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_ Tuesday, Jan. 19th,1875.
REPBBLICAN STATE-CONVENTION.
The State convention of theJJnion Republican
mot-the State of Connecticut will be held in
u‘glliislc Hall. in the cit of New Haven. on Wednes-
a“
0
. 50mins
day. Jan. 20; _A. D., 875. apwten o'clock, a. m.,,to
.a ticket for State officers, to :choose- a .
, , trai committee, auditodo any other busi-
ness ’ roper to be done at such convention. The
Ripu bonus of the several towns in the State are
hereby requested to send delegates ual to twrce
the number of representatives to whi each town
is entitled in the neral assembly. A caucus of
the delegates will hold in Loomis' Hall. corner
of Orange and Center streets, on Tuesday, Janu-
ary 19, at 8 o‘clock, p. m. for the transaction of
such business as isprcvided for in the rules odom-
ed at the last; State convention.
Norwich. Jan. 4. 1875. ,
- , JOSEPH SELDEN. Chairman.
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Editorial Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, J an. 0th, 1875.
DEAR Gaza-rm :—
The Senate has devoted another week to
the Louisiana debat. General Gordon, of
Georgia, Judge Edmonds, of Vermont, Carl
Schurz, of Missouri, Gov. Morton, of Indi-
ana, Wm. T. Hamilton, of Maryland, Gen.
Logan, of Illinois, Messrs. Freiingbtlysen, -
of New Jersey, and Saulsbury, of Delaware,
may be said to have covered the entire field
from every angle of personal and political
variation. All legislation has been virtu-
ally suspended at the Senate end for the en-
tire week; The Republican majority car-
ried a night session yesterday, and have
had a Saturday sessi0il to-day with the de‘
termination that the wordy and windy cone
test shall terminate with the week.
The President’s timely and masterly mes-
sage, sent in on Tuesday, had a bewilder-
ing effect upon our opponents and gave
assurance to many anxious Republican Sen-
ators as well. But the report of the House
Sub-Committee on Louisiana affairs, made
yesterday, has created another profound
sensation. The high character of that
Committee, two of whom are Republicans,
and one Democrat,-—their perfect.opportuni-
ties for ascertaining the truth;——the fact that
their report is unanimous, and its emphatic
exposilion of the frauds of the Kellogg gov-
ernment, and especially of the unblushing
iniquity of the late Returning. Board in
changing the majority of the Legislature
from Conservative to Republican,'without
even a decent pretext, satisfy honest Repub-
licans here that Kellogg and his ’crew must
be throw’n overboard or they will sink the
ship. -
When Senator Ferry returned here after
the holiday recess, it was his infenlion to
speak in opposition to Senator Morton’s res-
olution admitting Pincbbsckto a seat in the
Senate, from Louisiana. Such a speech
would necessarily have reviewed the whole
field of Louisiana afiairs, as they stood when
the Morton resolution was introduced. But,
9n the very day thatthe recess cnded,the new
intervention of Federal troops occurred at
New Orleans, rind the resolution of Mr.
Morton and Pinchback's claim,bolh vanish-
ed «out ’of sight in. tile-excitement which
followed. In‘lhis newturn’ot‘ events, our
Senator has awaited’the President’s answer
to the Thurman resolution of inquiry, and
the report» of the House sub-committee on
Louisiana affairs. - . '
‘ The message of the President was a
“ squelcher." The democracy here had'
fondly hoped the President would stalk
forth on Sheridan’s high military horse, and
when his calm and dignified document was
read before the Senate, it sent utter demor-
alizalion through their ranks. This message
stamps the President as possessed of an ele-
ment of truegreatnessneverso conspicuous-
ly shown by. him before. . This, we believe
will be the deliberate judgment of the coun-
try as soon as present passion and excite-
nientpass aWay. “ Greater is he who ruleth
his own spirit than he who taketh a city."
. The President has approved the Finance
Bill so that our Connecticut friends can
now establish all the free Banks they want—
to pay for. An application for such 'a Bank,
however, must be forwarded to the Con-
troller of the Currency, signed by at least
five citizens, whOSe‘character and responsi-
bility must-be vouched for by some oneof
their State Congressional delegation or oth-
er person known to the Department.
Blanks will be issued in a few days for the
purpose, which may be had on writing Cc].
, Knox, the Controller. -
Will ever a community be happy that
burns gas? Although they pay but $2.50 per
1000 for gas here, and a government inspec-
tor who requircs that its illuminating pow-
er shall be of maximum richness, there is
still great uneasiness among the people.
The papers are also pitching in bravely and
lustiiy, and this, where it is no exaggeration
to say, that for illuminating power, one
average burner here, equals three of our
Norwaik gas‘burners; The Star pronounces
the company’s’biilsan extortion and a fraud
upon the community, while the Chronicle
even more bitter, says it has raised its own
cfipit‘ai stock from $20,000 to twelve hun-
dred thousand dollars, without the payment
of a dollar by the old stockholders for the
watered stock; except in one instance, when
twbidbllars per share was paid; that it has
paid ten per cent. dividends regularly, be-
Sides several “special dividends” of, cash in
amounts concealed from the public, and that
it now has on hand a cash balance of seven
hundred thousand dollars as a surplus tuudl
From this extraordinary prosperity, all at-
tained within a period of twenty years, this
piper ‘mgiies that it .must of necessity be
robbing the people of Washington. Itfur-
thermor‘e charges'that it is systematically
grasping and grinding in all its dealings;
with the oiitside public. . Jewish and parsi-
monious in its treatment of, its employees
and coniinues‘that'“ event-to, procure the
dirty, iittleyeilow'slips that ‘ are monthly .
thiusl in our faces as bills, it runs allover
the city to find out the printing office that
will furnish‘them the nearest to starvation
prices forthcm,” and it calls upon Congress
to come to the rescue of the National Capi-
tal from this grasping and devouring mo-
nopoly I Surely these all be hard stories,0r
else this must be a healthy place-for a gas
company. ,One thing is demonstrated. how-
ever. No corporation can stand with the
public press, backed by the public sentiment
of the community where it exists, unitedly
hostile to it, and the fruits of this exposure
and warfare, it is said, will be the organiza-
tion of a competing gas company. —
Commander Schufeldt was readily con-
firmed as Chief of the Navy Bureau here, of
Equipment and Recruiting. The following
Connecticut Postmaster: were also confirm-
ed: J. H. Clark, Milford; Miss Ella 8. Nick-
ols, Sufiield; Samuel H. Canfield, Seymour;
P. B. Green,Greenvillc; J abez Alvord, Win-
slcd; Mrs. Mary J. Edwards, Portland.
Gen. Eckert. who has so long been con-
nected with the Western Union Telegraph
and just elected President of the new con-
solidated opposition iine,—Atlantic & Pacif-
ic—was Secretary Stanton's right-hand man
in themanagcment of our military telegrah-
ic system during the war. He is a most able
and efficient executive and managing efiicer,
and the new line, under Gen. Eckert’s ener-
getic management, will prove a serious rival
to the Western Union monopoly.
The annual convention of the Woman’s
N ationai Suffrage Association is being held
here" uhis-weekf All the venerable girls,
such as Miss Susan B. Anthony, Dr. Mary
Walker, Cady Stanton, Phoebe Cozzens. '&C.,
tire, are on hand,:and'daily'and nightly on
theipl'a‘tf‘ormvat Lincoln Hall. They seem-
ingfy’iiieetjhercu'soz that their woes may
more OQEIIYEbe poured out upon theeurs of-
thc nation. The speeches of these good la-
dies are in the main talented, calm and logi-
cal “but somehow'lhey don't seem to get
ahead any. All owing to the brutal tyrant
man, nodoubt. Their sincerity, earnest-
nessvuud perseverance entitle themto rc-
spectfuluitcntion,and they always receive
it here. i ' - . .
Cfinnecticntwan brought conspicuously
lo theifront 1by the reading of a pathetic
prot‘cs‘t‘fiom the Smith sisters of Gluten-
bliry‘,,ivhos_e cows andiland were 'sold for
taxes, which (they refused topay on lbw
tion without rcpresenlalion.”.._.Their logical
pleaded and seemedfconclusiye of the ques-‘
tion by the as, ,mble'd multitude.
