Nomi-all: Gazette.
Tuesday, November 27th, 18 ’7 7.
Autumn Thoughts.
A solemn, tender melancholy—
A soft emotion, sweet and holy,
A sense of stillness andqrepose,
I O‘er my worn heart and spirit flows.
I feel the breathing calm that lies
On earth and sea, and sleeping skies,
Upon the yellow voiceless woods,
Where fading nature mournful broods,
The stubble fields, brOwn, silent, bare
Not cvena gleaner_,,wandering there.
I seem by the death ecuch to stand
Of some gray father of the land,
Whose fading hue and failing breath,
And voiceless lips, give signs of death,
And hark! ’mid twilight shadows dim,
The robin chants his funeral hymn.
Now o’er the landscape slowly sailing
Robes of mist around her trailing
Comes the night,bright, mild and gracious,
Through the blue ethereal spacious,
Walks the full orbed moon in splendor
Chaste, serene and meekly tender.
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From N. Y. Times, Nov. 11th.
The Plumber for the Ring.
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TIIE QUES l‘ION OF THE CITY'S CLAIMS.
Re gifter Dwight recently decided in the
bankruptcy case of John H. Keyscr, the
:xlumber who worked for the Ring, to post-
:xonc the proof of the claims of the City
‘zvainst him for $3,170,458 88, until an As-
ignee of the estate should be chosen by the
rther creditors. Al the request of the Cor-
- raration Counsel, the question was brought
~ :fore Judge Blatchford, in the United States
.listrict Court, in Biukruptcy, for review,
. id argument thereon was had yesterday by
.issistant Corporation Counsel George P. An.
I'rcws, on behalf of the City, and Charles
zlocller, for Mr. Keyscr. Mr. Andrews'said
"rat the Register had postponed the claimson
-!ll‘Ce grounds: First that they were based
-:pon atort; second, that the damages were
:l-ll. liquidated; and, third, that the City had
:i-Jl. brought suit within six years of the lime
:‘iat the last item had occured. Counsel’s
ariswcr was that the City did not base its
. {aims upon a fraud or tort of Keyscr in
setting the money, but upon the ground that,
‘a wing got money, belonging to the City, that
nplied a contract upon his part to repay it,
znd that, therefore, the City’s claim against
liim was based upon contract, and not‘on tort.
:\s to the second ground, it was claimed on
chalf of the City that its damages were liqu-
idated. The Controller, in his aflldavit at-
l ached to the claims, stated that they were
presented by Keyscr, and were wholly false
and fraudulent, and that the City was there-
l‘ )l‘C entitled to recover the money paid him,
.. ith interest, and that, even if the claims
presented by Keyscr had some validity, under
.'ic decision of the General Term of the Sn-
preme Court, as the claims are mostly fraudu-
lent, the City was entitled to recover the en-
fire money paid Keyscr, with interest, As to
ihc Statute of Limitations, it was sufilcient
to say that no suit had been brought against
.{eyscr on behalf of the City because he had
become a witness for the City in certain mat-
ters, and had at one time executeda deed of
i rust of his property for the benefit of the City,
and, the City having failed to realizeanything
ihrougli this trust, it had become necessary
to take such other measures as it could to
collect something from Keyscr. .
Mr. Goeller. on behalf of Mr. Keyscr, made
the point that by section 19 of the Bankrupt-
cy not no debts could be proved except those
specified in that section, and they did not
include such claims as those in this case.
The Register had acted fully up to the powers
granted him by section 23 of the act, which
prescribed that when a claim was presented
for proof before the election of an Assigncc,
and the J udge entertains doubts of its validity,
or of the right of the creditor to prove it, he
may postpone proof of the claim until the
Assigncc is chosen. The City had been
guilty of laches in the present proceedings,
as it had failed to produce certain necessary
documents or give copies thereof. The veri-
fication of the claims presented had not been
made by the proper ofiicial, who was the
Mayor. The Mayor, Aldermen, and Com-
monality could alone bring suit in the City’s
behalf. The demand was void,asnot com-
plying with the requirements of the Bank-
ruptcy act that it should show a consideration,
and whether any or what securities were held
therefore, and what payments made. No
claims could be allowed unless all the state-
ments set forth in the sworn affidavit respect-
ing them were true. Many of the City claims
were bazardcd on speculation of mind or im-
perfect impressions, and merely guessed at.
N o bills receipts, or indorsements of Keyscr
had been presented in evidence. The City
had barred itself from making an claim in
full upon Keyscr, in having accepted portions
of the claims against \Voodward, Sweeny,
and Watson, by the way of compromise.
Nothing had been produced to show whether
Keyscr was a sole or a joint contractor. One
individual could not alone conspire, and,
under the Bankruptcy act, a joint action must
be shown. The City had failed in its duty
in the case by not having made up a. full
statement of its claims. If Keyscr had been
guilty of fraud, a discharge in bankruptcy
would not bar presentation of the claims of
the City, as it could move to vacate or .dis-
charge within two years. The claims of the
City, however, were barred by the Statute
of Limitations, as it appeared on the papers,
and by oath of the Controller, that over six
years had elapsed since the claims occurred.
Keyscr claimed that the City, was still in his,
debt, and it would take months of calculation
to find what was the exact condition of his
and the City’s claims against each other. The
demand of the City was unliquidated one.
Moneys had been charged against Keyscr on
forged bills and receipts. If Keyscr was
sued in a State court, he could ask for a bill
of particulars, a bill of discovery, and also
examine the City before trial. and he should
have no less privilege in the present proceed-
ings.
At the conclusion of the argument, Judge
Blatchford decided that the Register's posi-
tion was correct, and that the validity of the
claims of the City must be left to the consid-
eration and discretion of the Assignee. This
makes it an important matter as to who the
Assigncc shall be, and this is to be determin-
ed at a meeting of the creditors of Keyscr at
Register Dwiglit’s office on Wednesday next.
As Judge Blatchford' did not reserve his
decision, it was unnecessary to present a
formal protest which Mr. Keyscr had prepar-
ed, claiming that the City’s claim against
him are wholly unfounded. It is given below,
$3ith letters to the Controller and Mr. Keyser’s
”affidavit appended.
