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Norwslk Gazette.
Tuesday, February 12th, 1878.
The oldest, Largest and Best
Newspaper published in N orwalk.
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EDITORIAL LETTER.
WASHINGTON, February 9th, 1878.
Dear. GAZETTE :—- ' ‘
Tun SILVER BILL.
The Silver fever still rages, and has run a1-
Iuoat to molt‘en heat the past week,
Senator Eaton made one of the clearest, and
most sensible speeches yet delivered against
the folly of the present Silver case. For once
at least he was listened to by his fellow Sen-'
‘ ntors as, well as the crowded galleries, with
absorbing interest and attention. At the close
of his remarks he was very heartily congrat
ulated by his fellow members, even the sil-
ver advocates admitted the cogent, practical
masoning of his argument and the ability of
his entire speech. Senator Conkling remark-
ed to us that for plain, penetrating and con-
rim-Eng argument, it had not beenexcelled by
the speech of any member of the Senate yet
delivered. Senators Dawes, Hill, Windom,
Ker-nan and others of bothpolitical sides,com-
plimented it most highly as a clear and forci-
ble argument. Secretary Sherman was de-
lighted that his ideas of finance were so much
sounder than his politics. Senators Thur—
man and Blaine were the next speakers attract-
ing greatest interest. Bothare supposed to
have the Presideu ial Bee still buzzing in or
about their bOl‘ll.LlS, and their positions upon
I he exciting questionmaturally attracted great
crowds to hear them. The general verdict
however in both cases seems to have crystal-
lzed down into the sentiment of the couplet
of the distracted swain, who pathetically
sang :—- -
“ Ilow happy I could be with either
Were ’tother dear charmer away}:
01‘ Senator Thurman’s argument it may be
said, it must have made his friends feel that .
he was “arguing a case against his 0va con-.
victions.” Mr. Blaine’s speech was a much
more adroit composition, very delightful to
listen to because of its pleasing ingenuity,fine
delivery and fascinating rhetoric. He had
the homage of an overcrowded Senate, secre-
tary and Gen. Sherman among. the number,
while many hundreds were unable to gain
entrance to the galleries. At its closehe was
very boisterously applauded all over the gal-
leries, very much to the annoyance ‘of the,
Vice President, who is chargedwith the duty
of maintaining the dignity and good order of
' the Senate. But to neither of these leaders,»
were extended the numerous and hearty con-
gratulations bestowed upon Senator Eaton.
fi he speech of Senator Hill was an able and
patriotic arguement. It will place him much.
higherin the estimation of northern men,
than anything be has yet said since his renun-
ciation of rebellion. Had it not been for his
horrid,how1in g voice,wbich echoes sound and
fury to the splitting of one’s cars, it would
have been engrossingly interesting. ' He took
the loftiest grounds for national union, peace,
honor and credit. - ' - . ;
‘Senator Johnston of Va., was among the
lesser lights WIIO‘ followed Mr. Eaton, and
gave our'senator to understand that his allu-
sions to the South, were not quite agreeable.
It is true Mr. Eaton applied his remarks. to
which exceptions were taken to Nortb,South,
last and West‘ alike, but that passed for noth~
The “ dear sensitive South " had been
hinted at and the hint must be “ flung back,”
with accustomed indignation. In vain Mr.
Eaton plead the southern sympathy of all his
past. life, and the almost martyrdom he had
suffered at home because of his love of his
“erriug brethren." It was no use; like the
‘woman in yellow curl papers, into whose
sleeping apartment the virtuous Pickwick,
had mistakenly wandered—cure Virginia
statesman only squealed the more—the more
our Senator prott sted "the purity of his mo-
tives. By far the heaviest’cannonadiug against
the“ Silver scheme, Lustre-cu delivered the
past week and its advocates are not insensi-
hie of the serious damage they have sustain-
ed. They do not feel as confident now,‘ as
they did, of their ability to carry the Bland
Bill over the President's expected veto. It
is not expected that a vote will be obtained
before the latter part of next week. Mr.
Conkliug, it is authoritatively said, will make
a speech opposing, unqualifiedly, the silver
hill sometime during next week.
CONFIRMATIONS.
An angry contest .was had_in the executive
session of the Senate, over the confirmation
OLII. W. Hilliard, nominated Minister to
Brazil, and which has been hanging for a
long time. Senators Hill, Lamar and Mor-
gan, are reported to have been specially in-
Iiuential in securing his appointment and
they made vigorous appeals for his confirma-
tion. » J
Messrs. Hamlin, Edmunds and Conkling
are said to have very bitterly opposed him
on account of the charges made against his.
personal character. The shadowy reporter,
who always gets at the secrets of an execu-
tive session, says Mr. Conkling, was particu-
larl y venomous, and exclaimed, after a speech
in which he did not leave enough character
to. Mr. llilliard to securea night’s lodging
with. “What a pity it is that this session is
not open instead of secret, just to let the
country know what kind of a man Mr. Hayes
has appointed. - ,
DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN Tun Houss.
The leading effort at Reform in the House
is to reduce the tax on whiskey and re-enact
the income tax. The issue is a square and
legitimate one and the leaders of the democ-
. racy are no doubt justified in their' zealous
efforts for this new measure of “reformsm.”
\ Another scheme, is the reform of their Door~
Keeper, Mr. Polk. The testimony thus far
obtained has developed only an arrangement
made by and between three New England
democratic Representatives and three
employees backed by each. It seems Repre-
sentative Jones of New Hampshire and
Lander, and Phelps of Connecticut, had a
man each who must have a place- Mr. Polk
could give only One salaried plaCe to New
England but offered to put the other two
men on the day laborer’s role at $1.50 per
day. The men finally got together and
agreed to divide up and “pool,” their pay, so
that the salaried man should get less than
the law allowed and those on the laborers
role more. This was a compromise agree-
ment among themselves, to which they
readin assented and no one was wronged by
it. But the use of the unfortunate word
“Pool,” without explanation, in the dis-
patches sent abroad, carried the natural im-
ing.’
pression that there was a sort ofahorsre~
jockey office pool-selling ring about the
House in ’which Connecticut ‘and New
Hampshire were enjoying a monopoly,
This was particularly hardpn Representa-
tive Landers, who was just undergoing the
usual heteblingsaman gets when_he steps
outside his own bailwick to take a friendly
hand in a stranger’s quarrel. He made him-
self the cats-paw of two discharged em-
ployees of the Providence Post-ofilce by in-
troducing a resolution to investigate the
- PostrMaster there for misconduct in ofllce.
Gen. Brayton the Providence P. M., is pro-
nounced tbclbest and most popular oflicer
they have ever had, but these two men were
. backed by a, distinguished local politician
'who'hadbecn‘dropped out'of the chairman-
manship of the city Republican Committee
through the influence of Brayton, as he
alleges and the malcontcnts were bound to
".‘g'et'even” with him. They'pr'eferrcd the
same charges to the P. M. Gen. ,Iwho twice
sent special agents there to investigate, but
not a bit of evidence could or'did the assail-
ants adduce in substantiation of their com-
plaintc- Senator Anthony expressed to us
his surprise that a COnnecticut Representa-'
tive should have had no. more wisdom than
to have allowed himself to have. been .made
a tool of, when no member_of the Rhoda
Island delegation would touch it. Reform
was still further illustrated by unseating . the
setting member from the 4th Congressional
District Of California and giving it to a. man
who received six votes less. Mr. Wait,
Oilr‘
made an’nbluand- spirited protest in behalf
of the minority his committcesbut it was
no use. Themsn elected wash Republican,
'while the man not elected was a democrat.