Yesterday the Convention cloned after a
stormy, andfiimultous session, owing. to Dr.
Mary Walker's persistent determination to
make a speech and the Presidenlress’ deter-
mination to put her down. But Dr. Mary
was not to be put down, or out, and so had
her say, and exhibited her maroon colored
velveteen pants to the amusing gaze of her
auditors for a half hour. The more mature
and aged of these ladies, still tarry with us,
and hold daily and nightly levees at Wil-
lord’s; . ,
The Woodhull-Clafiin are also here. Mrs.
Victoria lectured at 50 cents a head, to a
slim. audience, on the subject “Destiny of
the Republic.” They have been flitting
about the galleries and corridors of the Cape
itol, the observed of all observers.
The immature and fragile Olive Logan
has also been rendering her “ Surf" andex-
hibiting her gorgeous costumes to the then-
tre-going populace, during the week.
Fred Law Olmstead has in the hands of
the lithographers his plans and designs for
lay-out and decoration of the new Capitol
Park. It will be a "‘ thing of beauty” when
completed—the lithograph we mean—and
so will be the grounds, if Congress appro-
priates the money to execute the work.
The Post Office Department has been im-
portuned to discontinue the use of kerosene
and explosive oils on the mail cars, since
the-burning up of the nails last week and
shoekingdeath of the mail agent. The rail-
road companies only are responsible for the
use of these dangerous illuminating fluids.
They furnish the cars, warmed and lighted.
The public should insist that a reform be at
once inaugurated in all cars now lighted
with this terribly inflammable material.
Senator Ferry and Representatives Stark-
weather and Kellogg were at the Senate
Committee room on Naval affairs prepared
to stand by the New London yard, but no
quorum of the Committee being present,
the hearing went overuntil next week.
Postmaster-General Jewell has ordered
that a room in the Post Office Department
be set apart for the reception and deposit of
any supplies for the relief of the Kansas
sufferers. Contributions a’re solicited, and
will be shipped immediately.
Spencer F. Baird, the Commissioner of
Fish and Fisheries, was before the House
Committee on Appropriations yesterday
urging an enlarged appropriation for the
propagation of fish. After hearing him the
cbmmittee decided to appropriate $47,000
for the purpose, instead of $17,000, as here-
tofore agreed upon. '
A telegram advises the President that his
daughter and her husband, Mr. Sartoris,
sailed from Liverpool in the Steamship Re-
public on the 14th inst., for New York.
They spend the winter at the White House,
and return to England in the Spring.
Wm. B. Williams has been appointed
Revenue Gouger for our 2nd Congressional
District. » 4 g
The case of Irwin's Hahaes Corpus has
kept the'House and District Court in a fer-
ment all the Week. The House at last wiss-.
ly backed down to the court—but the end is
not yet. The confessions of Abert show
the Washington dispensers of the subsidy
fund to have been idiot: rather than scamps.
Thousands were given to men who hadn’t
influence enough to name a moderator for
a country district school meeting.
A most grace and novel auction took place
on the avenue this morning. It was the es-
tale of an undertaker, who had failed on
account of the exceptional healthfulness of
this 'city, it is Said. The cofiins were sold
at a killing sacrifice and nearly all bought
by a party for the St. Louis market.
E. L. Sanford, Esq., of Bridgeport and of
the Adams Express company, was heard by
the House Post Office Committee yesterday
with reference to the law allowing packages
wg‘ghing less than four pounds to pass
through .the mails at the rate of a half cent
'an ounce. Sanford claimed that the express
company pays the railroad companies more
than double this rate, and has notified ~tlie
railroad companies that if express business
continues to be put into the mails~the com-
pany cannot continue to pay the railroad
companies the rates now charged for its ex-
press packag'es.‘ The present post office
law, while injuring the express company,
involves a heavy loss to the government.
The express company asks that the evil
shall be remedied. ' The-re will be a further
hearing, and the result will probably be
that a. highercharge will be rated on these
postal packages, if any change is made, but
that the system will be continued in the in-
terest of the people living beyond the lines
of express delivery. A pair .of hoot! with
10618. postage on them was one of yester-
day’s curi0sities in our Senate post office
here.
Hon. Stewart L. Woodford and wife are
here. They wele‘iuvited to dinner at the
hospitable mansion of Postmaster-General
Jewell, yesterday.
Hon. Mathew F. Merritt, of Stamford, is
to be here the first of the week.‘ "
The ice-cutters are gathering their sup-
ply this year from the Potomac river, and
the ice is very clear and firm,and fully five
to six inches in thickness.
It The weather has been extremely cold for
Washington,and pedestrianism difiicuit and
dangerous on shady sides of streets, owing
to a. iliin'glade'of ice hpon the walks.
As ever, B.
P.S.—The Senate, after an ineffectual
efi'ort to continue the day’s session into the
night, has, at half-past. nine, adjourned to
Monday It became apparent that so many
Senators desired to speak on the all absorb-
ing question that it would be useless to at-
tempt to limit the debate to to-night. ’ Sen-
ator Merrill, o'f'Maine, gave notice that he
should call up lbeAppropi-iation Bill the
first thing after the morning hour on Mon-
day, and insist on its consideration with
passed. Senator Sherman then got an as-
signment of the fi00r, after the appropria-
tion bill is disposed of, to further discuss
the Louisiana question. Senators Peale,
Morton, Thurman. and others also signified
their desire to speak, so that there will be
music again by the full band, and we have
no doubt that if the opportunity occurs,_
and our Senator’s health permits, Conneciia
cut will also be satisfactorily heard from.
' B.
The Republican State Convention is to be
held in New Haven, on Wednesday. The
probability is that an entirely new ticket
will be nominated. We have no candidates
to urge, and only hope that good, straight-
forward,upright men will be nominated for
each office.
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The members of old Concord Division, S.
of T., are preparing for a Fair and Festival
which they propose holding in their beauti-
ful Rooms in Gazette Building, on the even-
ings of Feb. 2 and 3, and afternoon of the 3d.
They always do well whatever they attempt.
NORMAL Seneca—The graduating excr-f
cises of the senior class will take place on
Friday, Jan; 220. Examinations ‘ in the
morning, and exercises at the church, at 2
o’clock,'p. m.
Lincoln Council, 0. U. A. -M., hold their
second anniversary on the 5th of Febru-
ary.
The Hartford Post says :—-It is reported
that Miss A. M. Beecher has tendered her
resignation as principal of ticharlfoz'd fe-
male seminary.
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John Anderson, on trial at New Haven
for the murder of Hotatio G. Hull of Wal-
Iingford, was found guilty on Saturday last.
0f course‘his counseldelnand a new trial”
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Patents have been granted to James Cur-
wn, Darien, for lamp burners, and t9 Chas.
A. Reade,Bridgepoi-t,.tbr.egg forks; 7 .=
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old Revolutionary inspiratiou“.of “notsx'sr
Tlit'l' Agricultural nicotine.
(I, An adjournedmeeling- of the County As-
and patriotic communication :vl'as loudly ap- VHCUIIDWI SOCIEli is to be held at the Town
“Hall, in this place, on Wednesday. As it is
expected that ofilcérs will be elected for the
smiling year,it‘is important that the meet-
ing should be largely attended. The pros-
perity of the Society demands the selection
of officers who wilitake nJively interest in
its affairs, and who’arc [endowed with enter.
prise as well as discretion. The Society
ought to progress and prosper more than it
has done in recent years. , We want the
best Fairs the County is capable of produ-
cing, and made so thoroughly good and un-
objcctionabie as to three paying patronage.
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Sunday, at the-First Baptist Church,Rev.
Mr. Bentley announced _that $1,700 had
been raised and paid into the treasury of
the Church. Seven hundred applied to ren-
vation of the vestryand repairs on the
. arch, and one thousand dollars had been
applied to the reduction of permanent debt
of the church. ‘
The Beecher-Til ton suit progresses slow] y.
Moulton was examined all last week, and
will occupy all of this week,prohabiy. He
evidently has no new evidence to bring for-
ward, nnd the trial only brings out minutel-
details of what has already been published.
enlivened by the “wit." of distinguished
counsel.
