties, the preponderence is of the vapid,
largely diluted, mutual admiration sort; To
me, the most distressing feature has been
the [almost universal furnishing of «wine to
guests. It has come to be viewed as an in-
dication of penura'ouaneas not to (furnish
liquors at the Refreshment Tables, Do fath~
ers, mothers and christian men' and women,
—(for there are many such—at least, pro-
fessing to be such—when at homey—ever
think of the terrible, terrible possible results
of their mistaken hospitality ?
Probably no more ehjoyablc and truly
delightful Party has been given, than that
by Mr. Buckingham of our State. All join
in saying his refreshment tables were per-
fectly superb in decorations and delicacies,
and yet no young man or young Woman, or
great man or humble constituent, left the
Senator’s parlors that night with the flavor
of champagne polluting his lips. God
bless him for it. Those in “ high life,” who
accept “ invites” to such entertainments for
what they can gormandizc, may sneer out
—“ Yankee stinginess”—but the good and
thoughtful, as I know,.did not fail to remark
and heartily commend the Senator’s omis-
siOn of the too familiar punch-bowl.
Among the most—I think the most—sen'
sible and enjoyable gatherings I. have at-
tended, have beenathose at the house of Ex-
P. M. General Horatio King. These-are
“card" receptions, but the attendance is
limited only by the capacity of Mr. King’s
house. He always provides some literary
or musical specialty for each evening’s on.
tertainment. Gentlemen go in their busi
ness suits, if they choose, and ladies wear
thesimplest attire of their own parlors, if
wish, and all without occasioning remark
The best people of the visiting and resident
population are always to be met there, with
a natural preponderance of literary and ar'
tistie celebrities. And not the least gratify-
ing feature of these highly intellectual and
social reunions is the Refreshment part—
which is simply a silver tankard of ice water!
- I never so despaired of the future of the
American Republic during the darkest
hours of the war, as I have this winter in
beholding, in utter consternation, the dash
made at the refreshment tables, at the par-
ties I have attended, where supper has been
served! The charge of the “ black horse
cavalry’lat Bull Run was no just compari-
son! Ladies in their most expensive toilets,
besmeared with creams and salads, and all
crushing forward to the objective point,
with a fierceness only paralleled in a farm-
Ver’s barnyard at the morning poultry feed.
To observe people, (who otherwise carry the
semblance of being well-bred,) thus conduct,
is to me a sight more disgusting than I can
find words to express. In its ludicrous as.
pects it reminds one of the good old rever-
end’s unfortunate emphasis in reading aloud
Adam's confession as to partaking of that
unfortunate apple. Appreciating the robust
appetite of the cloth, he read “ The woman
whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave
me of the tree, and I did eat." Mr. King
has my thanks, at least, for inaugurating a
so much needed Refreshment reform. One
or the papers came out only a few days
since and said the city was infested with a
“ horde of decayed, fashionable lunies," who
by deft diplomacy manages to ring out invi-
tations to supper parties as their only
means and oppontunity of getting a “square
meal.” From what I have observed, it isn’t
miich of an exaggeration. But my observa.
tion permits me to make another, and a
gratifying statement. It 1': not the home
“ constituent,” temporarily visiting here’
and attending these stated and stately
“ feeds,” who make such pigs of themselves.
Their more respectful and delicate way of
approaching and receiving refreshments at
parties is in marked contrast to the mob-
rush made bythe regular, or native party
attendant. This compliment is fully deserv-
ed by our friends from home, and I wish
the professional party-goers who spend
their winters in Washington might improve
their manners by the example.
Another disgust and misery of “ Society”
life here, is the practice adopted by the city
papers of employing a “society Editor.”
The vapid silliness of the fulsome “ pulls"
given the ladies receving, is simply ont-
rageous. Every real or supposed charm of
face, feature and form and the minutest dc-
_tail of dress are lauded, to the exhaustion of
all the adjectives. “Superbly charming,”
"‘bewitchingly beautiful,” “angelic in sweet.