‘ Karsun's ruorasr.
. In regard to the presentation of this unjust
claim of the City of New-York of millions of
dollars, with the unwarranted assumption
that it is for money obtained fraudently, I
deny the charge, and am prepared here to
show by indisputable evidence the falscness
and injustice of the charge, and that I have
. performed services and furnished materials
to a very large amount upon the work of the
City, much of‘which remains unpaid. And
first I would offer here in this court the time
books of weekly payments made to the work-
men in my employ during some three years
of my dealings with the ify, containing the
names of the workmen employed and the
amounts paid them weekly, along with the
gheiks drawn lweekly {It‘llm the East River
an , as vouc ers or suc paymentsaggrega.
ting in amount to $500,000, paid to some 200
skilled mechanics and laborers employed
upon the City’s work, and as it is a. fact well
established in mechanical business that the
lowest estimate which labor bears to the stock
and materials consumed is $1 of labor to $5
of material used, that would reasonably ac-
count for every dollar, and more, which I
have ever drawn from the City, I would ask
fhat with these time-books as vouchers, and
the checks paid out upon them weekly before
us, is it reasonableto believe that I would
pay out in cash over $500,000 for the one
item of labor and the City not have derived
the benefit therefrom.
I offer, further, the checks paid to five
business firms for raw materials used in the
City’s work, amounting to some $125,000,
which checks have been paid, and are here
produced as vouchers. . .
I offer further some 4000 checksadditional,
paid out in the course of business, the largest
share of-which the City received-A the whole.
benefit, aggregating in amount some $675,000
more,which I also produce in this court as
vouchers and although these amounts do not
represent nearly all the checks issued, as some
four months’ of check issues are lost, nor the
large amount of bank bills paid out without
passing through the bank the total of check
vouchers which I here ofier aggregates $1,250-
000 paid by the bank in some three years of
my dealings with the City.
I am prepared to show further, that the
work performed by me embraced all, or near-
ly all, the mechanical work of the great City
in the line of plumbing, gas work, chande-
liers, tin and sheet iron work, roofing, stoves
and furnaces, mason-work in the repairing of
chimneys, coping, flagging, doc. The neces-
sary iron castings required in f urnishing man-
hole frames, stop-cock boxes, cast iron sewer-
bisins, granitehcads for basins, lamp-posts,
&c. , with the numerous castings and pipes
required by the Sewer Department, (except
the large pipes, which were furnished by
other parties ;) also iron railings for public
offices and courts, and the railing repairs in
the public parks, with the heavy repair work
done upon sewers, culverts, and breakage in
the streets, which were done by me for a
period of two years.
That this varied work embraced five large
markets, three prisons, Tombs building, 30
Police station-houses, 10 armories, and a part
of the time all the fire engine houses of the
City; three new sewers, and repairs on 120
sewers and 55 culverts; repairs and furnish-
ing stoves to all the public offices of the City,
old City Hall, Registers office, Tax Commis-
sioner’s offices, County Jail, and .House of
Detention for witnesses. necessitating a large
amount of material and labor, and involvmg
a very heavy expenditure of means to ac—
complish this variety of absolutely necessary
work. I am further prepared to show that
as many of the City and County departments
had exhausted their appropriation, I was di-
rccted to still do the necessary work for such
departments, as Criminal Courts and Police,
Sheriff's offices, County offices, Tombs, build-
ing, Blackwell’s Island, Croton water supply,
&c, and render the bills to the other depart-
ments {where there were still unexpended
balances, as the Bureau of Lamps and Gas
and County Court-house, which was so done,
and will account for the excessive amounts
of work charged against these departments,
but in so doing the City received the full
value of the work. I am further prepared
to prove by my workmen and others, in ref-
erence to the plumbing work in the County
Court-house, that after the work was complet-
ed nearly the whole lead pipes, traps, branch-
es. and brass work was cut out and 'stolen
while in charge of City watchmen, in ad-
dition to some $5,000 worth of lead pipe and
'russ work stolen previously, and that I was
compelled to do the work and furnish new
materials a second time, and that when so
again completed hot exhaust steam was
turned into the lines of six-inch lead soil pipes
and their connections from the steam boilers,
which so softened and destroyed the work
that I was again compelled to renew the main
lines of pipe through the whole building, and
substitute cast and wrought iron pipes in
their place by orders from the architect and
Commissioners, thus swelling the cost of the
work enormously, with no fault of my own,
and that upon the second and third perform-
ance of the work, I employed a night and
day watchman at my own expense until the
work was finally completed and delivered.
I am further prepared to show that many
of the bills mentioned in this claim, as hav-
intr been paid to me I have never received.
further charge, upon information and
belief that the Controller is in receipt of some
owners upon assessed work done upon sewers
and culverts, which was done, by me under
direction of the Sewer Department, and has
not been paid over to me nor credited. Ifur-
ther charge that there is still some $200,000
of unsettled and unadjusted claims for good
and valid work done by me during June,
July, August, and September, 1871, under
orders from the Sewer Department, which,
if credited, should more than balance any
claims for overcharges which the City alleges
against me. 1 hereunto append two letters
written to the present Controller in March
and July last, which will explain the positon'
I occupy, and will, also, prove the injustice
of admitting the City’s claim in this court.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN H. Ksrsnk.
xsrsnn‘s LETTER TO THE CONTROLLER.
NEW-YORK, March 13 1877.
John Kelly, Esq, Controller:
DEAR SIR: May I respectfully call your
attention to the settlement of my unadjusted
accounts with the City, which I have tried
for several years to bring about, but without
success, during Mr. Green’s administration?