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The ladies of the-[Congregational Society
have adopted hard times prices for their en-
lertainment Wednesday night. They fur-
nish Tea and Readings for the ordinary
price of either. Be on lime.
Tnursnarzcsl.—-The‘ union temperance
meeting is to be held'the present week at
the Congregational church, South Norwalk,
Wednesday evening. The ladies’ temper-
ance meeting is to be held Friday afternoon
at the lecture room of the First Congrega-
tional church. .
We are rejoiced to learn that the ladies of
the Congregational Church have taken the
matter in'hand of providing‘the score and a
half. of children at our Aims House, with
comfortable clothing. But these good is-
dies willhave but half done their duty if
they let their efi'orls in behalf of these poor
helpless children end here. A public senti-
ment should be aroused which would at
once transfer these helpless innocents from
their present viscious associations to Fitch’s
Orphan’s Home. There they can be clothed,
educated, and taught some useful occupa-
tion, and turn out honored and reputable
members of society. And the cost is bnt'a
trifle more than the town has to pay for
their support at the poor-house. Can a
christian community that puts flu thousand
dollars of license money into its treasury an-
nually, afford to biggie on the price of sup-
port of the product of’ such thrifty revenues.
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Double rates for insurance hereafter. The
way to make insurance pay is to own stock.
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We believe that our ice dealers generalry
have secured full crops of materialized cold-
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Phoenix Hose boys made merry at the ex-
pense of their new officers last Thursday
night. '
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The Theo. Thomas Concert is to be given
at the Opera House on the evening of Feb.
10th. , 4 .
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(A ems Dunstan—The Norwalk In-
surance Co.,has declared a semi-annual divi-
dend of five per cent, payable to-m0rr0w.
The'Norwaik continues on an even course,
and its stockholders find-tile stock -~a good
thing to own, even in stringent times. ’
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Mr. Eben. Hill, Jr., Secr’etary of the Nor.
walk Iron Works, has gone West on busi-
ness for the company. He will go to De-
troit, and perhaps as far as London, Canada.
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This is abadrtime for newspapers. During
the last four weeks no less than'200 daily
;and weekly papers have suspended publica-
tion in this country; and it is estimated
that $8,000,000 have been lost during the
year in the publication business. ' '
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The annual meeting 'of the stockholders
'of the Norwalk Iron Works is to beheld
on the 261k inst. 1. '
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A special meeting of the Calico Ball corn-
mittee is to be held at the Norwalk Hotel
this evening.
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Mr. Thomas Merrills, a native of this
place was a passenger on :1 Halifax steamer
which was wrecked near Portland. last
week. The steamer went ashore on an is-
land lit-midnight, during a‘ dense fog. For-
tunately the passengers were all saved, but
they sufi'ered severely With the intense cold.
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' Some of our physicians have taken special
interest in Prof. Reynold’s experiments,
and think his entertainments wcrtby of
liberal patronage. '
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Rev. Mr. Jones, oftbe Sd M. E. church
preached in Winnipauk on Sunday after-
noon last. Rev. Mr. Tower, of the First M.
church.
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Snot Lmnte.—Mrs. William Fox, of
Wilton, was arrested and brought to Nor-
waik, last Tuesday, by officer Bartram:
charged withhsving’ stolen .a cloak and
other goods, valued at $25, from-the store. of
Van Hoosear & Ambler. The case weasel-
tled next day by Mr. Sherman Morehouscl
and the woman released.
Thesieighing has been patched up again.
It snowed hard, all day yesterday, but the
flakes were exceedingly fine and light, and
did not “make” rapidly. Last‘ night the
sleigbing. , . .. _ .
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While driving across the Danbury it Nor-
walir Railroad track, at the first crossing
above‘the‘ county Fair Grounds, on Tues-
day morning last,‘ Mr. Lynch’s horse was
struck by the Danbury up-train and almost
instantly killed. Mr. Lynch and two men
in the wagon with him very narrowly es-
caped serious damages. The horse was a
valuable one, and his loss will be very se-
verely felt by Mr. Lynch, who in poor car-
man. The Danhury Railroad Company,we
understand, offer him only $50. Some of
paper to help him in'liis trouble. .
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$300 reward has been offered by the Tow
for the detection: and conviction. :of .the
thieves concerned? in the robberies in that
place within the last three months.
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use of one eye, by the accidental explcilon
of a cap on a pistol in the hands of one of
her sons, while the_weapon was close to her
face. .
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Astronmners are trying to frighten us by
figuring that the sun is constantly approach-
ing the earth, and that it will reach and con-
sume us in about fourteen hundred and forty
years- In 105 years the distance from the
earth to the sun has been reduced 6,920,274
miles. The figures, however, are not posi-
tively reliable. Will these figures cause a
depreciatiOn in real estate? , .
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. A train, passcdover the Consoliatcd Road
Sunday, with 180 members of the Brother-
hood of Locomotive Engineers, to attend .
the funeral of Edwin Jones, at Springfield.
'Mr.,'Joncs had been an engineer on. the New
York dr New Haven Railroad for twenty-
threcycarsL ' - , -
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A London journal recently announCed‘
“A Sunday evening discourse fbr advanced
linkefl.“
E. church filling the pulpit of the 2d M. E. 4
bright 1116011 was tempting people- but
his friends are getting up a subscription
of Ti'umbull and citizens ofNichols’vFarm’
Mrs. Wm. M. Tweed has lately lostgthe:
4AM,
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Ancihsr lorefil Meeting.
Sonic, of 'the prominent citizens of the
Borough being dissatisfiedhwilh the ‘jPro-
Wed Contract" for supplying Soulli-‘rNor-
WALKEIIH water which was, ratified at “is
late Borough meeting. they have drawn up
a petition to the Court of Burgesses to "call
another meeting for the purpose of rescind-
ing the vote. The meeting is called for
next Saturday afternoon. We presume
some other plan will be submitted. by the
petitioners. .
The old question in regard to the position
of the “The First Selectman” is again at-
tracting considerable attention here. The
law provides that certain duties shall be
performed by the “ First Selectman,” but,
as is frequently the case,‘»it is hard to settle
the question as to which of the Selectmen
shall be first. Some claim that the Board
have a right to elect one of their number
for the position, but others say no. At our
last Town election the entire Republican
ticket was elected with the exceptionbf two
Selectmen. When the Board came together
to organize, tho two democrats were made
“first” and “second" (not recognized by
law) Selectmen; the Republican, the only
man who has served in the position, was
kindly invited to take a back seat, notwith-
standing his long cxperiencc and the fact
that his party- were victors in the election.
Now it happens that the Republican was
the first man named on his ticket, and the
two democrats were second and third on
their ticket, and ,the lawyers say that ac-
cording to their law books the Republican
is the legal " First Selectman.” , .
In regard to this the law for determining
the position of First Selectman is laid down
as follows:—‘-. '
“Of the persons elected Selectnieii, the
person first named on a plurality of the
ballots cast for them or any of them, shall
be the First Selectman." '
Now, the Republican was first named on
his ticket, and neither of the democrats was
so named on theirs, and lawyers who have
taken an interest in the question say posi-
tively that the Republican is entitled to the
position.j' THIS is causation. which has
given a greatdesl of trouble .i leveral
towns in this State, and it ought ' be set-
tled was not to bother us. your after year.
If anybody desires to dispute the lawyers
in this matter, and can do So concisely and
to the point, we will cheerfully publish a
communication. ‘ I ' " 'V’
" tis‘pleasant in this universally dull sea-
son, when manufacturing and trade is all 50
flat, and'capitaiists and business men gener-
ally are not getting paying dividends on
money invested, to find one institution in
town doing better than ever, and its business
constantly and largely increasing month
after month. This is pie-eminently the
case with the Farmlmm Insurance Corr-
PANY, which on Thursday afternoon last
held their semi-annual meeting and declared
a semi-annual dividend of Ten per cent, and
paidz'ton the spot, something never before
done by any Insurance Co. weave informed,
in this State or elsewhere. As a matter of
course Pres. Hanford, and Sec. Turner were
in high feather, and the directors all being
agreeable, D'Artois was called in to suppli»
ment their doings by doing the agreeable to
all with his choice chicken salad, fried
oysters, &c. die. They are printing a state-
ment for general circulation of their liabili.
ties and resources which is very flattering
as well as very acceptable to -~the stock-
holders. ~ . V ‘ 7
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Prof. Reynolds, the Mesmeristrhas been
induced to remainJonger? than firstflin-
nounced, and will give his closing enter-
tainment this evening, at the Opera House.