They had the power to commit this outrage
as in' the Colorado case, and they did it.
Tan New PATENT LAW.
The House Committee on Patents have been
giving a patient hearing to legalgentlemen,
inventors and users of patents, in reference
0. Cofiln, of Mass, [our old army compeer
closed a most intensely interesting and in-
structive argument, oiug to prove what the
American patent system has done for the dc-
velopmcnt and progress of the United States
and the world. Some of his statistics are as
astounding asnovcl and generally unknown.
One statement is that the latest improvement
in knitting machines produce stockings at a
cost of (me math. of a mill a pair for the work.
Speaking of a visit he made to the interior of
Germany, where children’s toys are made the
great manufacturing industry of the place,
and seeing something like a hundred Ameri-
can flour barrels ranged about the monster
manufactory, he asked ‘what it. meant, and
was told those barrels were filled with the
wheels and pins for the rolling toys they.
made, and were manufactUrcd for them in
New Britain, Coma, shipped to Germany and
with the finished toy shippedback to Ameri-
ca and to all the. nations of the world. At
Chicago, to-day, he says, are made hundreds
of barrelsof tin rattle boxes for very. young
children, and shipped to England where the
tin was first purchased, and all this owing to
our patented, perfected machinery.
Guxnoar CLams.
Bob. Ingersoll addressed the House Cem-
mittee On Naval Affairs, yesterday, in behalf
of the‘Sccors, of New York, who were driv-
en,to the verge of bankruptcy by reason of
the Navy Department's action in altering and
delaying their contracts for building naval
vessels during the war. He submitted proofs
showing the justness and equity of the claim
and the outrage these claimant-s had suffered,
asked for what honestly belonged to them,
their good name had been made a target for
denunciation by the ignorant and vicious sen;
satiOnal journals throughout the cOuntry.
Welles, whom be blamed for not having bad
justice done these men, who hadso grievous-
ly suffered by reason of .the imbecilit‘y' ruling
in his department. “But, then, "be said-“he
supposed '- Sec. 5 Welles didn’t know a man
,Of war from a woman of peace, and so his
subordinates ruled him. This sally of course,
produced an outburst of laughter all over
the crowded committee room. In conclud-
ing his pleahe said the government and every
one else should “settle fair, if_ they Enever
paid a' cent.” He is a forcible and epigrama-
tic reasoner, and made a ' decided» impression
upon the committee. There. seems to be not
a question that these men lost over a quarter
of a million of dollars in consequence of the
Navy Department’s action, when they'mz'ght
have made $200,000 profit had they been per-
mitted to have gone on and finished their con-
tracts as taken by them. All they ask now
is that they may go before the court of claims
and prove their .loss. A board of eXperts
appointed by the Department investigated
their claim and awarded them over three
hundred thousand dollars damages, but so
great and malignant has been the clamor
against the claim that Congress has never
had the courage ’to pay, what every One
knows, who knows anything about it, is an
honest debt. 'It is a shame that our govern-
ment is thus permitted to ruin its honest con-
tractors. ~ ,
AT LAST.
of appointing democrats alone, to office sit
the South, is a lamentable failure. The» re-
sults all over the South of this policy, have
only verified the scriptural proverb, “If you
cast pearls before swine they wni turu‘agwtu
and rend you.” The democrat of the Smith
has developed an enormous capacity for bold-
ing ofiice, but in almost every instance, it has
resulted, it is said, in increasing the arrogance
and contempt for the Administration, in the
communities where such appointments have
been made. And worst of all, as in the case
of Gen. Hilliard, it has embittered earnest
Republican supporters, whose friendship is
craved by the President. The democrats of
the South have lost muchby reason of their
falsifying their solemnly plighted faith, in
the prosecutions of the Louisiana Returning
Board. The charges are known to be un-
founded, andthe prosecution is so wicked,
malignant and perfidious, that the Union
newspaper here, which has all along cham-
pioned the South, is forced to say, this_morn-
ing, that so long as no effort is made to pun-
ish the bull-dozers and murderers cf inno-
cent colored Republicans of Louisiana, the
prosecutions of Anderson and Wells will
everywhere be viewed as springing from par-
tizan hostility rather than a regard for jus-
tice, and concludes: “When we see the Lou-
isiana authorities exhibiting the same zeal in
the prosecution of law breaking dcmocrats‘
that they now show against Republicans, we
shall give them credit for a disinterested re-
gard for law and right."
Tsxrrnnaxon.
The city is in a furore 0ch Francis Mur
pby, the great temperance reformer. No hall
is capable of holding the audience's flocking
to hear him Thousands have signed the
pledge, and the price of blue ribbon (the
Murphy badge) has gone up pFoportionately.
Last night he spoke in the great market
house on K street, and over ten thousand
crowded in to listen to his Overpowering elo-
quence. Like Moody and San-key. he makes’
prayer and song ’a leading part of his instru-
mentalities for saving the fallen. He seems
a most sincere and earnest worker, and has
certainly done a good work among the mass-
es of the people here. He makes his conclud-
ing address tomorrow at 3 p. m,, at Lin-
coln Hall, at 50 cents per ticket.
. ‘Basn BALL.
The “National” Base Ball Club have the
past'week perfected its organization for the
ensuing year. The Nationals intend this sea-
son fiying the championship pennant, as they
have done for the past four years, and for
that purpose they will play the following
nine: .Kinney, catcher;_ Ban'nou, pitcher;
Dallas, 1st base;Trott, 2d base; Lusk, 3d
base; Houck, short stop; llOlly,.left field;
Stevens, centre field; Bielaski, right field and
captain of the nine- .With Baunon as curve
pitcher, they feel confident ,of their ability
to successfully ’contestifor the championship
with any non-professichal club int-he {United
States.-
_ PansoxALs. ‘ . . . .
Our interest in home was very delightfully
aroused by theadvent hereof Durand Mrs.
C. B. Coolidge, of Norwalk, who most sensi-
bly made this the objective point of their
wedding tour. The happy pair seem to en-
joy- the sights and delights: of the National
Capitalasmucb as young-people similarly
circumstanced possibly can. This afternoon
they attended Mrs. Hayes’ 'reception and
“were presented to her and the President, and
tO-night they leave us for New York, home-
ward bound. .Ex-Scnator Jas. B. English,
ex-M. C..*S. W. Kellogg, Gen. ,J. R. Hawley
with Major Mallory of Bridgeport, "C. II.
Pond and sex-Sheriff Buckley, are among
the Connecticut people visiting. and continu-
ing with us the past week.» Gov. Jewell,
.who was here from Hartford last week, got
some special notoriety by being robbed. Gen.