I claimed to him, and I repeat the claim, that
the City was largely in my debt, and that
under any just accounting the City owes me,
and not I them, as I believe, any counting
will prove. There are many claims of mine,
which have never been acted upon by your
office, representing good and valid work to a
large amount, laid over by Mr. Green, besides
a large balance due on old accounts, and your
office also received from property owners
upon their assessed property for improve-
ments, for work and materials furnished by
me in building culverts, sewers, &c. , as I
am informed, some $30,000 in cash which
belonged of right to me. There are also un-
adjusted cl'aims due me for work done for
property-holders assessed against them and
paid into your office, or should have been,
amounting to some $10,000 more, which, I
understand, are still in the Bureau of Sewers,
and must be nearly or quite outlawed to me.
There are also claims for work, amounting
to some $1,200, due the Keyscr Stove Works,
not in question or dispute, which should be
paid at once. In view of the injustice and
hardships of which Iam the victem, may I
ask can you consistintly with your duties
suggest any plan by which the facts above
stared may be established with a view of an
early settlement of our matters. With the
unjust prejudice existing against me and the
unremiting slanders of the press, I could
hardly expect justice in the courts, and I
have already been forced into failure through
this injustice, my creditors demand of me a
antlement, and on ihzir behalf I am stimulat-
ed to press my urgent claims upon your at
tention. “’1“ you please consider the matter
in question very soon, and any plan you may
suggest (to avoid liligatiou) to enable you to
gain a correct knowledge of the facts with a
view to settlement for or against me will be
most promptly seconded by me.
Joux II. Ksrsau.
P. S.-—My desperate needs urge me to ask
an early attention to the above, as I am being
forced into bankruptcy, and every piece of
property I own is'under foreclosure from my
inability to pay interest on taxes. H
. K.
New Yonk, July 2, 1877.
John Kelly Esq. , Controlkr .'
' Desk 811:: In my note to you on the 14th
of March last, handed you through Mr. Olney,
my counsel, I respectfully urged upon you a
hearing of my case, with the hopes of arriv-
ing at afinal settlement of all my affairs with
the City, and I am the more urgent because
these claims are daily outlawing and there-
fore require attention. In conformity with
in the Spring of 1876, expert accountants
were appointed to go over my books, which
was done, occupying some three months’
time, in the Controller’s office, and a full and
thorough digest if the work done through the
several years bearing upon my claims against
the City, and their payments to me during all
this time, and the result of their examination,
I understood, shows conclusively that the
City is still in debt, with allowing every dol-
lar paid me during the time. I have a copy
of the digest and summary, with year, date,
place, and nature of the work, and am prepar.
ed even at this late date to identify and prove
the work over the City, or where the same
. has been removed or worn out, to satisfy any
expert that the said work was performed by
me, and with this view I trust you will grant
my request for a commission at once. There
is much of the sewer work and pipe-yard
supplies, amounting in the aggregate to some
880,000, unadjusted or unpaid, which can be
easily traced and identified, and if you will
appoint experts to go over the same with me
at once, I think I shall be able to place the
work to your satisfaction, under a stipulation
of settlement, or in the event of my not doing
so to forfeit all claim for same. I am acting
on behalf of my creditors, having already
taken proceedings in bankrutpcy, who arc
forcing me to act in the premises, and you
will therefore kindly excuse me for taxing
you with matters which belonged of right to
your predecessor. Yours truly.
JOIIN H. Karscu.
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other man has planted.
It was the late N. P. Willis who discover-
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wives first and axed ’em afterwards.
Senator Beck went to the races because if
he “didn’t go the people of Kentucky would
not think he was properly representing them.”
A few more horse races, and the appropria-
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—Loui4m‘lle Courier-Journal.
The Danielsonville women have raised
$1,000 toward a soldiers’ monument, and a
town meeting is to be called to appropriate
$51,000 more.
The application of a good, sound common
sense, to the small as well as the large affairs
of life produces a result proportionately ben-
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ATTOREY GENERAL Dnvsxs has taken the
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4 4th Ave.,'_
0. ll. consuls,
Manufacturing Confectionei,
Keeps constantly on hand a large variety of
Always Fresh and of the Best Quality, at
\Vliolesale and Retail .
Also a superior article of
ICE CREAM.
SODA W ATER,with fruit syrups, and OTTAWA
231318,de from Matthews Patent Steel Form-
a s. .
Fruits, Nuts, fine Importedand
Domestic Cigars. '
No. 21 Main Street.
An Elegant Ice Cream Saloon and Restaurul
forLadiesandGentlcmen. . .3 ,
\F\\ “ ,o‘ '
'H
Tl'
L‘l’V
i. mmm FOR mam-1m use. 2 ’.
207. PEARL s1", 'NEW YORK.
From the thousands ofpureham: 51 bur PRE- :
.PARED PAINTS, we have yet to' hear the
fir ~ ‘.
' Complaint. The reason isapparent. Ourpainzg
, have stood the test of" ears,,where all other: ~~
. paints have/ailedindura ility.
. capacity. being
Their coverim i
cuter than any other paint, pre-
sents a practica ilemrof economy. Our paints ar-
guaranteed in every.particnlar.— theconsumei;
assuming no risk-whatever, as we will, rte-pom.
any building on which our paints do not prom
satisfactory; allowingachoice pl English, :B.B
White Lead, or any other paint in use. , For; cab
by W. C. STREET a 00., Norwalk. 7. 21m
Joan 3.731112'8.
'F L O BIS-T?
EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET, SOUTH
OF RAILROAD, -
City of South Norwalk, Conn.
Plants and Flowers at all-seasons;
Flowers for In neruls furnishednnd
tastefully arranged to order at filial-LI
notice. - ,
I
F. H. NASH as as.
Furnaces, Ranges, Marsala-flip-
em Ware, China 8. Glassware, .
Ilron Hollow Ware, Tin,
and Wooden Ware,
lamps, Chandeliers, Brackets,
And all that pertains thereto. ;
PLUMBERS & GAS FITTEng
and jobbers in
METALS, TIN, COPPER, BRASS,ZIN(J, SHEET
lRON, LEAD, Etc, BRASS COOKS, HOSE ‘
PIPES, SPRINKLE RS, COUPLINGS,RUB-
BER HOSE, AND FANCY GOODS IN
GREAT VARIETY.