He will also give a Matinee this afternoon
at 2% o'clock; The Professor has so far suc-
ceeded admirably in pleasing his audiences.
Every night he has gained strange’ influ-
ence, over a number of subjects, and suc-
ceeded in producing very laughable scenes.
He wills them to do all manner of amusing
things, and they are powerless to resist. it
is many years since we have had any pub-
lic experiments of this kind, and they are
attracting considerable attention.
The Catalogues of Seeds and Plants for
1875. ofPeter Henderson 83 00., 85 Cortland
St., New York, are just received—they are
finely illustrated, and contain 5 beautiful
colored plates of Roses, Verbenas, Pinks,
Lobelias, and a new Vegetable, Catalogues,
mailed to all applicants by Peter Henderson
8: 00., on receipt of 50 cents.
errrxcor'r's Ms oazmn, for February, has
the following contents :—Following the Ti-
her, illustrated; Six Months among Canni-
bals, illustrated; An American Girl and her
Lovers, by Mary E. Blair ; A Japanese Mar.-
riage in High Life, by W. E. Griifis; The
Lost Baby; Three Feathers, by William
Black; Fever, bde. C. Wood, Jr., M. D.;
Sonnet; Some Recollections of Hiram Pow
y T. Adolphus Trollope; Corn ; Gen-
Matchless One, a story of American society,
in four chapters, chaps. 1 and 2; The
Stranger Within the Gates of Paris; Our
Monthly Gossip; Gipsy Music ‘in Hungary;
The “ Giorno dei Morti ;" Mr. Mill's Mother;
Notes; Literature of the Day.
Scribner’s Monthly for February has the
con-tinuslion of Major'Powell’s Caucus of
the Colorado Riier, which is splendidly ilf
lustrated. and gives an excellent idea of the
heretofore almost unknown river. This
series of articles alone is enough to sell
Scribner’s like hot cakes. My Tourmaline,
by Saxe Holm, is concluded; Mr. Holland’s
new story, Sevenoliks, is continufd, and.
also J ulcs Yerne’s Mysterious Island; other
articles are: “Christ's Supernaturalism
Scientifically Considered,” "Latter-Day
British Poets” by Siedman; A new Solution,
of all Old Puzzle; Patty Gibson’s Strange
partnient embraces short articles under the
following heads: Topics of the Time, The
Old Cabln‘et,‘ Home and Society, Culture
and Progress, Nature and Science, Etchings.
Mr. Stevens, the republican candidate
who was' defeated in November by Pro-
fessor Seelye in the tenth Massachusetts
district has probably been elected to fill the
congressional vacany caused by the death
of M r. Crocker. ,
MOD—Or
It is striking evidence of the liberality
and malignity of the republican party that
the next houseof congress will contain
over one hundged ox-rebel soldiers. It is
also iiiustratiggjpf the style of men which
the democraticiifnform. movement is" bringing
into power.-.-}£a'qurallt. . .
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Tire Mnxmms hams—The United
States oil and guano association met in New
York Thursday, Luther Msddock, of Booth-
bay, Me., in the chair. Amoug the gentle-
men present were B. F. Brighton, of Round
- Pond Me., A. H. Kensington, of Boothbay,
J..,G. Nickerscn, of Boston, D. S. Chase and
Isaac Brown, of Rhode Island, F. K. Gal-
ilup and B. F. Gallup, of Groton, William
Holmes, of Mystic, andmany others. The
committee on statistics reported as follows:
Fish caught in 1874, 1.147.634-barrels an
increase of 285,534 over 1873. The amount
of guano made in 1874, 50,976 tons, an in-
crease of 14,677 over the previous year. Oil
now on hand, including that in recess of
manufacture at New Bedford, is 0,000 gal-
lons. Amount of guano on hand, 5,200
tons. Number of fishermen employed, .1,-
507. Men employed at the manafactories,
871. Number of sailing vessels, 283.
Number ofsiea'mers, 25. Number of facto-
ries 64. Amount of capital invested $2,-
500,000. ' ‘
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The New BedfordSta‘ndard says. that the
< fitting outot whale vessels will be unusually-
lively there next spring, chiefly for the
sperm whole business. _ a
' Benjamin Franklin occasionally stumbled
upon the truth. He said; “The eyes of
other people are the e es that ruin us. _If
all but myself were blind. I should neither
want afine house nor fine furniture.”
_ ark and arolling eye, and a moustache
likether, 35.0w of a rest sorrow. lie is
iu‘dy'wgpse {papa is _worth
, ,f a million.
en' a ed 0 a
liefg
Martin S. Crow,
teman Dick; A Singular Family; The"
wonderful sceuery of this remarkable and .
Adventure; poems, doc. The‘editorial de- .
. Lewis, the fit of the Detroit Ergo Press,~
.is a youth of about' twenty-nine,‘ with a
EJw'ard W. Stuart,
Giles Seymour, William S. Bouton._ ,_
Silas P. Tattle, William H. Ferris,
James W. Pinkney, Allen Belts,
Charles M. Gregory, Nelson J. Crow,
(Thomas Guyer, William K. Lewis,
Charles Adams, Franklin A. Tolles,
Tallmsdge Baker, George B. St. John,
Oscar W. Raymond, Stephen Olmstead,
Chauncey Street, William H. Benedict.
The Fairfield County National Bank made
choice of the following Board of Directors,
on Tuesday last :-'-
F. St. John Lockwood;
William S. Lockwood ;
William K. James ;
William C. Street ;
Eli B. Bennett; '
Asa E. Smith ;
Joseph W. Hubbeli; ’
William B. E. Lockvmod.
At the annual election of the Stockholders
of the National Bank of Norwalk, held on
Tuesday last, the following Board of Direc-
tors were chosen ;—
Ebenezer Hill;
Stiles Curtis ;
Henry I. Hoyt;
Frederick Belden ;
Samuel Lynes, M. D.
Edward P. Weed;
Ebenezer Hill, Jr.
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The annual meeting of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad was held
is New Haven on Wednesday last. The old
Board of Directors was re-elected. Capt.
J onathan Godfrey was present and, as usual,
acted as Pres. Bishop’s man Friday, while
Mr. Goodwin, of East Hartford, irrepressi-
into all the sen-151......“ could find. ‘ An
effort was madgto prohibit the granting of
free passes to State oflcials and members of
the legislature, but it was killed by reference
to the Board of Directors. It was claimed
that while the praclie was wrong, this Road,
the leading Road iiifilie State, could not of-
ford to stop' the bustom until some other
Road had set the example.
0—4.
Geo; H. Bokcr, the Philadelphia poet, has
been nominated and confirmed‘Minister
to Russia. _,
our unws.
with pneumonia.
‘ A pedestrian picked up nine quarts of
coal from the' strectfbetween Trinity Chap-
el and Samuel Seymour's, one day last week-
Why this waste? - ~
The debating club has reorganized and
elected first class officers. All are earnestly
invited lo attend.' I . ~ ..
‘- Thevladies of the“ Helping Hand Socie-
ty" will meet this evening at Mrs. John
Hutchings’. A full attendance is requested
Then has been an animated discussion
whethel ne of our liquor dealers had a li-
cense. "“ie fact that he appliedan aid
for it s :3 three .months since, has been
fully or .ished.. Who has the money 7 N.
a
In .S ‘ierana‘nsas, turkeys sell for six
cents i gonna, dressed and drawn ! Dry
Goods . high.
o
The 'l «oath-is so severe at Meriden that
the wet : commissioners have shut ofi'wa-
ter from all thefactories. '
W .