Hawley, here this week, has thus far escaped
such gratuitous advertising. As ever, B.
m ;
Rev. Mr. 0. S. St. John, Financial Secre-
tary of the Palestine Exploration Society, de-
livered an exceedingly interesting address at
the S. S. concert ,of the 1st Congregational
Church Sunday School, on Sunday Evening.
His services may be secured for a lecture, on
a week day evening, at a nominal expense ;
ifthOse who would like when him will ad-
dress a postal card to Mr. Alex. S. Gibson,
the matter will be arranged, provided any:
thing like general expression is obtained.
to the recently new Patent Law Bill. Mr. J. _
“Carlton,” of. the Beaten Jam-nah] has just”
Not only had the government defrauded.
them of'their money, but because they-had
He was particularly severe upon. Secretary-
The President and his Cabinet have at last.
come to the conclusion that the experiment
. _ Moi-o Liqupgs'Casesl , .
first liquor dealersgl'e lieginnlitglvo Ieslize
thrl “Jordan amjshi'rdrcc'd to trab‘el;” and
if their sales" were not almost entirely all
profit they would soon be induced {to stop ,
kicking against the pricks. As it is they
make business lively. for the lawyers, some
of whom would be obliged to go West and '
talk temperance if the patronage'of liquor
dealers should cease. l
On Tuesday last, several new cased were
brought before Justice Stuart. Mr. Bartlett,
of the City‘Hotel, v'ery sensibly wavéd‘ trial
and paid his fine of $50 and costs in a Emanly
way._ ‘ ‘ ' > ":f,
Wm. Meseberg, borough, was tried én rep-
utation and sale. Acq’uitted 'on firjt, and
fined $50 and costs on second. Appeuled.
On Friday, Giles Gregory, borough, was
found guilty on four counts and fined $200
and costs, appealed.“ ” Ashe had preuiou'sly
been fined $50 and costs, he must 'do u pret;
ty lively business'in order to come outpquare
at the end of the year. 3%
On the same ' day, David S. Sterliiig, of
Winnipauk, was tried on reputation and sale.
Acquitted on fiestcount, but fined $50 and
costs on second. Appealed. . g
Edward Thompson, '
llotel, was fined $550 and-costs, for salé. Apt
peeled.
On Friday night some of the dealers and
their customers, attempted to revenge [them-
selves upon the witnesses. What they in-
tended can only be surmised, what they did
was substantially as‘follows :—Hiring a back
late at night, they drove to South NOrwalk to
secure some Grand Juror to sign a warrant
for the arrest of the two detectives for “con-
spiracy.’,’ Failing to find any Official there
who would accommodate, they drove back to
the Borough and induced Mr. Reedfloty to
sign the document. Deputy'Dann'consented
to serve the writ, and after midnight the Wit-
nesses were hauled out‘of bed and taken into
Mr. Randall’s saloon, under Connecticut Ho.
tel. The affair had “leaked"~_out, and: about
a dozen sympathizers were gathered In the
'street to see the fun. Mr. Perry seems to.
have been equal to the emergency, and from
all accounts was altogether better posted that
the officials, and well able to take care of
himself. While arguing the matter with the
officer, a friend slipped off-and called'up Rev,
Mr. Bently and officer Nelson, both of whom
promptly responded. The attempt to incur.
cerate the detectives'in the lock-up inglorious-
ly failed, and they Were escorted back to bed
about 2 a. m., Rev. Mr. Bently agreeing to be.
responsible for their appearance at a reasons-
ble hour-in the mOrning.’ ‘The waiters out-
side, (whose names are known,) were evident-
lyanxious to have the men brought out. .
One bar keeper called “bring him out,” but
was silenced by'the police. ' Ofilcers Bennett
and Sullivan were present, but say that no
act was committed such as. to warrantthem‘
in. making. any arrests, and that they were
ready to do all in their power to preserve the
peace; .Neit morning Mr. ‘Doty appeared
on‘ the scene and demanded thé paperaclsim-
edthat his signature had been obtained .by.
misrepresentation, &c., and he would have
nothing to do with the affair. Such boy's
play‘may putmoney into a lawyer’s pocket,
but always reacts upon the client. This com-
munity has had enough of it.
”
VITAL STATISTIos.:—'l‘b'e’ Town Registrar
has completed his report for the year 1877. ~
Thenumber of births during. the year, was
271'—-0f which 144 "were males and 127 fe-.
males, a decrease of 52 from last year. There
were only 73 marriages, a falling off from the
previous year of 16. ' The number of deaths,
:were 251—males 114 females 138,an increase
of fifty: . 0f the deaths 53 were of infants
under one year of age, and fifty from one to
five years Of age; altogetherl59 were under
thirty years of age; 14‘were over 80 years,
and 2 over 90. The principal causes of death
were diptheria, consumption, cholera infan-
tum, pneumonia, scarletina, old age and dis-
ease of the. heart.
A- verypleasaut reunion Was held at the
rooms of Concord Division, Sons of Temper-
ance, last Friday evening. Some sixty-two
members of the two BridgeportDivisions
came over to pay a friendly.visit, and a dele-
gation frOur.the Silver Mine Division, also
participated. The Bridgeport folks furnished
a fine literary entertainment, while “ Con-
cord" concentrated their efforts upon supply-
ing the wants of the. inner man—andwoman.
We hear special mention made of the speeches
of Rev. Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Canfield, and
Mr. Gibson, (of Silver Mine,) and reading by
the G. 8., Mrs. Batchelor,’ while warm praise
is accorded Miss Kerr, of East Bridgeport,
for a recitation, “Curfew . shall not toll to-'
night." The Bridgeport folks returned by
the midnight express. » ‘
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_ Senator Bootli’s Tribute.
We publish on our outside today the ten-
der and beautiful address delivered in the U.
S. Senate, by Senator NEWTON BOOTH, on the
life and, character of Indiana’s great Senator,
OLIVER annx MORTON. Ex-Representative
Brandagee, who is a thoroughly competent '
judge of eulogistie oratory, pronounces this
the finest memorial tribute he evcrread. Sen-
ator Booth is himself a native Of Indiana.
and had the advantage of amore intimate
personal acquaintanc with the dead Senator
than most of the other eulogists, but it was
the touch of sincere love and reverence for
the love of his life-long friend, that gave un-
wonted fervor and beauty to his scholarly
diction. We know it will be perused with
peculiar gratification by our readers, for eve-
rything connected with Senator Morton re-
vives‘an interest in our own Senator Fannx,
from the. identity of malady of which both
have died. _ , '
{ Life Insurance.
We publish to-day the statement of the
New York Mutual Life Insurance Company
which shows it to be‘ the great Life' Insur,
ance Company Of the , age. The success of.
the company has been great. and its future
shouldbebright if any dependence can be
placed on figures. If you propose to insure
examine into the condition of this, Company.
There are many policy holders in this com-
pany in this vicinity,- wbo will read this
statement'with much interest and
tion.
Service in the German language will be
held in Trinity church, South Norwalk, on
Sunday the 17th, at3 p. m. to which the
Germans of the peighborhood ‘ are _ especially
and ccrdially invited.