Corner of Main and West" Streets,
South Norwalk-
We guarantee to make it for the interestofbuy-
ers of any article in our line. to give us a call, and
only ask an opportunity to demonstrate the‘ truth
of what we say to the entire satisfaction of all. am
I'll! Hunrronn
STEAM BOILER unison!
lnsurance‘sCompany,
CASH CAPITAL, $500,000
SSUES Policies of Insurance. Aftercareml in-
spection of the Boilers,covering all loss or
danliagc to Boilers, Buildings,and Machineryaric-
n2 ram 2
Steam Boiler Explosionii
J. M. ALLEN, -_ - “President
0. MJIEACl-l, - q- Vice-President
J. B. PIERCE, - - Secretary
W. G. LINEBURGH, 2,- Agent
onceovcr the first Nations Bank,cor.Main and
BankSts.. BRIDGEPOBTAEONN. ‘ 28
THE WORLD'S STANDARD!
BECEIVEDITHE HIGHEST MEDALS AT
World’s Fair, London,
Worl 11’. Fair, New York,
World’s Fair, Paris, -
World’s Fair Vienna, - -
World’s Fair, Suntlago Cllill,
World’s Fair, Philadelphia,
World’s Fair, Sidney, Australia,
Also Sole Agents for
MltES' ALARM MONEY DRAWEBS.
HANCOCK’S INSPIBA'I'OBS,
(The Best Feeder known for Stationary, Marine,
: and Locomotive Boiler-3,)
also,
OSClllATING PUMPACC'SZPUMPSJ
Fairbanks 8t 00.,
311 Broadway, N. Y.
185]
1853
1881
1873
1815
1818
1877
4m33
Sewing??? fights
W0 N D E R !
DON’T FAIL TO SEE THIS
Monarch Marvel of Perfection!
'1‘3- NEW
Vertical Feed Sailing Machine,
Manufactured at Watertown, N.Y. Ever body
especially ladies, are cordially invited to ca 1 and
inspect t eNew Machine, and see samples of work.
More beautiful and desirable than ever before ac-
complished, and utterly impossible for any other
Mac me to duplicate. The Vertical Feed is the
hinge upon which swings this unpara cleduuc.
ccss,combinin enfirelynewfeatures, w ich make
the machine t 0 most simply constructed; the
most easily‘operated; the most durable; and most
reliable, doing away With all fits. spells and bast-
. ing. Though the new machine.
POSITIVELY LEADS THE WORLD.
and no living person would purchase any other
after seeing it, yet it will he sold at the recent
popularly
Reduced Scale of Prices.
All come and inspect its merits.
R. I. TOLLES, Agent.
Principal office at 11. S. Rood’s J ewcl St
South Norwalk. Machines and sample to c lagged
at Harlem’s Clothing Store, N orwalk.
- » . -—A ood-Famil Horse kind
For sale: gegtle, and silo for 'ladle: 1:2
J “I z;
‘10 50
6.52 LaifayettoPl,-on‘e Door
-0urrirs"ANo PRICES, T0 sur'r ALL.
‘ c L o T H I N G- 2
WE SELL CLOTHING CHEAPER THIN ANY HOUSE IN N. Y. CITY.
NOW FOR THE unseen WHY.f
We Buy] for Cash,3and Sell for Cash,
AND OUR EXPENSES ARE SMALL.
Men’s Overcoats.
from $4 to $20. A Good Fur Beav-
er Overcoat, all. Wool, for $6,
At the New loitltlofhing House, 4| Main St, and
Sherwood & to, Wall 81., Next to Potter’s Music Store
NORWALK, CONN;
an IMMENSE .s'rocx or
.2" Winter, Business and Dress Suits,-
'UM’S.
and
’ Our Connecticut friends slip into our New Styles with so little trouble and cost that it obvi-
ates all necessity for Loss of Time, or Trouble about where to go to make the bestselection of
WINTER gOUTFI'I-S.
Clothing- adapted. to all Ages and Sizes-,from
f?{*éflieij-ucq‘llest;Boy to the Largest Man.
Everything? that; Fash'iollgwu 1311 est, or necessity require,
"-‘atth‘e‘Old Fa j ar. Store. '
P. C. 'Barnum as .00., r
1 I98, l98 AND 200 OHA'I'HAM‘ STREET, -NEW”YORK.
B LEMOL O'U’GH.
T3 UR E .
pin-Lon and CHAMBER SUITS,
Tables, Lounges, Chairs, Mattresses,
vFeathers and other Goods in our
line, at very Low Prices.
'BUCKINGHAM c2: 00.,
SO. NORWAliK, CT., MAIN ST., Opposite R. R., Depot. Up Stairs.
Carriage-s! : Carriages!
" ”IN GREAT
ends thrown Out and
Come and get them. Don’t wait.
VARIETY.
All the Leading Styles, 2' and 4 Passenger.
ROAO CWAOOI‘S ON BREWSTER CROSS SPRINOS.
My own Patent Spring in connection with J. C. Gould’s is acknowledged
to be the Best Low Down Spring invented.
I Still hold my . Former Assertion Good, that
I Illllll THE BEST WAGONZFOR THEIMOHEY IN CONNECTICUT.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
SAMUEL N.
Corner Fairfleld Avenue and Water street, Bridgeport, Conn. 20tf
' ,Q
Wll' illll .lllNC Tll Tllll
. NOW FOR VOOR‘WATER PIPES.
BEECHER,
WHERE THEY SELL
BOOTS . & SHOES
s o c H E A P l _
Special Cash Sales Continued.
we have a Store full of Goods and are anxious and determined to dis-
pose of them. Any Goods you buy and are dissatisfied with return them
in perfect” order and the money will be refunded. A lot more of odds and
MUST BE SOLD!
Delays are dangerous. :Ask for
i All] 11!
DO WHAT ?
Why Purchase the
BEST BASE BURNER
With Nickel Plated Panels and
Trlmmings.
THE GARLAND
Do not fail to see it before making your purchase.
Every Stove combines the latest and most inOd
em improvements, and several useful devices not
found in any other Stove. Three sizes with Oven,
Glinkerless and Adjustable Grate.