Zness,” at atom, are some of the more mod-
erate and subdued descriptions, applied to
ithe wives, mothers and young daughters of
our fashionable circles. What wonder they
become vain and silly, when they daily read
in the public prints their own names and
charms set forth in such so‘t and nauseating
silliness. ' ‘ '
As I am out'again on a general “ scold,”
Tm going to refer to another abuse, where I
think our peeplc at home are seriously at
fault, and that through the sheerest thought-
lessness. So, at the risk of getting my ears
pulled by the “ senior,” I shall proceed'to
“ speak my mind.”—It’s all about the little
matter of three cent postage stamps! I’ve seen
a very interesting little me‘moranda of post-
ages paid sinée Con'gressrconycned forsome
of the deer people of Connecticut. ' It fools
up 'a little over thirty-two dollars for less
than three months. Not a'g'reat sum you
will say, and yet more than tiny clever Sec-
retary ought to pay'for-tbe privilege of re-
plying to the hundreds ’of letters sent here
by parties at home asking information cen-
cerning matters of interéstlonly to them-
selves. Only last week, amothuch epistles
containing no 'stampsifor’roturn pestage,
were three requesting a'nd’requiring a per.
Sonal application to the Pension Office and
the time of an entire dayl';.'o,ne.otber to the
Patent Ofiice, two toftherPcLst‘Ofiice De-
partment, (three miles a’nd.:a quarter dis-
tant); one to the Navy Yard,- (a mile and a
half distant); two to'tlie' Treasiiry (a mile'
distant); and one other fora transcript of
legislation, which it would take any lawyer
two weeks of patient examination to make.
The car fares for executing and complying
with these pleasant requests could not have
bcén loss than a dollar 'and a half. You
will be'mo re surprised when I tell you that
out of all these epistolary demands upon
and one of these was a poor Norwalk boy
who wrote hoping to get employment here'
‘To the individual- at‘ hoI‘e nhus writing,“
may seen: tuiitrlvial 7115 matter falconsideraf
11011:an is it"norjusfi mum: bit ofon’imp‘o-
,2, fourtajfdollarsin a single day recently, in
much they have made by tho-repeal.
present week has had one‘ hundred men
for this last
DB.
in.
THROAT
RAB N a. co.
Tenpwmvnmnd
receipt of
the new‘.
dreds such ? The secretary of
enator from Nevada paid out
answer-31h" similar letters and prepaying
documents the senator’s constituents desir-
ed to have sent them. It is just one of these
little wrungs that brings to mind that " evil
is wrought by want of thought, as well as
want of will.” Congress repealed the frank‘
ing privilege in answer to what was deem-
ed the popular demand. .What, and for
whose benefit was this privilege enacted?
Certainly not for the Congressman. Surely
it was_the people‘s benefit. If new they
would enclose a stamp every time they
write a Senator or Representative on their
own affairs, and several stamps when they
desire a public document mailed them, per-
haps “the people” could determine how
Butif
this repeal shall result in a law transporting
'our letters for a penny and our printed matter
for nothing, as some conjecture it may, it
need not be regretted.
What do you think? If Congressman
Platt, of Virginia, and a Va. State Senator
weren’t before the Senate Postal Committee
yesterday begging that. Gen. Grant’s nomi-
nee, a Mrs. E. C. Bainbridge, may not be
confirmed! Cause—a Republican male
cater wants the post office ! Where is Miss
Anthony? Apropos, Gen. Grant has offered
the former widow of Gen. Rawlins asouth-
crn postmistresship. The good lady says
she would prefer the Danbury post ofiice.
This, no doubt, is because she wants to keep
near to that funny Danbury Nam man.
Some very good ladies are urging Con-
gress to help them establish a girls’ reform
school here, similar to the one Connecticut
has at Middletown.
Chief Justice Waite was on the floor of
the Senate yesterday, and was introduced
to Senators by Mr. Sherman. He was giv-
en a complimentary dinner last evening, by»
his secretary, Delano.
The weather is cold and stormy again.
Nevertheless, croecuses, snow-drops, and
violets are in open air bloom, and the birds
are carroling as gayly as in our Connecti-
cut May. Ladies made calls Monday and
Tuesday iii Spring attire and with spread
sunshades. Monday evening residents sat
by open windows, and lace curtains flutter-
ed in soft, southern breezes. The back of
winter must be well broken, though it must
be remembered that the fourth of March
last year was the coldest day ever expe-
rienced here by this generation. '
The President’s last levee was held Tues-
day evening. The crush made overthing
the ladies displaying their gorgeous apparel.
Chief Justice Waite was the lion of the
evening.