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At the ‘Methpdist Church.
. The extra meetings at the 2d 11E. church
last week, were well attended aad'deeply
interesting. They will be continued the
present week, as follows: Rev. Mr,-Bentley,
of the Babtist church, will preach on V Tuesday
evening, Rev. Mr. Smith of Zion church on
Wednesday evening, Rev. Mr. .Wllliams on
Thursday evening, and probably some out-
of-town ministers On Friday evening.
Tum-turn and overturn has been the way
from the beginning ofthe world, and history
is being made. as fast as ever. ’ Seldom, how-
ever, do such . important histOrlcal events
transpire in‘Ouc week as the occupation of
Congtantiuople and the death of ufapegfl'hei
great dream of Russiaforuogeclnmfimlly
been? realized»: a and Turkey . is“- prostrat-
ed ‘at "the feet Of i-Ttl‘ic "CzarJuing for
peaCe. Constantinople, for ‘ the first time
since its capture" by theTurks in 1453,
is at the mercy of the enemy. England looks
.on in dismay, and blusters, but_'iuterference
is too' la'tctand apex-area in will simply
cause Russia to permanently hold all advan-
tages and seize the road to India. Ruusis is.
master of the situation. What will result
from. the death of the Pope remains to be
seen. ' '
Lorenzo Hoyt, aged 88, died yesterday It
Stamfond,.fn0m the effects . of-Tdisease us...
tracted lutbe Andersonville prison. He was
a member of Co. B, 17th, C. V. He leavesa
wife and two children to mourn his loss.
of the Connecticut-
sstlsfac- ‘
Take est-cot the dogs. . .
, [Thursday willbe St. V f. 's day.
' The price of ice has gone up in New York
city. 7 ' " ' '
'Prof. L. L. Paine, of the Bangor Theologi-
cal Institute, was in town over Sunday.
Mr. J. S. Seymour has returned to New
Haven to complete his law studies at the
Yale Law School.
The fine building in Troy‘owned and occu-
piedby the Times Newspaper, was destroyed
by fire on Sunday. , _
Rev. W. H. Simonson, of the First M. E
church, preached for the Rev. Mr. Ham! on,
on Sunday mt rsing last. >
The Russians now occupy Erzerum, the
Turks having retired, probably in accordance
with the terms of Peace. »
Strawberries have appeared in the N. Y.
market. They came from Virginia, and the
asking price was $4.00 per basket.
The Mayor bad the misfortune to slip tn
the ice in front of Selleck’s store and break
an $8.00 window on Saturday last.
All of the New Haven schools are now
connected with the office of the board of ed-
ucation, by means of the telephone.
The Moody and Sankey building, in New
Haven, is now in course of erection. A
choir of 300 voices is being organized.
The Alfred Mallory place, on Town House
bill, was sold at public auction, last Thurs-
day, to Mr. Joseph Shepherd. Price $7,425.
thnix Engine Company have received
an invitation to attend the Alert Company’s
Ball at Bethel, on Tuesday evening the 15th
inst.
' Donald G. Mitchell,the well-known author,
is to be the Connecticut Commissioner to the
Paris ExpOsition, by' appointment of Presi-
dent Hayes. .
at the LOckwood’s Hall temperance meeting
on Sunday afternoon._ His remarks seem to
have met with much favor. _
Mr. A.’ SJGibson will preside at the organ,
at the‘Concort to be given in the Congrega-
tional church, New Canaan, Thursday even-~
ing. A supper follows the cOncert.
A petitionhas been sent to Hartford ask-
ing for the Ordering of a special election to
fill the vacancy in the office of Judge of Pro-
bate of this district caused by the retirement
of Judge Davenport. ' »
. We have received a copy of the new Direc-
tory of Danbury & Bethe], compiled and
published by W. J. Humphreys, It is shock
of nearly 200 pages, and is very creditable to
the New: ofiice, where it was printed.
We are reqested to state that the Monteith’s
Geographies, recently adopted by the Board
of Education may be had for introduction
and exchange at the store of H. M. & C. S.
JProwitt, corner Mam and Wall Streets.
. Rev. Edwin Johnson, formerly Of Bridge-
port, has been engaged to supply the pulpit
of the First Congregational church for the
next four Sundays, owing to the continued
indispositlon of the pastor, Rev. Mr Hamil-
ton; ' ' . .
The Congregational Sociable, which was to
have been held at the residence of Deacon
Easton on Friday evening last, was postponed
on account of-tbe storm. .It will take place
next Friday evening. Arrangements same as
before. _ ’ .
At the annual meeting of the Southern
Connecticut Poultry Association, D. P. Ely,
of South Nomalk, was elected one of the
Vice Presidents and W. M. Saunders of Nor-
walk, was chosen a memberof the Executive
Committee. _ '
Messrs. Moody and Sankey have closed
their labors in Hartford. ' At the closing
meeting 800 persons were present who were
classed as Converts. They commenced Sun.
day holding meetings in Springfield, and will
Open in New Haven, March 16th.
‘ There seems to be a glut of silver in the
New York market. The Banks refuse to take
icon dopoiit, and merchants are beginning to
decline receiving more than $10 on any one
payment. If it isra nuisance now,lwhat will
it be if the silver bill becomes a law ?
CaShier Chas. L. Rockwell, of Meriden,
wasin town a few hours last F.ii7ay,.ea‘.liug
upon old friends. His brother George is also
in Meridcn, acting as confidential clerk for
the Meriden Britannia Cozpsny, one. of the
largest establishments in New England.
leaf supporters; to J. H. Vintcn and II. E.
Fitzpatrick, some 121-100, for garters; E. J.
Blackbam, same place,_fcr lamps; and to W.
H. Taylor, Stamford, for post office taxes.
The vacant store belonging to M. C. S.
Lockwood, Main street, will be opened as a
millinery and fancy goods state, by two 1a-
dies, about the first of March. One of the
vacant stores in Quintard’s block will be cc-
cupied next spring by a party from New
York. ,
Chief Engineer Kellogg has issued notices
for the convening of the Borough Fire De-
partment Thursday eve ,2lst inst, at the house
of Phoenix Engine 00., Main St., at, 8 o‘clock
for the purpo-e of nominating a firstassistant
Engineer et'ce C. W. Lcclawo: :1, who declines
the appointment; .
Mr. Buxtcn [will continue to deliver New
York Sunday papers in cizy and borough at
the following reduced prices :_ lfifa'ltl 7 cents
Times 7, Sun 5, Vt’orld 5, 1.1ch 10, I313
L patch 10, Stats Zeitung 5. The papers will
be folded at Bodwell's news office, closing It
9.30, a. m. Persons so desiring can have pa-
pers left at theirkresideuces. ‘
Mr. Moody is reported as saying in Hart-
ford, last Friday, that it was contrary to the
law of God for a man to marry an unconvert-
ed woman, and that'no Christian should enter
into partnership with unbelievers. He also
spoke against Christians joining the Mucus
and other secret societies, and held that
Christians must separate themselves from the
world. . -
I The announcement of the occupation Of~
Constantinbple by, the Russians, caused in-
tense excitemeut in England. A portion of
the English fleet has been ordered to that
city “to protect British interests,"»and the
other powers~ have. been invited by England
to send their war; vessels. A war grant
of £6,000,000 was voted with great enthusi-
sum. .The‘ people seem wild to have the gov-
ernment plunge into war.