After the first of February all letters Rom
the United States'wili pass under the new
pohtni treaty to all parts of the Dominion of
Canada with a three cent stamp.
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A Haddam lady swallowed a needle twen-
ty years ago. It emerged from one of her
knees last week. For some years the lady
has had periodical attacks of bleeding from
the stomach, occasioned by the needle no
doubt. ' ‘ V ‘
-' ay.—*—
ngelslne Work.
Attention‘is' bullied. to. libe'adveriisement
of Messrs. Morton Jr .iby, who have
commenced Machine , Sewing Ma-
chine Repairing, &c., at the Norwalk Ma-
chine Works. Thesc gentlemen come here
with the reputation of being expert work-
men of long experience. .
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OH
Masses. Enrrons:—The statement recent-
ly made that the school in West Norwalk
was closed, on Tuesday, on account of the
illness of the teacher, was not correct it was
on account of no supply of wood. Please
correct the report and oblige, yours, S.
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Messrs. Harlem d5 00., in furtherance of
their project to build up a. large trade in
Norwalk,liave.secured the services 'of an
artistic cutter who has had large experience
in first-class tailoring establishments in New
York. Messrs. Harlem are confident of their
ability to please the most fastidious.
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Q‘ J. Spencer will sell all his holiday
.goods at cost,-for the next 30 Days.
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I?" The Book Sale at No. 8 Main St. has
consented to remain a few days longer, and
our gitizens would certainly do well to call
and see the fine standard works that are
sold at Wholesale Prices. Auction sales
every evening at 7% o’clock, when Books
are sold very low.
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[8‘ Toilet Sets, Vases and Lava ware, at
cost, at J. Spencer’s,under the Opera Pousc.
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Dolly Yarden is to be the reigning belle
at the Calicoball. The King of the Canni-
bal Islands i3 not expected to be present.
. .. '
W J. Spencer 'vyill sell all his holiday
goods at cost, for the hex? 30 Days.
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Take tea at Lockwood’s Hall Wednesday
evening. '
—fi——.————.—¢.
cg- Toilet Sets, Vases, and Lava ware, at.
cost,st J. Spencer's, under the Opera House.
OF,—
The Horticulturist. gives an account of two
novelties among flowers which it _is almost
tempted to treat as fables until their verity
is established by personal inspection. The
following is the description of them: “.One
isa ‘black liiy’ in' Santa Clara, 0111., with
three large blossoms, each nine inches long,
andlperfeclly black outside of the green
pets 3.
tinople, and described by an eye witness a
belonging to the narcissus genus of bulbs.
The flower represents a perfect humming
bird. The breast of a bright emerald green.
ills-complete copy of this bird, and the
throat, head, beak and eyes are a perfect
imitation. The hinder part of the body,
and the two ‘outslrelched wings, are. of a
bright rose color, one might almost any flesh
colored.- These wonderful bulbs should
have been sent to the Vienna exhibition.
They will be in abundance by the time of
our centennial celebration in 1876. And
yet they. can hardly be greater curiosities
than the strange and mysterious ‘Sancla
Spiritu’ flower from South America, with
its life-like representation of doves.”
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Woman’s mission is being rapidly extend-
ed in England. In‘ the list of successful
candidates who lately passed the test exami-
nation for anal cadetships at Greenwich is
the name of Gordon Moore. He was edu-
cated‘st Miss Nickoll‘s preparatory school,
in Sussex. Miss Nicko [lathe daughter of
a late cemmander in’ the British navyIand is
said to be well qualified as a “naval instruct-
or.’ ' ‘ ' ' ~ '
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Rev. Mr. Strong, a graduate of Yale; was
ordained to the ministry in Slratford, Wed-
nesday. 'He has preached in Stratford for
some limcpast.
’ There isaiady in California who gives
the proceeds of all the eggs her hens lay. on
Sundays to the cause of home missions,
and her practice is considered as being ex-
emplary. ‘ . '
A young man living near St. Johnsbury
Vt., who lately received from a young lady
the gitl.ot’ an elaborate pen-wt or, is wear-
ingil for a necktie, evident y misunder-
standing its use.
Two colored ladies of North Carolina
lately put logs on a railway track and tried
'to lhrow of! a Pain of cars thereby, because
the “wanted to kill some . ladies , on the
in n to get their bonnets.” ‘ I
his as ever, amused himself by sticking pin , ‘
Mr. Ira Seymour is very dangerously sick ‘
The other is to be seen at Constanfi‘er 0‘ Imus“-
-and a lottery ticket, bow humbly an
tions to be held this Spring :— . -
Slum—Alfred ll. Camp, Gen. R. B.
“Ci-stain; Thomas 1. Raymond, Dudley P.
Ely.
' ”Cutlass-Joseph. B. Elia, E. J. Hill,
Charles E. Doty, Wm. S. Bouton.
Coolant—Charles Olmstead, Andrew
Sclicck, J. C. Crowe, W. T. Claw.
Sans-roman AND mourn—George 0.
Keeler, George B. St. John, D. R. Selleck,
F. A. Toilcs.
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An ingenious swindler has made his ap.
pearance in Hartford, and as he may take
it into his head to visit Norwalk, we give a
brief account ofbis operations. The swin-
dle consists in delivering and receiving pay
for bogus telegraph dispatches. The dis-
patches were written on a counter blank of
ili‘e Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Com-
pany, and enclosed in plain buff envelopes.
Armed with these the swindler visited a
dozen or more residences, and dslivering a
dispatch, collected fifty cents at each. The
blanks upon which the spurious messages
were written were not those used by the
office for such a purpose, but the counter
blanks which are found in many public
places, and may be procured by anybody.
The receiving blanks cannot be got by the
public, nor can the envelopes. The 8115'
picion of one lady was aroused because the
young mrnhad no rece'p'. book with him.
He said there were no messengers in the
ofiicc just then, but that the operators
never look receipt books when they went
out. , '
The Prohibitionist State Convention is to
beheld in Middletown on Tuesday J an. 261h.
"O—S.»
The Democratic State Covention will meet
in Harlford, February. 10111.
. The Ladies’ Benevolent Association cor-
dially invite their friends to their social
and Literary entertainment at Lockwood’s
Hall, on Wednesday evening, January 201k.
Tea will be served from 5% to 7% o’clock,
p. m. At 8 the Hall will be in readiness
for a most enjoyable literary feast, presented
by Miss Rena Runner, of Buffalo, N. Y., in
the form of dramatic and miscellaneous
readings. All are invited to be present.
Please observe the hours—tea from 5% to
7%; readings-from 8 o’clock. (See adver
.tisement.) 2l2
The Ladies’ Association 01‘ the Congre-
gational church have engaged. Miss Rena
Runner, of Buffalo, N. Y., to give Dramatic
and Miscellaneous Readings, at Lockwood’s
Hall, on Wednesday evening, January 2Clh.
Miss Runner, though a stranger in this vi-
cinity, is very favorably known in other
localities. The Albany Journal says:
“ Miss Runner is an clocutionist of rare
ability, _and brings the scenes vividly before
us, causmg'our s mpathies to be awakened
or exciting ou.yaibles, just in accordance
with the sentiments she is uttering. More
than areader, she will be remembered. as a
refined and-cultivated lady.”
The Davenport Gazette says:
“ An artist of uncommon merit. Her
.voice is very fine. and she possesses the rare
power of so modulating it. as to bring out
all the finer shades of meaning. particularly
touches of pathos and humor.” .
Another adds: ~
“ Miss Runner is a fine eloculionist. Her
voice is wonderfully mellow and flexible.
She has great power-and pathos at her com-
mand, and in some selections we do not
hesitate to say. she excels even Mur-
dock, and in point of talent and real ability
she certainly is not second to Mrs. Scott
Siddons.”
, The ladies ask for a full houscand an ap-
preciative audience. ‘ '
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_ non-Alexander Ncabitt.
In our notice of the burial of this lament-
ed clergyman, last week, for “real treasure"
read new treasure. So many of our readers,
especially in Wilton, were interested in him
personally, that we copy the following
notices of his death.
The death of Rev. Mr. Ncsbitt, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, Tremont, N. ., is
sincerely deplored. Young, ardent and suc~
cessful, he was doing a great and good
work, and his early removal is a sore afllic-
tion to his loving people.