It is a lucky circumstance for your friend
Gen. Woodford, that his wife is here to pro-
tect him, else his broad, expansive brow
would soon be still more barren of hir-
sute adornment. He is now on the Civil
Service Reform committee with Judge Kelc
logg, of Connecticut, and was beguiled by
some soured hater of our sex to introduce a
House resolution for two hours more daily
toil by deparment clerks. Visiting the
treasury a. few days subsequently, be was
pointed out as the author of that ill-
considered measure, when a committee of
lady clerks was at once improvised and
sent after him. The story is that being
warned, he fied as incontinently as poor
Mr. Cashing has done from the pugnacious
little Mrs. Gaines! The General has pru-
dently notified Judge Kellogg that he can
,continue the further examinationof the
lady clerk bureaus alone by himself, and
the Judge, who is a great favorite among
the ladies, says nothing could possibly af-
ford him greater pleasure than to finish this
port of their duty without further assistance
from the other members of the committee.
The lady' clerks at the Treasury, were
made sweet and rapturous again by the
arrival there, yesterday, of a third. invoice
of fifty pounds more of Frank Mead’s un-
rivaled candies. Such delicious chocolate
creams and caromels as Mr. Mead‘ sends are
Something new in this market.
I was also shown by the “Senior” two-
very graphic and finely finished pictures
from Whitney’s Norwalk gallery, giving us
an idea of your great freshet of Jan. 9th.
Mr. Whitney has a distinguished reputation
here as well as at home, as a photographic
artist, as he was in charge of Brady’s
Washington Gallery during the war. ‘
Jenner Warn.
—-——-—-—-—.-u.
Mr. Gco. K. Gilbert, recently‘of Wilton,
is new at Frank Mead’s.
. . '
DONATION.—A Donation Party for the
benefit of Rev. Mr. Anderson, is to be given
at Lockwood’s Hall, on Wednesday eve-
ning, March 4th, when alllwill have an op-
portunity of assisting the members of Zion
church in their efforts to support a Pastor.
o
Balm fora Bankrupt.
NEW YORK, February 22—Negotiations
are making for the return of Edson Bradley,
the bankrupt Broadway merchant, who ran
away to Canada from his creditors in De-
cember with $70000 in gold. He is expect-
ed this week. Among the creditors are H.
B. Clafllin and A. T. Stewart. It is said his
offences will be forgiven on his restoring the
property he took with him.
-————.—c.i—.—————
NEW Jansnr MIDLAND Barnum—Since
the new freighting arrangements effected by
President Wortendyke, for the transporta-
tion of all the New York Midland through
freight, and for the direct transfer of freight
to new York in the cars, there has been a
very great increase Via the freightingbusiness
of the New Jersey road. The quantity and
variety of the freight transportation is
simply enormous. From the North and
West come long trains of lumber, baled hay
and other products. of that region ; while
from Northern New Jersey come extraordi-
nary quantities of hoop poles, on almost
every freight train. . On Wednesday night
a freight-train passed through Patterson on
this road with twenty-five heavydaden cars.
On Thursday night a still larger train pass-
ed through to Jersey crty, having forty-five
car loads of freight, two enginesbeing re-
quired to drag the train. The road is very
convenient for the shipment _of -southern-
bound freight. The Watrons shipped six-
teen car-loads of iron bridge work for Peru
by tliis'road, to be transferred at Jersey
city to the Pennsylvania road, to be trans-
ported lo Philadelphia, where the bridge
will be placed on ship-board for the voyage
toward Peru. Another and novel species
of freight has been started on the road this
week, to wit: the carrying of ice. The
New Jersey Ice Company, of Jersey city,
fearing an ice-famine, has bought the ice on
the Pompton furnace pond, and during the
cutting ice tea inches thick, and shipped it
daily. They would transport twenty can.
loads per day, if the road hadthe cars to
spare—The passe .
is steadily increasing, as- the public becom
better acquainted with the excellent accom-
modations provided by the Company. .
—-Patsrson Daily Press.
5‘
cause.
each bottle. None genuine unless the fac.sim1le of
cU‘R'l‘IS 8: PERKINS is on the outside wrapper.