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Two dramatic entertainments ,will be giveu
-by the Wilton Division, S. of T.,at the Town '
Hall, on Monday and Tuesday evenings of
next week. The Westport Cornet Band will
furnish mu sic. ~
. -hO- -.
The entertainment given by Miss Potter,
at music Hall, Friday night, was one of the
best of the season. ‘The lady has steadily
' improved and is now in her pri'me._ We are
glad to see her prospering. The fact that
she can command $100V'per‘ night, in these
timesfls evidence enough of her great popu-
larity. ‘~ -
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_ Tens Lion's Great ScoutyCourbination is
to appear at Music Hall, this evening, in .the
sensational drama “The Scouts of the Pluins."_
The “peerless Morlacchi.” ‘or Black Crook
bullet fame, is one of the leading attractions.
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= Bridgeport appropriates $2,000 forwork on
the streets for needy workingmcn.
The Horace Greeley association of Meriden
ning by a puppet-and many speeches.
A little suit for trespass in Portland, Me,
has just resulted in a verdict of $6.92 in favor
Of the plaintlfi, while the bill of costs
amounts to 0825. .
“Is that your offspring, madam F” asked a
Missouri judge of a woman who had hold of
s snub nosed boy’s hand, “No, sir." she re-
plied; “this is my oldest boy.’ .
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, Baltlus Mu by, an expert bookkeeper,
was the only w then: examined yesterday, at
the trial of the directorsiltose and Preston.
He testified that the books were incorrectly
kept, and that it was impossible to under-
‘stand man of the entries without explana.
ti on from r. Preston, the treasurer.
Mr. Henry Swan was one of the speakers,
Patents have been granted to E. Fiather-
and W. Hou'ghtaiing. BIEdgeport, for table ,
eelebrated‘GI-eeley’s birthday Monday eve.’
crrx mews. -
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It our: Loan. xxronrxns.
In business unseen quite lively this
week, with the attachment and replevin. of
' buggies, suits for damages to the same, and
libel suits, the lawyers have had their hands
full. Your borough justices, however, take
the cream of the suits, and draw away such
business from the city.
The ladies of the Congregational church
will prepare a supper for the multitudes who
ought to patronize them, at Military Hall, on
Wednesday evening of next week.
The new dog law which went into effect by
order of Justice Perry and, Stuart, on the 8th
inst, created no little stir, as very few muz-
zles were found ready-made for sale. ’
Miss Potter gave a splendid reading at Mu-
sic Hall, but was compensated by a slim au-
dience.
Rev. 0. S. St. John, secretary of the Pulse.
tine exploration society, gave a very interest-
ing lecture in the Congregational church,
Sunday morning.
The Sabbath ‘chool concert, announced
for Sabbath evening, was postponed on ac-
count of the storm, until next fibbnth even-
ing. ' .
At the annual meeting of the Lock Cor:-
pany, held last. Wednesday, the following dis
rectors were elected without any opposin
votes: Philo Brown, Waterbury; B. F.
Libby, N. Y.; Dr. G. ll. Noyes, Nashua, N.
H. ; H. H. Eltrell, E. Beard, Eben. Hill and.
Burr Knapp, Iiarwalk.
Mr. Geo. M. Olmstead, for several years
a popular clerk in the employ of Ccmstock
Brothers, has given up his situation in order
to devote his entire attention to the cigar
business in which he has been interested in
connectionwith Mr. Theron G. Hoyt.
The ssconduan'nual Ball of the Old Well
Lodge, F. &. A. M, is to take place on Fri-
,day evening next, at Music Hall. The pro-
gramme embraces a concert by Wheeler&
Wilson Band, and then band music and
dancing alternately.
The “Y. P. S." met at the residence of E.
A. Woodward, city, last Friday evening.
They meet next time at the residence of
Burgess uBeatty, West avenue. The last
sociable cf the season will take place :at
Music Hall, Monday evening, March 4th.
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$1,000,000.
A million of dollars is a great deal of
money. It is a round, full, well sounding
figure that suggests completeness and suc-
cess. -
On Feb. let the Fairfield Fire Insurance
Company had received in premiums since
organization upwards of $1,000,000. They
turned the first corner, put inapeg, and
stretched outwards and upwards for still
greater results. The company was organized
in 1870, has been managed by .the same
oficers for seven years and the Board Of
Directors includes many of our most trusted
business men. ~
The receipts above referred to have been
$1,011,903.56 and the loss claims cashed du.
ring the same period amounts to $574,313.10.
44,258 policies and rewards have been is
sued and 891' losses incurred.
_ Some idea of the scale upon which the com-
pany does business may be inferred from the
fact that the premium receipts for the past
two years have averaged upwards of $400
per day, and. the losses average about one
for every alternate day in the year—Sundays
not included. The company has paid $138,-
000 in dividends to stockholders being 69 per
cent. on the capital, in seven years.
_ After the great Boston fire in 1872 the
stockholders promptly and wisely paid in an
assessment of 25 per cent. on their stock to
make good the dtficiency caused , by that
sweeping calamity. They have since receiv-
ed 00 per cent. in dividends and find their
stock today worth above gar, its business
prospering and the company with a prospect
for the future eqrsl to any Issuance Coin-
pauy of its si: f 2 the can " 2
A“. time a: present subjects of reflection
‘-’. _c *Itclnplatu ugzrn the
maxim recourse, and the
satire Itiaztage;
.. . M .,.. .
firs. $-,\. 43,...) u.
feel that a satisfactory promotion has been
paid in dividends to Luzkhold‘rs and to less
claimants, and a had “:2. sun retained on a
net surplus upon which to continue bani!
uses.
The GAzxrz'n is aims glad to endorse
any good institution that is creditable to our
town or its citizens individually, and we cor-
diallyendorse and commend the Fairficld
Fire Insursuce Company. We trust that
their next $1,003,033 of receipLs may net the
company a s:.iil larger Milo cf profits.
9
Stamford.
Agz'eattime was. expected at Stamford
yesterday. Rsv. Mr. Buckley and the de-
tectives Were t.) be up again before Justice
Smith, charged with “conspiracy,” and
somehow it was generally understood that
the Reverend gentleman was to be annihila-
ted by lawyers chsenden and Barbour who
have had acouple of weeks t9 forge their
thundezbolts- Somebfiy sent. to New York
for stencgtnphers, and arrangements were
made for the issuing of exlzus this morning
to spread the rep )t‘ii cf f‘te sfaechcs. But
the mosquito d5“ “‘1' get 'aiciiance to bite.
The chargeagu R.:v.- Mr. Buckley, the
chief “conspirat‘or” was thrown out, or was
nolled, while the detectives were allowed to
give bail for their appearance before the
Superior Court, and quiet was restored.
As we understand it, this is the tin-d time,
these men have been arrested on this frivo-
lous charge. It is almost time for somebody
on the other dde to be arrested for malicious
prosecution.