E. K. Lockwood,
Sole Agent for Norwulk.
PETER a UIG UE’S
Beautiful Bouquets
you saw or
drive. Apply to n. n. a c. s. Paowxrr. J
Prowo'tt’s Drug Store. n
‘ Theo. Inn-risen.
.I. P. llanforil to Sen,
liave opened, at the store next to Connecticu- ,
Hotel, a First-class
for the sale cf
~ Poultry,
Fish,
. Fruit
AND
I Vegetables.
Where will be kept all the
Finest, as well as the Common
Varieties in their Season,
and we shall endeavor by fail-dealing and
attention to business to men and would respect-
fully invite a share of the pub to patronage. hey
have engaged the services of Charley Doolan to
. take charge of‘ the Fish Department, which is .a
sufficient guarantee that everything will be nice.-
OYSTERS (I: OLAMS
Opened or in the Shell.
ALSO
Pure Milli from our own Daily.
.1. Harman. Fasxxfisnroan
from cor. of Aster m.,New York. :
Any Size, Style. Shape, and Color, in any Quantity,-
At Short Notice,
AT THE
GAZETTE OFFICE.
In Black or Colored Ink,
runs, POSTERS, ninoon’is
---,E.9MY,EYAN°ES
Strangest thing yet!
FOR
New York tBruulilln
"Pare Only 35 Cents!
EXCURSION TICKETS 50 0T8.
eluding admission to the Ameri-
can Institute Exhibition 75 etc.
The Swift and Splendid Steamer
Aflmms.
TO AND rnom NEW roux AND 31100an
DIRECT.
Leaving South Norwalk at 7:50, a m., on arrival
of Danbur and New Haven Railroad trains. Be-
turnin WI 1 leave J ewell’s Dock, Fulton Ferry.
Brook ya, at 2:15 p. m.,from fpier 37 East River,
New York, at 2:30 p. m., and out of 33d St.. at 2:45
. m., as usual, connecting surely with the Dan-
ury and New Haven trains. Passengers and
Ragga e conveyed to and from the Depotat South
Norwa k FREE ol‘charxe.
IEWIIII .IEU HAVE! “full.“ IAIlIlAI
Trains leave South N orwalk for New York at
l 25, (Washington Exp" via. Harlem Blver). 3 47,
(Exp.), 4 32, (Exp.) 6 0 .* 6 34,‘ 7 34, 7 45‘, (Exp)
9 20,‘ 36, (Exp) A. LL, 123', 2 56,‘ fixjp.) 4 30.
(Exp.)5 03. 6 24,.Lx o) 6 no. 9 05,(Exp.)l.’. . or New
Haven, 1 33, (Exp; 49, 9 01, 928, (Exp.) 10 48, A.
m., 12 ii, (Exp.) 1 45, 2 18, (Exp.) s on, 4 is. (Ex .)
6 ll, 6 46. 10 36, (mm a n 25, (Exp) 1’. M. or
Springfield, 8 49 9 28, (Exp.) A. m., 12 11 (Exp.)
1 45, 4 18, (Exp) 6 46 10 36, (Ex .) P. M. zpress
for Boston, VIII. 5 ringfield, 9 8, A. 11.. 12 ll, 4 18,
and 10 36, P. “I; a. New London; 2 18 and 11 25,
n
P. 201., via. Air c B.B.,l 33, Adi. and2 18 PJI.
B'Conipect at New Rochelle with llarlem hirer
rune .
llo mallflorse liailwaylime Table.
COMMENCING OCTOBER 29:73, 1877 .,
Luv: Nouwanx. So. Nonwanx
615nm.N.Y.&N.H.Accom. 535A-M.
6 35 00 6 55 05
7 05 “ New York Accommo’n 7 25 “
7 25 “ N. Y. Express 7 45 “
8 05 5‘ 825 I!
8 35 “ New Haven Accom’n D 05 “
905 “ N.Y.Ac.&N.n.Ex. 930 “
9 30 “ 9 50 "
9 50 " 10 10 l‘
10 10 ' ‘ New York Express 10 38 '
1028 “ New Haven Aeeom. 1048 N
1048 " II 10 “
ll 20 " ll 40 N
11 50 “ New Haven Express 12 15 p . m
1235p.m.. 1255 U
12 55 New York Accommo’n 1 25 4‘
l 25 “ New Haven Accom’n l 45 “
l 55 ‘ N . H. Express. 2 20 |
2 30 “ New York Express 3 00 “
3 00 “ 3 20 H
3 20 “ 3 40 t‘
8 40 “ New Haven Accom. 4 10 “
4 co “ New Haven Express 4 20 “
4 10 ' ‘ New York Express 4 30 "
4 40 “ N. Y.Acoommodatl.m. 5 03 u
5 03 “ 5 22 ‘.
5 22 ' 5 40 I
5150 ' N. B. Accom’n 6 10 I‘
6 00 " New York Express 6 28 0‘
628 “ N. H.&N.Y.Accom 848 "
6 38 ‘ ‘ 6 56 u
7 06 u 7 25 u
7 25 “ 7 45 n
7 5S " a 25 u
825 “ a 45 6
8 +5 “ New York Exprcs 9 05 “
9 05 h 9 25 o
9 35 ' ‘ 9 55 u
9 55 “ Saturday nights only. 1015 “
DAN BURY Jr‘NORWALK B. B
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing August 13fh, 1876.
DAILY TRAINS
Leave Now-walk Bridge
At 9 38 a. m., For Danbury and intermediate
6 24 p.m. stations.
4 42 p. m., For the Shepang R. B.
LeaveNorwalk Bridge/hr South Norwalk .
At 7 33,3. m., 5 53 p.m.
l 08 p. m., Daily except on Mondays.
Leave Danbury/or Norwalk.
635, a. m.,; 4 45, p. m.
9115 a.m., Mondays only. 12 00 m.,Daily except on
Mondays.
Freight Train at 6 10 p m.