Sold by all Medicine Dealers.
ri
uncomfortable and destroyed all chance of,
a
ing magnificent views.—inland and on the Sorghd,
' V was planned for a Seminary. and during "I.
to Jersey Guy at the rate of ten car loads past four years a successful .school has been bnil
11
Garden, and the out buildings are new and 50011..
nger business ‘of the road dorsed as thorough
9 class School successfully.
phuegraph of building,
Thirty Tease; Experience of an
(1 Nurse.
Mrs. WIn-lowuloothlngSyi-u u the
prescription of one of the best Ferns e Physi-
mns and Nurses in the United States, and has been
as
success by millions ofmotbersand chlldrenJrom the
ed for thirty years with never falling safety and
eble infant of oneweek old to the adult. . It cor-
rects acidity of the stomach, relieves wind colic
regulates the bowels, and d
comfort to mother enrich“
the Best and SnfestRemedy in the World n' all Gangs
of DYS EN TERY and DIARRHGA IN CHILDREN ,
whether it arises from teethinw or from any other
ives rest, health an
if. We belie c it to be
Full directions for using will accompany
ly31
A cozy little Cottage, suitable for a, newly mar-
ed couple, would be rented to a. desirable party ‘
Enquire at_the GAZETTE OFFICE. ‘
Five Hundred Thousand Bottles of Hale’s Hon-
ey of Ilorehound and Tar, have been sold during
the past Winter, and. at least half that number or
alarming. cases of Coughs, Colds, Influenzaland
Bronchitis have been cured thereby.
Pike's Toothache Drops cure in one minute.
Children often look Pale and
Sick
from no other cause than having worms in the stom-
ach. BROWN’S VERMIFUGE COMFITS will de-
strov Worms Without injury to the child, being per-
fectly WHITE, and free from all coloring or other
injurious ingredients usually uscdin worm prepara-
ions.
CURTIS 8: BROWN, Proprietors,
No.215 Fulton Street, New York
803d by Druggists and Chemists, and dealers in
Medicines at Tszrr-Fivn Czsrs A Box. 1y31
HOUSEHOLD
Pruicrl
AND
WHY WILLYBD 39"!!! '1
To all persons suffering
from Rheumatism, Neu-
ralgia, Cramps in the
Limbs or Stomach. Bil-
lious Colic, Pain in the
back, bowels or side, we
would say THE 1101:5194
HOLD PANANCEA .and
FAMILY LINIMENT is of
allothers the remedy you
_want for internal and ex-
ternal use. It has cured
the above complaints in
thousands ofcases. There
is no mistake about it.
Try it. Sold by all Drug-
gists. . _
ennui
lINIMEflT..
shamanism.
.;.v\, SKA/cm”; Jo, \/\1"\f./‘v ~./ .7... ..-- - . .
In Georgetown, Feb. 17th. by Rev. S. N. St. J ohn,
Mr. H. B. Goodbell, of Southport, and Miss Minnie
Stoddard, oi' Redchng. .
In Danbtiry, _Fcb. 4th, by Rev. J. L. Peck, Mr.
William ’1‘. Scofielu‘ to Mrs. Sarah A. Gray all of D.
In Bethel, Feb. 16th, .hitReV- George 1‘- Waters
Mr. John B. Tucker to Miss Mary 3» Wheeler. all
OfIRofibldry' . » ‘ C B. P l
n ri ge ort Feb. 16th I) Re’T- - - ll mer.
Mr. Elias P. Schmidt, of Bridgeport, 1-0 Miss Annie
0. Lund, of Fairfield. ’
:::f—.’1_... -. ‘t::‘_i:. iii 1.. ' .3
I I B .
_rn Nor-walk, Feb. 19th. Mrs. Susan. dau liter of
Nathaniel Comstock, and wife of Noah gMosher,
aged 23 years, 5 months, and 25 days.
In Bridgeport, Feb; 18th, Mrs. Ellen Brown,
aged 96 years._ Her remains were brought to Nor-
fizltk, and buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery, on Friday
In Middlefield. Conn.,VFeb. 17th, Hattie _E., wth
of James 0. Sutton, aged 35 years and 2 months.
Formerly of Norwalk. - ~ .
In Stamford, Feb. 20, Rev. John Smith, in the
4. year _of his age. Feb. 20th, llev. Edward Old-
rr , a ed [2.5'1‘5. His luneral_will be attended from
the ethodlst Church, on Tuesday, Feb. 24th, at 2
o’clock p. m. , .
y e11:- sDanbury, Feb. 17th, Charles Beecher, aged 54
In Georgetown, on the 27th 1111:. F. W. Pa 1. on
aged 69 years, 10 months. ’ f1 ’
DONATION!