—New York Obserur.
Many will learn with extreme regret, and
almost as a personal afliction, of the death
of Rev. Alexander Nesbitt, pastor of the
Tremont Presbyterian church of this city.
His death occurred on Thursday, a wees
ago today, after a short attack of pneumo-
nm. The church of which he has been
pastor for the last eight or ten years, under
his ministry became vigorous and efiicient,
and has succeeded in materially enlar ing
and beautifying their house of wars ip.
Few of our pastors haye been so successful
in their ministry as Mr. Nesbitt, and few
have been more beloved. Devoted to his
flock, and giving up all his energies to his
pastoral work, he has been privileged to
witness many gratifying evidences of his
faithful labors, and wears confident that of
him, It was in the discharge of his clerical
duties that he contracted the disease which
led to his death while just in the flush of
manhood. Mr. Nesbitt‘ was a native of this
city, brought up, if we mistake not, under
the ministry of Dr. Hatfield.
—New York Erangelisf.
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The Bride of Lammermoor is the third
volume of the new edition of The Waverly
Novels, nowin course of publication by T.
Peterson 0: Brothers, Philadelphia, enlhled
“ Peterson‘s Cheap Edition for the Milieu".
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A Brave Brnkcmnn Save- . Life. ,
Charles Scranton, a brakeman on the New
York and New Haven railroad, saved the
life. of a young woman named Maria Jones,
at Portch‘esler, a few days since. It appears
that Miss Jones stood talking to a child on
the railroad track over an arched bridge,
when an express train, going north, ap-
proached at terrific speed, as did also a
freight train coming from an opposite direc-
tion. Appa'lled out of her presence of mind,
the young woman ran aimlessly up the
track and toward the flying freight train,
when Scranton, seeing her imlflinent peril,
heroically jumped from that train, and at
the risk of his life, seized the frightened girl
and threw her on one side just as the ex-'
press thundered past—N. H. Courier.
The captains of all the incoming vessels
report violent north-west gaies and boister-
ous seas on the Atlantic.
Mrs. William Perry, of Paris, Ky., has
the vest worn by, General Israel Putnam,
when he took his famous ride dewn the
stone steps at Horseneck, Stamford, in 1775.
. A stranger stopped at a hotel, a few miles
aboveNew Haven, near which was a clus-
f d l Entering the llllar room he
can a arge com an an in sin, ing,
and ca'rouslng, wheill) he’remaékeds? “ Well,
you have got a merry den." The name was
adopted, and the town became “ Meriden.”
’ - Transcript.
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As a guarantee of the reliability of Baro-
LINE, we are permitted to use the name of
Gno. H. NlcnoLs, M. D., 7 Chester Square,
Boston, who has used it in his family with
exceedingly beneficial results, and is per-
fectly acquainted with its composition. He
unhesitalingly recommends it to his pa-
tients, and-declares it free from any injuri-
ous substance.
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Jones says, A codfish breakfast and an
ihdia-rubbercoat will keep a man dry all
ay.
No human being can cut a pie into six
pieces and‘convincc six children that one of
their number hasn’t got a piece just a trifle
the largest. ~
Ja anese bili'bel‘s shave a man, wash his.
feet. rusli'his coat, hand him a ci aretle
only
ask for two cents. ‘
A genteel farmer in Massachusetts, 0 re-
tired Bostonian. didn't know how to take a
wagon wheel off to grease the' axle, and so
he ored holes through the-hub and poured
in the grease. ‘
The courts have decided that i: was al-
ways convenient, or even practicable, for
Tiltou to have a witness present during Mr.
Beecher’s pastoral milk—Boston Herald.
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MARQUEE).
In BrooklRiJW. T., on _Wednesda ,7 Jan. 13th,
by new)“. . st, Edward H. Bissel . son of E. C.
Bissell, of this place, and Rachel. oldest daughter
of William Harrison. all of Brooklyn.
In Hagarstowii, Maryland. Jamillili. at the re-
sidence 0f the bride's brother. Mr. Hosea 010 I‘ll, of
Otsegn, Allegan 00.. Michigan. to Miss Louisa E-
Clsr . of N orwalk.
In Port Chester. at the M. E. Parsonage Jail. in,
by Rev. 1*. o. Osborn. Stephen Smith and Indemn-
r Waters, both of Stamford, Conn.
I
him it may be said, his works do follow '
and a fW.
“luv"l'sallmlWE' "m °
,n as nst. rs- Ste hen Nash.
Dfedln ew'Canaan,Jan.11th. nnnCoinstock
near
In anbury. on the 7th of Janna , M. Aims,
wife of John G. Meeker. Esq. ; Dec. 73th, William
H. Hitchcock. aged 45 years; Jan. 7th, Inez B.
Anderson, aged 6 years- Jan. 10th. David R. Fer-
guson, aged 62 years; an. 11th, Simeon Bedd .
aged 68 can; Jan. 7th, David Bailey, aged 4
veers an 6 months.
In Bethel, Jan 12th. Esther Smith, aged 81 years,
4 months and 12 days.
In New Fairfield, Jan. 6th, David Purd . aged 83
years and 7 months; Mary Donlavy. a 17 years-
Inghlgebury, Jan. td. Abraham Ta man, aged 4
mon .
In Portage. Ottawa count ,Ohlo. Oct. Lilli. Miss
Luc Bearss. formerly of . cw Fairileld, Coma.
85l¢§g years.
n ertcktown. Knox county. 0hio,Dec.29th
1874, Mrs. S than Clark, aged 90 years, 5 months and
18 days, formerly of Newtown, Conn.
In Stamford. Jan. 12th, Maggie Sullivan, aged 12
years and 5 months: J an. llt . Sully Finch, aged
88 years -nnd 2 months; Jan. 1‘, Charlotte Selleck.
Jan 9th, infant son of Geo. A. and Lena E. Sec.
field. exerts days. ,
In Strstford;Jan. 9th, Sheldon P. Curtis, in the
6:0 year of his age.
OUND.-A Watch. The owner can obtain
the same on application to the subscriber. by
rovln r0 ert and a in cha es.
rt' 8 OS'EP II. IPUISBELLfgaugatuck, Ct.
NOTICE.
THE Regular and Stated Communication of St.
John’s Lodge, No. 6, F & A. 111.. Will be held
at the Lodge Room. Thursday Evening. Jan 21st,
1875, M7 o clock. A Special Election under dis-
pensation of the M W. G. M., will take place, and
other important matters for consideration wnll
come before the Lodge. A full and punctual at-
tendance is re neste . A. H. CAMP, W. M.
JACOB TU K, Secretary.
worsen.
Special Borough Meeting.
THE Legal Voters of the Boron h of Norwalk
are hereby notified and warns that a Special
Meeting ofsaid le al voters of the Borough will be
held at theTown all, (House) in said Borough, on
Saturday, the 230 day of J annarv, A. D., 1875, at 2
o’clock in the afternoon for the following purpose:
To rescind, if deemed advisable, the following
,vote passed at a meeting of the legal voters of the
Borough, January 9th, A. D., 1875. said- vote as
passed being in these words. viz: “Voted, That the
contract between the Borough of Norwalk apd
Clt‘ of South Norwalk for furnishing said city
wit water, which contract has been submitted to
this meeting. be, and. hereby is ratified, and that
the Water Commissioners of the Borough are
hereby authorized and directed to execute said
contract on the 'part of the Borough when the
same shall have been ratified by said City;” and
second, for the further purpose 0 takin such he-
tion with reference to supplying said lty with
water, as the meeting shall determine. _
This Boron h Meeting is called by direction of
the Court of urgcsscs and the time of holding
the same fixed by said Court.
WARDEN’S Osman. l
Bonooon or Nonwamt, Jan. 18th 1875. l
SAMUEL DASKA . Warden,
Its Borough of Norwalk.
S ;—A Two-Seated one-horse
sligrquhrgvyell bhl‘lt, for sale cheap. Also, one
wood sled for work purposes. Enquire of
8:3 JESSE DENTON.
ily of four persons. Ap
“Alum—A girl for general-'hotnsework in afam-
o
att‘ , MRS. J. G. QUIGEIEY, West Avenue.