L. W. SANDI ORTH, Supt.
3 ' Win. Glover & Son,
Are ready to put in your WATER,STEAM or GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at as low a rate as
anyone. WROUGHT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
LINED, LEAD PIPES, _&c., of every size and de-
scription. PLUMBING in all its branches.
CARRIAGES! CARRIAGES!
ncpammc. um, 5:11.,
, NEW FIRM
AT THE OLD STAND
Messrs. Malling: at. Tilly,
Having taken the business lately conducted by Si-
iaisg. Tattle, are prepared to marul‘acture all
n so
Carriages and Wagons to order.
Repairing in all Branches
, done in a most workmanh'ke manner. Both being
practical mechanics, and thoroughly acquainte
With all branches of the-business, they feel‘assur
who ma entrust work to their care.
PAINT NG. VARN'ISHING. UPHOLSTERINGI!
DOING'OVER CARRIAGES a S eeialty.
: :Machine Forg ng.
~ IOHAS.MULLINQS. ., 92H . II TILLY
1..ASK lWfififlOCEfi-FOB
.. . K W .,
F. A. FERRIS- a cons
annoyance vases-msnxiiisns
AND BREAKFAST noon,
on, sea a sea mon- s'rann'r. NEW roux.
no: «in; ultrasounds
OUR PATEHTED' TRADE-MARK,
sum-mini, altnelodulbodrh',ulnthut.
John A. Homoecker,
B A. KE '3.
. FOOT 0F» MILL HILL.
Bread, Rolls. Pies, Cakes,Ci-ullers, &e.,baked
fresh every da . Everything made out of good
materialsmnd ycarcfnland competentworkmen.
Try our Baking.
OEOROE WARD SELLECK,
has constantly in stock at his new store,
No. 9 Main Street,
a choice and fine assortment of
Groceries,
I Provisions,
Flour, _
Fruit, '&c. ,
To which he would invite the attention out: who
wish to purchase first-class needs an
- Reasonable Prices.
DRIED BEEF. snow), A so.“ :AL IY.
BESTof Hauglsgrunn WFIOUDE on
D.
Drop in and see him at in: :f; .v store
‘0. 9 Ilia l“! STREET.
running MMMM
F
Pollen Decorations & Scrap Books.
We have ailarge and beautiful assortment of pie-
turcs which we offer at low figures.
it u. a c. arsowm,
Daoeeisrs. l
Fare to New York and return, in- ,
ed that they can give- perfect satisfaction to all
'Omnhi‘of the; Nasal “Cavities, Acute.
Chroniofand 'Olcorative. Hay Fever,
[or Bose Oatarrli, Golan-ii of the Eye
and Ear and estarrh of the Threat.
0 summons! rnnrsnwrm 5?»
SMIFOBD’S RAOICAL GllllE.
mucous membrane:
vary its severity
In may from a cold or
n sudden of atmos-
phere. or inclement
nuts. “an“
on
and the “T" ta dis!
serious disease warns all
make speedy pre oration for
chronic he advan-
Cimn we confl-
no other remedy.
every line in the direc-
remedy, calculated to meet
The numerous testimonials
United States attest the
those who have can
and dangerous disease
afflicted.
is
JUST PUBLISHEDch
I... o...urn, an ac-
miniffigllhmtiffihgfi‘fgms and sym athetfc dis-
u- together with minute directions or efiecting
with axroxn's Ramon. Cm a speedy and permit
nent cure. Also observations on diet and the general
ealth. of vast importance to all afflicted with catarrh.
t is wrapped about each bottle or the Ramon. Gun,
or will be mailed. free on rccelpt of stamp.
k of Smfloan's Rumor. CURE contains
DE?:II¥:I‘¢d':§em rovcd Inhaling Tube, with full direc-
tl no to use lua leases. Price, ‘51. Sold av all whole-
sale an retail am has throughout the United States
and Canada. WEEKS a. P0 l‘TER, General Agents
and Wholesalebrngglsts,Boston, Mass. .
-VCCI.l.lNS’
VCLTAIC PLASTEH
Cures Pains and Aches.
It e uallzes the Circulation.
It on dues Inflammatory Action:
It cures Ru turcs and S rains.
It removes aln and Baroness.
It cures Kidne Complaint.
It stren hens he Musc es.
t cures eumatlsm and Neuralgia.
It relaxes Stifl'encd Cords.
It cures Nervous Shocks.
It is invaluable in Paralysis.
1t cures Inflammation o the Liver.
It removes Nervous Pains.
It cures Spinal Weaknt so.
R is Gragfpll and 60%tilti;ng.
cures e or .
It is Safefi‘telmglc and Economical.
It is rcscrlbed 1) I’ll slcians.
It is llidomd by ec felons.
PRICE 25 CENTS.
Be careful to obtain Connm' Vern-no Puma. a
combination of Electric orVoltaic Plates with a highly
llledicated Plaster as seen in the above cut. Sol by
-all Wholesale and Retail Dru gists throughout the
United States and Canadas, apd y WEEKS a OTTER,
Prepi-ietors, Boston, Mass.
g}... gait...
Notice.
“M erx
Burgesses of the Borough of Nor-walk, on the
2nd day of November, instant, designating the
ulace of votinglat the Annual Election of Borough
Officers, to be eld on the let Monday of December,
next, to wit :—on the 3d day of December, A. 1).,
M77:-
Voted, That the Town Hall, (HouseJ, be and the
same is hereby designated by this Court as the
place of votin at the Annual Election of officers
of this Boroug . .
December, 1877. and the Clerk of this Court is
hereby directed to give notice thereof according
to law. Attest, JOSEPH F. FOOTE,
Clerk of Court of Burgesscs.
Borough of N orwalk, Nov. 12, 1877. 3M6
Notice.
HE BOARD OF REGISTRATION of the
Borough of Norwalk, will hold a ublic ses-
sion on Wednesday next preceding t e Annual
Election of the Borough on the first Monday of
December, next, to wit:— on the 28th day of N o-
vember, between the hours of 2 and 6 p. m., at the
‘ or
Registration.