Installation.
021 Monday evening, .Feb.‘ 4th, in the
Temple of Honor, Gazette Building, Broth-
ers instituted an organization for boys, called
the CENTENNIAL Independent Order of Cadets
of Honor and Temperance, Section _6 of.
Connecticut, when 20 charter members were
dulyjnitiated by, Governor Thaddeus .8.
Reed, Eli Beach, Dr. J. G. Comstock, with
Olin C. Smith, Grand usher, the following
cadets were nominated officers and duly
installed: W. H. Durrcnt ,G.— A.; W. R.
\Brown, G. V. A ; Thomas Rogers, S. ; Frank
Vail, A. S.;'H,ubert Taylor, T.; George
Foster, A. T.; Albert Lane, U. ; Freddie
Beach, A. 1].; Ben N. ,Hauxhurst, I. W.;
W. Sherwood, 0. P.; Minor Randall, C.‘
Manyfriendspf the cadets were present
and witnessed the ceremony which was of
abeautiful and impressive nature. Succcss
to the new order. ‘ V
.The designing. boy "who, just prior to
Christmas, joined the Sunday-school, is now
figuring on some other institution of a simi-
lar nature where they’re goin' to have, a
“whoopin -shoutin’ Ole picnic 'fore long 11"—
Chicago ournal. * .
- When you are tired of twirling your
thumbs, sit down and see how fast you can
say. “Shoes and socks shock Susaninnn lu-
explicable manner, and inexorably she
ceasefk sheathing shoes.” It is worse Ithan
“Peter Pl er pickeds peck of pickled pep-
pers.” mph‘c. - . , » ’
. Louis XV. when before the walls of Menin
in Flanders, was told that if he chose to risk
an. attack, the place would be taken in four
dsyssooner than it otherwise would be. “Let
us take it then,” replied be, "four days later.
I had rather lose those four days than lose
one of my subjecta”, ‘
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The London Lancet says the Roman Cath-
olic hierarchy, in consequent» of the many
instances of demoralizatlon at. “wakes,” some
of these being more carousals,’ have directed
that in future no one is to attend them except
the immediate relatives Of the deceased, and
ngeapirltuous or intoxicating liquors are to be
u . . - ' »
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It was very careless leaving the parrot in
the parlor Sunday evening, but she never
thought anything about it until Monday.
' morning, when he roused the whole house by
making a mocking noise and crying, “Dar.
hug Susie! Darling Susie 1” He kept it up
all dav, too, and the old folks are much hate.
rested in the mew-Roma Sentinel. _ ‘
s.y—-.———--——
The Greeks are on their ear—their frontier.
-— Worcester Prue.
_ fies," said he
' ’ The Pope Dead. :-
Thsdeethf of Pope Pius munch occurred
at. the‘Vatidu, Rom , about ran: o’clOélf‘On
Thursday, Feb. 7th, was announced in " the
papers of this country the same evening, the.
diflerence in time being sufficient for the
transmission of the news. He he'd long bitch
in feeble health, ard his death was no auti-
prim.
Pius IX, successor of Gregory XVI, was
born in Sinigaglia, May 13th, 1792. When
only eleven years old he began his classical
studies at the college of Volterra, suspended
them in 1808 in consequence of frequent
epileptic aittacks, but in 1809 having partial-
ly recovered he received the clerical tonsure,
and went to Rome to study. theology. After
remaining there about one year he returned
to his home and continued his studies under
the direction of his uncle. The French auo
thorities in 1812 placed his name on the lists
of the Italian guard, which they were or-
ganizing in Milan, but his infirmity caused
him to be excused from military service.
The remainder of his early life was largely
devoted to missionary labors. He was ap-
pointed director of the institution for the
education of poor boys called Tata Giovanni
ale 0 secretary to the apostolic delegate to
Chili where he ministered to the Indians-of
the interior. After'his return to Rome he
became superintendent of various charitable.
and industrial. institutions, some of which
were founded at his own-expense. He was
created Cardinal, Dec. 23. 1839, and elected
Pope June 16th, 1846.
He at once inaugurated a series of reforms
and concessions, and was hailed as the politi-
cal saviour of his country, but Austria besides
being offended at the. haste with which be
had been elected,‘was irritated by his many
liberal measures, which feeling was shared
by many of the courts of the country, and
although actuated by the best intentions Pius
soon became involved in the most complicat-
ed political problems, in the face of revolu-
tion, and amid conflicting councils. Riots,
insurrections and revolutions followed, ex-
treme and violent radical papers sprang up,
assassinations were frequent, a conspiracy was
formed to carry off the Pope, and all Rome
was filled with an armed mob, and govern-
ment paralyzed. The Pope refused to de-
clare war, and his troops became demoralized
by the presence of the mob and the desertion
of the ministry und his former allies. The
abolishing of the Papal rule was discussed
and the worst passions of the people aroused.
Austrian invasions and victorieg were fre-‘
quent, and all attempts to form a regular
government failed until a new ministry was
announced under the leadership of Host.
After a short career he was assassinated at
the door of the council chamber. The Pope
became a prisoner in his own palace and
escaped in disguise to Gaeta. The French,
resolving to restore him marched upon Rome
and a capitulated July 1st,1849.' The Pope
r'c-entered it April 12th, 1850. His cherished
project of an Italian confederation was never
realized, and he was gradually deprived Of
all his original territorygand his temporal
power wrested from him by Victor Emanuel.
In 1870 Rome was declared the capital Of
united Italy, and since that time the Pope
has been permitted merely to enjoy the rank
of a sovereign, and occupy the palace of the
Vatican, with _a yearly revenue from the
Italian treasury of $025,000 ;_ ' this revenue
he refused, and depended for his support on
gifts collected for him from Roman Catholics
everywhere.
Izi‘ July 1870, he was declared infallible by
a council of 600 Prelates and the creation in
the United States of a vastdloman hierarchy,
crowned in March, 1875, by elevating to the
cardinalate the. Archbishop of New York,
was one of the principal acts of ' his later life.
For several years his death has seemed prOb-
able. He died at the age of 85 years, his
reign having extended over a period of nearly
32 years. .
A Tribute to Nor-walk and her
Illustrious Dead. '
. In Rev. Dr. Atwater’s Memorial discourse
for his friend, Rev. Dr. Hall, he .thus speaks
of his “pastorate at Norwalk.”
“His special pastoral charge 'was the Old
Church and Congregation, planted as far back
as 1650, one of the very oldest, largest, and
most respectable in the county and State—
“The‘Primc Ancient Society.“ It had en-
joyed a. succession of eminent pastors, con-
spicuous among them was Moses Dickinson,
brother of Jonathan Dickinson. author of the
“Five Points,” algreat, and to this day re-
nowned theological treatise, and first Presi-
dent of Princeton College; and William
Teunent, Jr. of the family so illustrious in
the annals of Presbyterianism.” (To these
he might have added the names of Dr. Bur-
net, Rev. Roswell R. Swan, and others.)