,A CARD,
J SPENCER will pay Five Dollars to any
. person who \viil show him that they have
urchased within the Town of Norwalk. aNEw
mestic Sewing Machine, except through his
A ncy, since the 14th do; of September last.
orwalk, Jan. 16m, 187 . 4t3
House To LET.
HOUSE situated on Lewis Street, will be let
to small family. House contains 14 rooms
and is furnished with gas, water, and furnace.
Rent to be taken cut in board by three persons,
and difference to be aid in cash every week.
It'3 Enquire o R. L. TILTON, 11 Main St.
Boarding House, from April 1st. 1875.
"083! TO [EL—0n Butler Street, suitable for a
3- Enquire of BUBB SMITH.
To RENT—Immediately, the it per floor of a
house on Elm Street, near est Ave., con-
taining four rooms and pantry, closets. water, etc.
33pm cellar room; rent low. Enquire at Gauge
ce. -..
FOR SALE,
A PIECE OF LAND in the upper part of Win-
nipauk, on the main road. consisting of on Or-
chard and lot adjoinlnfid'ormerly at art of the Slit-
ting Mill Prg‘perty. T e estate of re. Susan Glo-
ver, deceas . _ Apply to HENRY LAMB.
llle NorwalK Iron Works to.
THE Stockholders Annual Meeting will be held
at the Office of the Company, Tuesday, J ann-
ary 26th, at 2 p. m., for the election of Directors,
and transacting other. business.
2t3 -. E. HILL, J 12., Secretary.
NOTICE.
THE ANNUAL MEETING of The Lonnsbury
a: Bissell 09., will be held at the office of the
Company, on Tuesday. the 26th inst., at 9:30 o’clock
a. in. E. C. BISSELL, Sec'y.
Winnipauk, January 9th, 1875. . -
Real Estate at Auction
Pursuant to an order of the Court of Prob e for
the District of Rid eflcld, the farm of John hit-
lock. an insolvent ebtor of said Ridgefleld, 'will
no offered for sale at public auction. on Saturday,
Feb,.13, 1875, at 10 o’clock. f'orenoon. The farm
consists of about One Hundred Acres of Land,
with Dwelling House, and all necessary Ont Build-
ings. A valuable Lime Kiln is‘, on the premises.
The Land is suitabl divided into Meadow. Plow,
Pasture and Wood mi. The farm was recently
owned by William Sellick, Esq.. and is situated in
Bennett’s Farms District. There vvil
_ ‘ laiso be sold
at the same time and place, the following Personal
Property of the said debtor, viz: One We ,
One Mowmg Machine, One Horse Bake. 3 qnan -
t of Ilay, lot of Lime and Wood. Sale to take
p_ ace on the premises. Terms made known at the
tune of sale.
_ SAMUEL SCOTT, Trustee.
Ridgefield, Conn., January let, 1875. 3t3
it.
DIVlDl-i ND.
Orrrcn on FAIRFIILD Fins: Ixsunaucn 00.,
Sous-n Nonwaur, 01‘. Jan.. 14th 1875. i
'I‘ meetingpt Directors. held this day, u semi-
annual dividend of ten (10) per cent. in on the
capital stock ofthis Company was decisr , pays-
bie on demand.
HENRY B. TURNER, Sec’y.
26111 DIVIDEND.
Orrrcn on sun: Nonwaur Finn Ixsnnaxcn 00.,
_ Norwalk, J an 13th, 1875.
The Board of Directors have this day declared a
Semi-annual thyidcnd of five, (5) per cent payable
on and after Jan 20th. 1875.
t3 GEO. R. COWLES. Secretary.
Machine Will iiiflII its Bullies.
.We. hereby inform the people of Norwalk and
vicinity, that we have located ourselves at the
NORWAIK MAOHIIIE WORKS.
UPPER NORWALK, and that in addition to the
manufacture of the
Norwallo Lawn Mower
we are. by the aid of additional machinery and
tools, prepared to do all kinds of
LIGHT REPAIRING,
AND GENERAL MACHINE WORK.
Having had many_years experience in the lar e
Armorles and Sewrng Machine Factories of t e
country we flatter ourselves that we are most
lhoroughl competent to undertake this class of
work. S WING MACHINES, GUNS, and other
light articles left: With us will have our careful at-
tention. Old Sewing Machines made as good as
new. or new machines out of adjustment put in
complete order.
m'b MORTON .k HANIBY.
SPECIAL g
BARGAINS
-. IS—
BLAOK OASHMIIRES,
—AN D-
ALPACAS,
To Reduce the Stock on Hand,
~FOR—
This Week only,
"Ar--
Earledzsmith’s
Manr C. EBBITTS,
vs. ORDER OF NOTICE.
Gnouon A. Enni'r'rs. ~ '
State of Connecticut, Fall-field County, as.
Bridgeport, Dec. 21st. A. D. 1874. .
UPON the petition of the said Mary C. Ebbitts.
of Westport, praying't‘or reasons therein set
forth. for a divorce, returnable to the Sn erior
Court, in and for Fairfield County, on the let nes-
day of - March, 1875. It appearing to and being
found by the subscribing anthoritythat the sat
respondentis absent from the state and gone to
parts unknown. - .
THEREFORE Ounnusn. That notice of the pen-
dency of said petition be given by publishing this
order in the Norwalk Gazette. a’newspaper printed
in Norwalk, Connectiont.three weeks successively.
commencing on or before the 19th do of January,
A. D. 1875. - - A
Clerk of Superior Court, Fairfield County. J
-OF THE—
3tycelzi‘l‘tsi- of Andrew and Mary A. Weed aged Ladies, Association &Missinn Band
will be held at LOCKW'OOD’S HALL, on
Wednesday Evcn’g, Jan. 20.
TEA WILL BE SERVED FROM 5}; T0 7);.
Dramatic fr Miscellaneous Readings
By Miss RENA RUNNER,
or Basilio, N. x., from 8 to 10 o’clock.
W Tickets of Admission for the entire enter-
tainment. 50 Cents for Adults; Children 35 cents.
Tickets can be had of the ladies, and at the door.
Doors open at 5 o’clock.
An Oyster Supper !
will be given by the young people of the
Congregational Society, of Wilton.
FRIDAY EVENING, Jan. 22nd,
AT THE LECTURE ROOM.
ADMISSION - - - 10 CElb'l’l.
Doors open at 0:30 o’clock.
Per order J OSIAII KELLOGG.
Charity and Calico
BAI-IL!
AT LOCKW'OOD’S HALL,
Thursday Evening, Feltith, I815.
”The net proceeds to be devoted to the relief of
. the Poor."€al
TICKETS $1 00, NOT TRANSFERABLE.
N0 tickets sold at the door. For tickets or fur-
ther information apply to any of the followmg
committee :-
John E. Adams. E. 0. Kecler,
Geo. R. Byington, Charles Olmstead,
R. S. Craufur . Charles Plait.
C. B. Coolidge, \V. E. Quintard,
Benjamin Camp. Nat. Requa.
C.B. DeKlyn. W. C. Roberts,
Earle A: Smith, Edward Street,
Charles Freudenthal, W. Scofield,
F. Godfrtiy. W. H. Smith.'.
John H. oyt. J. Johnston, of John-
ston 8'. Co.
LOOK OUT
FOR THE
OOMINO MAN
TO GIVE YOU
FITS!
Appeared in last issue and below explains.
MESSRS.
Merchant
Clothiers,
And Dealers in
our runusmre
GOODS,
have engaged the services of an Artistic Cutter,
who for many ears was in the Custom Tailoring
Department 0 two of the finest and well-known
firms in New York. and feel assured that those
who have heretofore been unable to get sulted in
this place, may now not only save the trouble of
same quality
Cheaper at Home.
You are respectfully solicited to make an exam-
ination of our elegant stock of
FINE WOOLENS
OF FOREIOII' FABRICATION,
Designed for I
. GENTLEMEN’S
*IIIIITIIII IIIIIIIIII'I'i,
and we claim to exhibit the Largest and Finest
Selection of Goods of this class in this County.