3th
Savin a Bank Building, Room No. 1 ; and said
Boar \vill continue such session from day to day
until a reasonable opportunity has been afforded
lor the correction of the Voting List of said Bor-
ough, by adding thereto or erasing therefrom the
names of all persons whose applications have been
filed With the Borough Clerk, up to 3 o’clock. p.
m., of the Monday next preceding said Annual
Election. GEORGE N . ELLS, Board
FRANK STREET,
J A0015 TURK ,
Norwalk, Nov. 12th, 1877.
Dissolution.
NOTICE is hereby given that the co partnership
heretofore existin under the name and firm
of FANCHER do BRO“) , is this day dissolved by
mutual consent. The business will be continued
at the old stand by Darius Fancher, who is cm-
powcred to settle the accounts of the late firm.
DARIUS FANCHER,
WILLlAM L. BROWN.
Dated Norwalk, Nov. 9th, 1577. 3M6
ISTRICT 0F NORWALK.ss. Probate Court,
November 7th. 1877.
Estate of SAMUEL P. TUT'I‘LE, late of New
Canaan, in said District, deceased.
The Court of Probate for the District of Nor-
walk hath limited and allowed six months from
the date hereof for the creditors of said Estate to
exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who
neglect to resent their claims properly attested,
within sai time will be debarred a recovery. All
persons indebted to said Estate are requested to
make immediate payment to
3t~16* ERASTUS W. TUTTLE, Adi. inistrator.
ISTRICT 0F NORWALK,ss. Probate Court
November 8th, 1877.
Estate of RHODA SMITH, late of Wilton,
in said district, deceased.
The_Court of Probaie for the District of N orwalk
hath limited and allowed six months from the date
hereof for the creditors of said estate to exhibit
their claims for settlement. Those who neglect
to present their accounts. properly attested, with-
in said time Will be debarred arccovcry. Allper-
sons indebted to said estate are requested to make
immediate payment to
' ' GEORGE M. HOLMES, Executor.
DISTRICT OF N ORWALK,ss. Probate Court,
November 14th, [877.
. Estate pf ISAAC Al. STURGES,lute of Wilton,
in said District, deceased.
The Court of Probate for the District of N or-
walk, hath limited and allowed six months from
the date hereof for the creditors of said estate to
exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who
neglectto present their accounts properly attest-
ed, Within sald time. Will be debarred a. recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediafcgayment io
3N7 ASA B. W ODWARD, Administrator.
Bankrupt Notice.
IN the District Court of the United States for the
I ‘ii’ml‘ °°r“i‘i°ii°li‘.‘ n
n e ma ero ‘ B. P ICE and PHI-
LO W. BATES, co-partners as PRICE A: BATES.
Bankrupts. in Bankruptcy, before Hon. L. N.
MIDDLEBROOK, Register in Bankruptcy.
To Whom rr nxv Concerns :—'l‘he undersigned
hereby gives notice of his appointment as Assig-
nce of the estatesof Price A: Bates. of Norwalk,in
the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut.
within said District, who have been adjudzed
Bankrupts, both as ctr-partners and asindividuals,
upon a petition of their creditors by the District
0%“: cg“ stag} Distfiiict.
a e a orwa , in said District the 12th
of November, A. D.. 157 . ‘ day
3M7 E. OLMSTEAD, Assignee.
SAMUEL
THE NORWALK Ssvmcs Sr ’CIETI’,
vs.
Stll‘vcn‘nésu ALLEN 131d others.
a e o onnecticut ‘ounty of Fairfield Sii erior
Court, September Term. ’ 1)
Order of Notice.
UPON the petition of the said Norwalk Savings
Society, praying for reasons therein set forth
for the foreclosure of two certain mortgages on
premlses Situated in the town of Norwalk. County
of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, in which the
representatives, creditors and heirs of Nathan
Parkhurst. deceased, late of N ewark, in the Coun-
ty of Essex, and State of New J ersey,have an in-
terest. returnable to the Superior Court in and for
Falrfield County, on the 1st Tuesday of December,
1877, it appearing and being found b said Court
that no executor or administrator of t e estate of
said Nathan Parkhurst, deceased, has been ap.
pointed, and that said petitioners do not know
who are the representatives, creditors,or heirs of
said Nathan Parkhurst, deceased, nor where they
or any of them reside.
Therefore, Ordered, that notice of the pcndency
of said petition be given by publishing this order
in the NonwaLK Gsznmnm newspaper printed
in said Norwnlk. two weeks successively, com-
mencing on or before the 20th day of November.
A. D., 1877, by the Sherifi' of the County of Fair-
fleld, his deputy, or either Constable of said town
of Norwalk.
Bridgeport, November 19th, 1877.
By the Court, H. T. BLAKE, Clerk.
The above is a true copy of the original order of
notice.
Attest, JOHN ERAYMOND,
Constable of‘ N orwalk,
WM- B. SWAN,
Manufacturer of
FINE AND COMMON
HARNESS,
- . And Dealer in
Horse a; Stable Equipments.
Particular attention paid to
REPAIRING--
Thankful for the liberal patronage of the sat
the subscriber hopes to inerft a continued shall-e of"
tlic business favors of his friends and the public.
' WM. B. s WAN.
Shop in rear of Residence, Main Street. Norwalk
FllWMl'.
THE following vote was passed by the Court of
to be held on the lat Monday of
The Old Tramp.
Good mornin’, boys, and how is biz? I’m a
seedy-looking tramp,
Ion see, last night my little bed was just a
trifle damp ;
I missed the train—that’s funny, tOO—and
thenI walked the rail;
I found my bed, as I always do, when inn
connections fail;
Last night I dreamt a dream, and I wish I'd
never woke-
ch, boys,I dreamt I lived again before I
took this yoke;
I saw the forms of other days—they’ve climb-
ed the golden bill;
I mingled with a homely throng—I wish it
were so still.
’Twas a banquet spread in that old home,and
all were gathered there
To crowd around the festal board—parental
blessings share;
You sch lived my life again,0 happy days so
bright,
As I slept (n my dew-damp bed in the shad-
ows of last night.