THE ggstees and friends of the M. E. ZION
5 CH CH, of Norwalk, will give a Donation
111’
An e
r for the benefit of their aster; Rev. Abram
rson, at LOCKWOOD’S ALL, on
Wednesday Evemng. March 4th.
If said eveningproves stormy the donation will take
place the next fair evening. The Committee will
5 are no pains to make the entertainment agreea-
b e to all who wrll favor them with their presence.
Admission 50 Cents, Supper included.
. Hall will be opened all night for the accommoda'
tion of friends from abroad. , ' .
BUILDING LOTS
For Sale.
on: on WEST murmur.
Part of a House to :lot. Apply to
CHARLES E. ST. JOHN.
STORE 0N IAIN STREET T0 [ET
A several apartments for families.
Two or three good Houses for sale.
Also one pan- Team Horses and Lumber We on
fans-ale. Enquire of . S. E. OLMSTEA .
Norwalk, February 24th, 1374. -
To BENT.
VERY desirable place on Mott Avenue.
Possession 'ven lst of April. Enipaire of
ELBERT ‘5. SMITH, Or‘GEO. 0. BER
so BEWARE. "
RING LOST 2
'I
suita
8
A
Stt'
N Saturday afternoon. Feb. 7th, an Ameliy-t
Bing, With Gold setting. The finder will be
‘in rewarded by leaving it at this office.
r.
THE PEOPLE’S MARKET,
No. 19' MAIN STREET,
Is the place to get your ROASTS and CUTS of
BEEF, VEAl, [AMBIND PORK.
The stock is bought and. butchered by us. so “in
we know whereof we speak, ' All orders promptly
attended to,
ADA HS 6: WIXON.
For: SALE.
HE beautiful house and lot reetmtly occupied by
L. E. Doty, on Elmwood Avenue. South Nero
walk, commanding a splendid vicov of the town
and Long Island Soun . The house has twelve
rooms,w1th gas furnace and marble mantels. Size
of lotpOle’l lect. Strawberries, Grapes and Pear
trees in hearnrg. The place is within five minutes'
walk 01 the New Haven Railroad Depot, and. forms
a rare chance to purchase a first-class place low.
Possession given immediatelv. Part of the purq
chase money can remain on bond and mort age.
It not sold by May lst will be rented to a go ten-
ant. En'quire of ‘H. H. EL‘VELL, or CHARLES
E. DOT}, South Norwalk, Cdnn. _ . . 8t!
FOB. SALE. 2
If not irevion‘l dis osed of at P1" 2
will be sold at read. re IhUCTon, mime ‘31"
' ._ - '
Saturday", Feb. 28th,
at 2 o'clock, p. m., the lace now owned and occu-
pied by Mrs. GRAN; ALL, leasantly: situated
about 1% miles from Norwalk Bridge, on the Silver
Mine road and consisting of a . ' '
HOUSE AND 1301',
House has 10 rooms'; lot'is one acre, with good
well of water thereon. For terms and particulars
enquire of
J AMES MITCHELL,
Auctioneer and Real Estate,
Norwalk, Fe b. 2 th. 1874.
_ Has been distributed to over two thousand fami-
lies in this vicinity. It can be obtained from
the leading Grocers, and at Wholesale from _ all
KEELEB, HOLMESW. 00.
For Sale or to Let.
VALUABLE PROPERTY ADAPTED FOR. A
BMRDING 8011001..
WC and one-half miles from N orwalk, and half
a mile from Daricn Station. High Ceilings.
Large Rooms, Hot .and Cold Water, Furnace}
and Conveniences complete. Building is situo
ted on Seminary H111, Darien: Conn., command.
Agent.
p. Grounds consist of, three acres of Lawn an ’
The applicant, especially if a lessee, must-be e‘n.
y competent to carry on a first.
For particulars and
appl to . »
L. . BIGLOW,
No. 70 East Ninth Street, New York; .
1t 01‘ MELVILLE E. MEAD, South Sorquk, Ot- *
-—————-.-—<.