Toni- attention is invited to the fact that the
STYLE, FIT and GENERAL FINISH of 011!
OUSTOM MADE OLOTHING,
is par excellence. Respectfully,
HARLEM a co,
lull-Milli CLUTHIERS,
Gents’ Furnishing 7- Goods,
Under the Opera House,
S OBWA LK .
a”
in f l. Bargain
‘THIS WEEK
.. _§T_
n
EABLE & SMITH’S
DRESS ' GOODS,
,MUSLINS, .
Km GLOVES.
HARLEMiiIIt,
going to the city for fine clothing, but can buy the .
in as. "'7: _ 1' ‘ _ . ‘a-.. . .2 . ‘5 ‘
‘. 1 :lunal Elections. BOI‘MIQB ”0103“"- . , .1... W t The attendance at the
A -. .flin of the Civil Authorities Thefollowthzsentlemennem611090" 0“. ;. I mum , m, . . . , _ mufiflflfll 5. .
thbejn'..:‘llr.: gainemen wereciomam‘ii Fridnrevenlnslaslws delegate from this snipe-{iii} J anii'fiaififf‘“°,”°"“‘ ,- CHARITY
forty- “Snug year: ' ‘ f Town to the several Republican Cenven- bngwflfiif in" “figmgggglggsgfxffi . ‘ _
“mm“ 3““ "ii-G“ THE llIIIIlIl ENTERTAINMENT B-“v -
av iocnvvoon's '
rial, will undoubtedly be limited in point of [turn-
bers, but there is no limit to the stock 01
HIIIISE FURNISHING 000118.
CHINA, CROCKERY,
~AN D—
GLASSWARE,
—AT—
E. K. LOCKWOOD’S.
To My Friends and. Patrols !'
Iwishyona
HAPPY NEW YEAR I
I return you my thanks for the liberal patronage
in times past. and he e b . strict attention to busi-
ness, fair dealing, an on iglng clerks. not only to
retain my old customers, but be able to enlist a
lar a number in addition. _
living had a great deal of fault found \vitli
Western Flour, I have now made arrangements
with one of the best Flooring Mills in the State of
New York. located in the Genesee Valley, in one
of the best wheat sections in this country, to turn-
ish me with
FRESH GROUND FLOUR.
I can now ofier
500 Barrels of Flour
direct from the mill, fresh onnd, and in splendid
order, low for Cash, at my ‘tore,
51 Main Street, Not-walk, Conn.
where can at all times he found a complete assort-
ment of
Groceriesfmvisions & Fresh Meal
which will be sold at prices to suit the times.
Harvey Fitch.
Norwalk, Jan. llth, 1875. 2
J. SPENCER,
Watebmakcr and Jeweler.
Under Nor-walk Opera House,
Dealer in
Pine Gold Jewelry,
Silver and Plated Ware,
. American do Imported Clocks,
° Agent for
Howard, Elgin & Walliiam Watches.
REPAIRING FINE WATCHES A
SPECIALTY.
German Accordeons and Concertinas. Violin and
guitar Strings, of the best quality, at the lowest
rices. '
TIN WARE
—A'1‘——
E. K. LOCK WOOD’S.
new casn atone.
HE undersigned have this day formed a co-
artnershi under the name and firm of
WE KS 8'. ST VENS, and have b0ught out the
entire stock of Nathan Ives, 35 Main street, where
we shall continue the business. We shall kce a
full stock of BOOTS, SHOES and BURBE .
which we will sell very low for cars and all who
wish to purchase will find it to their interest to
give us a call. We will sell our entire stock of
Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, m., very low, for cash,
to close them out in order to make room for other
br‘iisiness. Give us a call before purchasing else-
w ere
Nor-walk. Dec. 281b. 1874.
WEEKS 1k STEVENS. 3 Main Street.
J ACOB WEEKS. saunas S’rnvsus.
OAL HODS AND coal. smvxs, at
u. x. LOCKW cop’s.
Brenner’s 1.,
Novelty Bazar!
No. 6 Main Street, Nos-walk,
To be Sold Out at Private Sale
. BY THE
lot of February,
Great chance to get some
Good Bargains !
Or I will sell the entire stock, or part of
the same, to any one to continue the Busi-
ness. Or. will take in a good s man as
a partner and continue the same. Reasons
for selling—too much other busines.
Persons having pictures at my store to be
framed must call and settle for the same, or
they will be sold.
"SHOWCASES FOR SALE.
G. H. RICE.
MA is STREET, oppostte Dr. Gregory‘s, at
Misses Hyatt’s.
' MISS M. E. MERRILL.
50 ' NORWALK, coax.“
END! of the condition of the FIRST N A-
TIONAL BANK OF NEW CANAAN. at the
close of business, on the 30th day of December,
5.
RESOURCES. '
Loans and Discounts .. . .. . . . ._ ........... $138,087.80
U. S. Bonds to secure circulation ........ 100,000.00
other Stocks; Bonds and Mortgages.. . . . 6,000.00
Due from Redeeming Ar Reserve Agents 18,093.87
Due from other National Banks ......... 13, 59.80
Dne fkom State Banks and Bankers. 18,809.20
Real Estate. Furniture and Fixtures ..... 4,500.00
Current ex crises and taxes paid. . . 2,395.3
Checks an other Cash . Items. .. 1,000.00
Bills of other National Banks ........... . 455.00
Fractional Currency, ....... . .......... . . . 217.54
Le 1 Tender Notes ...................... 9.024410
Re! emption Fund with U. S. Treasurer 4.500.00
- $13,691.99
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in . . ...... . ............ $100,000.00
Surplus Fund ................... . . . ..... . 19,000-00 .
Other Undivlded Profits ....... . . ’ . 8.54:2-01
National Bank Notes outstanding. . 88,0151”
Dividends Unpaid ............ . ..... . 60-
Iudividuul Deposits ............. . . . . . .. 37.54353
Demand Certificates of Deposit.. . . .. 1000-0”
Due other National Banks. .......... .. .. 38.03130
Bills Payable ............................ 20.00030
$313,691.99
State 0 Connecticut, County of Fairfield, ss-
1, S. T. 51'. JOHN. Cashier oi the above named
Bunk, do solemnly swear that the above statement
is true to the best of my knowled e and belief.
S. Y. ST. fOHN, Cashier.
Subscribed and Sworn to before me this 14th day
of January, 1875. _
NOAH W. HOYT, Notary Public.
Correct, attest, CHARLES BENEDICT,
“'ILLIAM G. WEBB,
S. Y. 51‘. Jonx,
'Tovns,
, RANGES,
And. Heaters,
-Aqv._
E. K. LOCKWOOD’S.
} Directors
Tax Collector’s Sale.
OTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
under and by virtue of a. certain Tax Warrant
Fuls‘ Made and Repaired,
,1 ‘ Dated at Norwalk, Jan. 1811:, A. D., 1875.
dnl executed and signed by the proper authority
an directed to the undersigned commanding him
to levy and collect of Bemamin A. Dickens and
other persons named in the Rate-book on list to
said warrant annexed. their several lproportions of
the sum total as therein stated, sui sum being a
tax or assessment agreed upon b the inhabitants
of the Town of Norwalk. regular y and legally as~
sembled, to wit: on the 8th day of December, A.
D. 1878. met for the purpose of providing for the
indebtedness of said own List, of 1873, levies up-
on and will sell at Public Auction, at the premises
hereinafter described. on the 29th (in ct March,
A. D , 1875, at 2 o’clock. p. m., so mac of the fol-
lowing described Real Estate of Benjamin A.
ickens, situated in said Town of Norwalk, at
South Norvvalk, so called. and bounded northerly
on land now or formerly 01' Geo. R. Bailey. and on
land of David Rear-don, 150 feet; easterly on high-
G
as will raise the sum of Six Dollars arid Nine -
_. three cents. (86.93) that bein, g the proportion of 0
id Benjamin A. Dickens. of the sum total in said
tat. to ther with the charges of levy, sale, etc.
.10 F. RAYMOND. Tax Collector. List 1851:}.
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Norwalk Chronicler