This “Prime Ancient Society” had been
wont to have among its leaders inen who
were leaders elsewhere, as statesmen andeu-
rists. At the time of Dr. Hall’s settlement,
the Hon. Clark Bissell, who had taken a
prominent part in procuring. him, was among
the foremost of the then famous Fairfield
County Bar. He became Judge- of the Sn-
perior Court, Governor of the State, and
principal professor in the law department of
Yale College. He joined the church in May,
.1837, during the early ministry of Dr. Hall.
Annother member or his congregation was
Thaddeus Betta,sécond only to Roger M.
(Sherman at that bar—if indeed he was sec-
ond, and not his peer—whose imperial figure
once seen, and terse, electric speech once
hect‘d, could never be forgotten. He was
1839, a few years after Dr. Hall became his
pastor. He became a communicant in his
church before that event, viz, iuNovember,
. 1837; a man who, if he had not been cut off
by death shortly after taking his seat in the
Senate, would surely have shone with a
marked lustre, even among the illustrious gal-
axy which then adorned that body, There
was another lawyer in the congregation, then
high among the junior members of the bar,
Thomas B. Butler, afterward Chief Judge of
the State,-a devoted friend of Dr. Hall, who
never failed to testify to the profit he gained
from his pastor’s preaching, enforced by his
life. He, aim in life, joined the, church..
Still another gifted man, the Hon. 0. S. Fer-
ry, who sat ten years under Dr. Hall’s minis.
try, and in due time became ’a communi-
cant. Those menall hdnored him, and never
hesitated to avow the satisfaction and profit
they derived from his ministrations.
" #
The wrecked steamer, Metropolis, formerly
the “Stars and Stripes,” was built by Mallory
at Mystic in 1800 at a cost of $140,000, and
was used during the war as a supply ship for
the blockade usdrons. At one time she
was owned by . S. Bushnell of New Haven,-
and was run on the line between New Haven
and New York; She was sold very low at
auction in- 1860, and afterwards weakened by
being lengthened from7135 feet .to 198.
.o—O————-
An expectant bridefioom who afiplied for
a marriage license in inneapolis, inn., got
along very well until asked the lady’s name.
“Name! name I" be exclaimed, é‘tbereI don’t
know. I've heard it, too, but—let me see!
Mary—-—,Mary ,its Marv something!
I’d know it in a minute, if I only couldsee
it anywhere l" But he couldn't “see it any-
where," and the half. completed license was
laid upon the table until he couldgo up town
and ask Mary what her other name was.
0 ' .
A bright etc is told of the accomplished
wife—now d —of General Hooker. When
she wu‘the admired Miss Groesbeck of Cin-
cinnati, she was once at an evening party-
when a fashionable young dandy w_as asked
if he would like to be presented to her. “0h,
languldly, “ trot her out." The
y overheard t e remark, and when he was
resented, she adjusted her eye-glasses _de-
iberately and slowly scanned his clothing
from boot to collar. The surveyfinished, she
waved her hand and carelessly mid .“Trot
him back. I have seen all there not ban.
’ ‘ d
“ ‘Su posewo passe law,'sai a severe
father t3 his daughters. ‘that’ no girl, eigh-
teen years old who can’t cook a good meal
shall get married until she learns how to do
it?’ ‘Why, then, we’d all_ t married at
seventeen,’ responded the gir in' sweet cho.
rus.”—Elmtra Adm-titer.
' ATacific slope Indian was pleased by his
introduction to a galvanic battery, though-it
doubled him all up. Because, as he remark-
ed to his squaw: “Me buy. ’em one for on;
knock spots out you sppse on no goo wo-
man. You sabe me, rs. an."
elected to the Senate of the United States in'
_ and instantly Monday meridau begins.
her maternal anxrety- she wrapped
7' the People.§
EfirroasG maziI seem?
wranfof a late date, in a list of prices of
Insurance stocks, that the stock of the Etna
Life Insurance Company, of Hartford, is
quoted as 400 bid for it and none ofiered f0,-
sa‘le‘i ”Can such a price be bid for the stock
unless in some way a dividend of from 20 to
30 per cent. is paid on average annually ?
Them are assertions of a far larger dividend,
some years through methods that are dark to
ordinary people. Is not . from 7 to 10 per
cent. annually a fair dividend to the stock-
holders? Are not the large dividends taken
from funds which would otherwise go to pol-
.lcy-holders, and to whom they rightfully be-
long? Will the agent of the company explain.
A POLICY Hoanaa IN THE ZETNA.
+~ .
DEAR GAZETTE :—
They were married last Wednesday after-
110011. at two o’clock, in St. Paul’s church.
It warms, the cOckles of an .old man’s heart
to see so fair a scene, and I want to tell you
about it. Not that I would recommend any-
thing of the sort to you. nor indeed to any-
body, for “ Is not marriage an open question,
when it is alleged from the beginning of the
world, that such as are in the institution
wish to get out, and such as are out wish to
get in ?” But no matter, we can’t have every-
thing to please us. ’
The hand of time lingered on the hour-:of
twenty-five minutes of two when the first
guest and chief usher waltzed up the center
aisle without a wince, under the gaze of the
spectators who had already begun to throng
the galleries. From that time on, the guests
hurried in until the solemn sanctuary itself
seemed to feel young and merry for once.
There under the inspiration of the Lohengrin
March, amid a. kind Of hush and flutter
together, the cavalcade entered. Messrs.
groom and his best friend, Mr. Fred Talct it,
of Brooklyn, then Mr. Olmstead supporting
his fair daughter—the bride to be—and lastly
Messrs. Osborn and Seymour.
When the Reverend Doctor Mead rose and
began the service, it didn’t take half an eye,
sir", to ace that the event that was passing on
so smoothly before the eveslof spectators and
friends, as though marriage was merely a
beautiful ceremony and a song, was indeed
full 'of strange meaning to those who were
now making their vows. Pride and ' joy
were to be seen in his face, not careless and
trifling, ‘ but' thoughtful, manly pride,-—on
hers, happy and trusting love; and nobody
who looked'bn that scene could help think-
ing that it was a happy marriage, a true
union of bearts'andlives. The words “man,”
“Wife," in the reverend rector’s accents were
as full of meaning as the responses were full
of feeling, and as the solemn benediction
fell from his lips, everybody seemed to feel
like murmuring a fervent “God bless you
both," though the prayer-book had it’ Amen.
What to these two wasa happy union, was
and must always be to'others a kind of sepa-
ration, and yet those who feel the separation
'most would not, if they could, have it other-
wise. ' For the sake of others they wish the
change to come, and yet find it has a sober
side when it does come. But what, if one 01-
two briny bitter tears were shed—that did
not make the smiles and/good wishes that fol-
lowed any less sincere. - ‘ _‘
Do you want a description of dresses ? I
see it all “in my mind's eye, Horatio,” but
what man can command terms to shadow it
forth ? The bride was dressed in an elegant
navy-blue silk trimmed with satin, bonnet to
match; the groom was also dressed, and so
.were the ushers. The tailor made the man’s
things, the dressmaker the other party’s.
There is more to tell about the toilets, but I
cannot think what it is. Dress is such a
complicated thing, you know, when you
come, to describe it. Mr. Gibson fingered
and toed the organ. After the ceremony the
bridal party and many of the guests again
met atthe depot, more by a common impulse
than by previous arrangement, and then an;
imited band‘shaking and kissing.th place.