_ Tm: PnRrLs or MA'rnmoxY.—A young
man named Frost,living at the village of
Chrystal, in Michigan, became enamored of
a Mrs. Harvey a short time ago, and (be
other night shot the husband, who claimed-
the privilege of going home from a party
with his own wife, inflicting a' serious»
wound.
whose consent he must gain before he. pays
these little attentions to his partner which
were once so common. ' ’ ,
4....
ic; Sheridan’s Cavalry Condition owders, for
horses. ‘ . » . .
O»
Wrxn or run Woons invigorntcs the Liver.
0%—
MERCHANTS and MANUFACTURERS
will best. insure their shipments to their
destination by nsln g ,
. otnntssn‘s rm" siiimiis ties.
03::
Aman does not know any more 3
l’Ansox’s Punox'rlvs Pius—Best aim'lyphysé That he is lawful Guardian to Henry Macaulay,
Mary Ma
_Macaulcy an
1
0 .
tain tract.
ing in said 5
-e or es ,
:htd’bounded northerly by ion
sterl ' _
highway and westerly b .
'srnnin BOILERS.
Those in want of Steam Boilers should see the
Lowe Patent Boilers. In use sevenyears
under all conditions. iving full satisfaction.
Greatest steaming capacrty and economy of fuel.
efore purchasing, get‘ prices of these and other
ed boxlers made by. LOWE é: \VATSON . ’
m8 Boiler Makers and Engineers, Bridgeport, bt.
0 THE PROBATE COURT for the District 0!
Nor\valk:_ . - _ _
The application of John heena. 9f the town of
Orwalk. in said District, respectfully showeth:
cauley, Catherine Macauley, William
(1 Margaret Macauley; minors 119an gs
« to said District, andthat said minors are the
€ners of the followrnsxeal,estatevrag—One car.
or parcel of,la,nd,si_tuated, lying and be. .
town of No lk, lll quanta 5'. two roads,
with the buildings thereon staihdiug,
J h R lriftiharlesttli. letts
land of Dec . , 0 er 5, son or y/' s
by ‘ pland of Francis Gray cc ”3'
II
\
ver Two Hundred Millions have been “d319,?“2tl‘2figfifig “gill? gigggll-sagf rpresent .' .
used Within the past ten ears, without complaint of unpro uc 1" r’t aintenance and educa" _ J wanted-
.... W: m... m... Awwswe reassures a...“................~.1°:3l::i3
use them.‘ Sold by Printers and Stationers every. Minors’to sell the ,same,’an di“"e;§".ueavagil 5 there-
where ‘ ’ of according to law; wherefore .c saysthat there
Piles, Piles, Piles, Piles,
Ont arda lications _ .
W pp t cure is Dr. Harrison's
t r r I“! \I. l “L l i S 111 y" t ike {It the cause' “8 ill
I V ‘ ' ' I ' . l'l‘m i6. 023D 8.. V e S l' ' I
courtesy, but h 50- .efions thought It 1c {1311" . g . l I ll . - TI] eyarcplst} SHIT] t,
quisite to enclose a Slump ‘0 return a reply, never gripe, nor, llkc all pills, (1001185 require an
For elderly p ,
they are exactl ' suited. to,
ill health.
Lilli” “an a...
11 an a
obvialtg Costiueness, the’prolitlc cause 0
Trial box,30 ctg.
c .
rRISON’S 1013;143:1118 BALSAM.
' re for coucns n , amp
splendigg LUNG complaints. Farmqugj. a.
Pro meters. No.1 Trement
by mounts.
r
is just and reasonabl
He, therefore, prays the comet!) order said real es-
are time and money thrown fa
meet
' Dated February
box 60 cts. and mailed heard and determined at the
Large ’ ' walkron the >l6th ‘day of May, 1874, at 9 o’clock fore -
' noon ; and that notice thereof be published in some '
all public weekly newspa
e causeflfrjg selling the same.
te to be sold, and to empower him or some other
erson to sell the sum ctpursuant to the statute
sue case-made and provr ed. .
215:, ‘1874. . .
JOHN KEENA, Guardian.
ersons. 1‘81“le and District of L'oiyalk, Probate Court, 33., February
213;. A. D., 13.4. _ .
onnnnsn— That the foregoing application be’
rebate Office in Nor.
r,near.the lace wh re
uch .realoslate been rec-weeks sucgessivelyyns
least six weeks before said time ass]
at! . omens
ed.
n _A. namrfi'ir, Judge.
Norwalk Chronicler