A poor tramp printer has a heart beneath is
ragged garb;
Hard Times is roaming through the land, and
we have felt its barb;
And, strangers, when I woke this morn, with
cramps and mental pain,
May God forbid my wicked wish—to never
wake again.
I've made some justification in this ancient,
battered form,
And my benzine wash I’ve thrown aside, it’s
brought to me much harm;
My proof has been corrected. “ "The will
urn-Surf. 1:5,
For He who scarc‘ueth hearts will many er-
rors see.
My tramp is almost ended now—old age will
win the race.
You see my hands are trembly, and I cannot
hold a case ;
But I’ve made an application at the city built
of gold,
And I long to hear the answer: “’Tis a case
that you can hold.”
EARLY Mamrosas Ramona—Among the
California ladies were some married to Amer-
icans, and they came at once to see me;
others, who were thoroughly Californian,and
to whom my name represented only invasion
and defeat, did not come at first, but after a
little were among the kindest people I knew
there. The only cow in the town belonged
to one of these, and she sent me daily a por-
tion of the milk, because I too had a little
child. They had very much the life of our
Southern people; their household, their chil-
dren, their domestic snrroundings,filled their
days busily and contentedly. Their houses
were charmingly neat and orderly, and when
I made a visit I generally found the lady of
the house sitting in the inner court, shaded
by the projecting roof, and surrounded by
domesticated Indian girls at their sewing.
They seemed to have the passion of H01-
leaders for the accumulation of household
linen; also for satin dresses, which they
also bought in number, and had made up
without any reference to style or fashion,and
packed them away in huge Chinese trunks.
These trunks are painted bright reds, greens,
and yellows, with well-executed wreaths of
flowers upon them, and were kept as orna-
mental pieces of furniture in the sitting-
rooms, along with French clocks, no end of
chandeliers, and other handsome things. Pic-
tures of church subjects and English hunting
scenes were to be met every where.
In making a visit one of the first attentions
was to hand you a cigarette, both made and
unmade, in order that you might “consult
your habit.” This part of the entertainment
was a failure with me, and I had always to
explain that Ihad an inability even to en-
dure the smell of tobacco.
As we show a photographic album, they
would open these huge trunks and show the
satin dresses. The Fourth of July made the
occasion for a grand ball; there were some
Californians in town, and there was a man-of-
war, and the post furnished some dancing
men, among them a long, thin young captain,
since General Sherman.
The dressing for this ball was a serious
matter for these native Californian ladies.
They had already these expensive gowns,
but they wished something absolutely new
and in our fashion; as they expressed it, “As
they wore them in the States.” An Ameri-
can who had lived there many years asked
me to show her “in strict confidence” my
ball dresses; she did not believe me when I
told her I had none with me; she said that
she would show them to no one else; that
only her dress-maker and herself should see
them (the dress-maker was the wife of a cor-
poral). I could not convince her that it was
not unwillingness on my part to share “the
fashions” with her; she looked upon it as an
excuse. When I said “really I had no even-
ing dresses with me,” she broke out with,
“What have you got in all those trunks,then,
for I know you have many trunks?” I told
her to come and see, and insisted that she
should look. When she saw only morning
and walking dresses and under-wear, she ex.
claimed, as though it had dawned upon her
that I was a sort of social impostor: “Why,
you was pore when you left the States! Why,
I have thirty-seven satin dresses, and no two
off the same piece. "
The evening of the ball was to disclose the
secret of the toilets of the native ladies; each
had had a new dress that was to be a surprise
to the others; the merchant who sold the
goods and the dress-maker who made them
were each pledged to let no one know about
the others’ dress. When the company assem-
bled, eight of these ladies had gowns exactly
alike; 9. cafiz cu laz't Chinese satin, with a
large pattern on it, making the effect of what
we use for furniture covering. On no ac-
count would they have worn a low-necked
and short-sleeved dress; so, while the sleeves
were long, the corsage was completely cover-
ed by a large Madras silk handkerchief, pin-
ned down Quaker: fashiOD.—JESSIE anrox
FREMONT, in Harper’s Magazz’nefor Decem-
ber.
The Bath Advocate publishes the following
“notis of sail,” by a constable up that way:
NOTIS.
Sicks myles on the valley road I will oil'ur
for soil
Wun muley bulle
Wan stude colt
Wun silver spune
Wun sow with pigs by me
Jonx GUMBLES Con stibull.
—
Silent deeds are better than unprofitable
words.
Better to have loved a shorter girl than
never to have loved a tall.
I despise the custom certain men have of
raising their hats to ladies—Lucy Stone.
A woman in the suburbs has named one of
her hens “Macdufi,” so that it may lay on.
Our tobacconists ought to wear “fine cut"
clothes and “plug” hats—Richmond Enquirer
Toads become torpid in winter and hide
themselves, taking no food for five or six
months.
When a man gets so low down that nobody
Will lie about him, he had better turn over a
new leaf.
“ ’Tis the last rusty white but left blooming
alone,all its pearl-lined companions are shoot
ed and gone.”
If you would please a pretty woman, don’t
talk to her of her beauty, but of the homcli-
ness of others.
If they are poor men, out of work, they
are called tramps. If they are office holders
they are called politicians.
“The Emperor of Russia is a chief officer
in the Greek church.”—0hurch Union. Yes.
we all know; he is a Czar-dean.— Graphic.
“What is money ?” asks the Batava Times
Money is the missmg link between man an
his tailor. Ask us another.—Rome Sentinel.
People will go on in the future ages as in
the past, marrying where they ought not and
when they ought not and whom they ought
not. Nobody can rescue a person in love.
If the Rochester Democrat can be trusted—
which it certainly can not—General Sherman
remarks, “Let me kiss the pretty girls of a
nation, and I care not who does the waltzing.
A patent has been taken out upon almost
everything of value, but there is a fortune
waitin for the man who patents a boot.
'—
Eo K0 LOGKWOOD,S, jack tCat will kill two Thomas cats at one
mile.
Norwalk Chronicler