The groom did not appear to take part in it,
but he stood it well. '
I wish I could think of all the presents,
but then if I could the enumeration would
take more room than you have to spare.
There was a. costly set of furniture from the
groom, an envelope from the bride's father,
with figures in it,-—a one and untold ciphers
at the end of it. A. piano from Mrs.
Olmstead, a buffet from the father of the
groom, and any quantity of silver and bric-a-_
brac from other relatives and friends. Mrs.
Olmstead’s protracted illness forbade her
presence at the ceremony and her. adieus and
blessing were given while the merry couple
were yet two. When it was all over people
said “Everything passed Off perfectly. That
was a good sensible wedding, just like Doc-
tor and Louise.” The day was perfect, and
it is commonly understood that the Doctor
had some secret understanding with the
storm fiend beforehand.
possible shes, that may divide their lives
with hes” ask invain how the weather was
sure, but so far the Doctor only answers
sternly, with the saintly Cowper ;—
“Misses, the tale that I relate
This lesson seems to'cnrry.
Choose not alone a proper mate, ‘
But proper time to marry."
The official-announcement ought to read
thus :—“Clarence Belmont Coolidge to Miss
_ Louise Olmstead, married Feb. 6th 1878.
True man—true woman. Heaven bless
them both." [Signed] OLD MAN.
#
Another meteorogical marvel is recorded
in the Boston journals. It seems that last
week Friday, aftera fierce southeast gale,
there wasfound at Brockton, in the yard of
a dwelling-house, a strange fish apparently
only echo“ time out of the water. The
creature was taken to Boston to the Natural
History society, and there pronounced a
South American coaster—the porcupine fish.
Such creatures are not found in Massachu-
setts waters, much less in Massachusetts
back yards. The uestion is how could this
have been found t ere, if it had not been
carried in the clouds.
The Providence Journaltells of the narrow
escape of three Block island fishermen, who,
while on their fishing ground, in a dense fog,
,heard a large steamer approaching. They
stripped for a deep dive and a dangerous swim,
the oldest holding upon. the painter by which
to save himself in the tender. They halloud
for their lives, and were heard by the captain
of-tbe steamer, - who assured them that‘ he
would not run them down. But with all his
efforts of back steam, the great vessel, unseen
by the fishermen, ;with its fearful noises
within twenty feet loem, came nearer. aud
nea‘rer,.until‘ its awful bow appearedOWIthIn
four inches of the-boat. At that paint. the
steamer came to a standstill and backed of.
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Tun PLACE WHERE THE SUN warps A DAL.
—Chatbam Island; lying off the coast 9f
New Zealand, in the South Pacific Ocean, 1s
peculiarly situated, as it is one of the few In-
'abitable points of the globe where-the day
Of the week changes. It. is just‘ on the line
of the demarcation between dates. Their
high twelve on Sunday or Sunday noon cesases
un-
man’s. house on the east
side, and becomes Monday by the time _It
5 out the, western door. A man sits
dowh to his noonday dinner on Sunday, and
it Is Monday noon before he finishes it. There
Saturday is Sunday and Sunday is Monday,
and Monday becomes suddenly transformed
into Tuesday.
day comes into a
A gentleman gave a party in honor of a
distinguished missionary lately returned from
his field of work. The ladies appeared with
very decollete‘dresses, and as the host. feared
the style might shock his reverence, be apol-
ogized to him for it, saying that fashion de-
manded it. “Oh, I 'don’t'mind- it at all,’{ re;
plied the missionary; “l- havc been ten years ,
among the ravages." »~ _
__ . 0*"
The rizzly hear at the Cincinnati zoologi-
cslga en gave birth. to two little bears, the
other day.- ‘A’very e'old‘nigbt coming on, "1
them so
both found
tightly in her arms that they were
dead. ,
.. . .
|$3‘_Have your Bill Heads, Statements,
Heading, Blanks, &c.,put up With PATENT
BLOTTxu TABLETS. Blotters, always handy,
—paper-always‘ in good shape andloose sheets,
never wasted. The GAZETTE office has the
exclusive right-for the Town‘of Nor-walk. tf
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If men depended on the judgment of their
neighbors for their passports to Heaven no
one would get there.
Craufurd and Holley first, followed by the'
All the "not im- .
7 Drinking Poison.
Wtaaubloina pmsfiph vhish is said to
have foii’nd fearful illustration and confirma-
tion in a test of some liquors recently seized
in South Norwalk, and legally and j ustly de-
stroyed as a nuisance. ‘ - -
DRINKING rorsox.
’ Itis generally admitted that nineteen-twen-
tlctbs, if not ninety-niueehundredths, of all‘
the liquor of commerce is impure. Such is
the knowledge of chemistry and chemical
compounds, that the most exact imitations of
liquors can be produced at a. very cheap rate,
'and this is one reason why the sale of spirit-
uous liquors is so immensely profitable. Ci-
der even can be made without apple, and out
of this cider thus made, the finest wines for
twenty-fiye cents per gallon. The finest rc-
puted whisky can be made for thirty cents per
gullon, which retailed at ten cents per glass,
wtll yield a net profit of six dollars per gallon.
In 1874 some chemical analyses of liquors
were made in Chicago, New York and St.
Louis, with the following result. Out of 40
samplas in the city of Cbicago,not a pure one
was found; not a pure sample was found in
all the hotels of New. York city. Out of 30
samples in St. Louis, every one was found to
be grossly adulteratcd,*and here it was as-
certained that the best whiskys could be
made for thirty cents per gallon. As long ago
as 1837 it was known that beer was adulter-
atcd by no less than 47 different ingredients.
One of these was col-lander seed, a. .pound
of winch was equal to a bushel of ~. malt.
Another was alum, good to increase thirst.
Another was cocculus indicus, which yields
_a fifth part Of its weight of deadly poison,
ten grains of which will kill a dog in twenty-
five minutes. Another was nux vomica,
winch yields strychnie. the most deadly Of
all known poisons except prussic acid; but
the benefit to brewers is that a single drop in
eighty pounds of water will make a bitter so-
lution. _ '
Hence it is evident that those who drink
now spirituous liquor, drink poison—drink
alum, aloes, blue vitriol, fusil oil, cocculus
indicus, oil of vitriol, aqua fortis and strych-
nine, Such vile compounds ought to deter
all. men from drinking, and brand the liquor
business as an infamuos fraud. The saloons
of the'iand are dens of poison and death.
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MINISTERIAL COMI’I‘Y AND COURTESY.—
Rev. John A Hamilton, of the First church,
Norwalk, having been prostrated bya ner-
vous fever—superinduced by excessive work
in the deliverance of the society from debt,
and renovating, and beautifying their house
of worship, and also in behalf of the, cause
of common school elevation, and promotion
Of the temperance work and . war in defence
-of the community against rumsellers, in ad-
dition to his normal work as the pastor of a
church of 500 members—his associate pas-
tors, Williams of the 2d Methodist church,
and Bently of the First Baptist church, vol-
unteered to supply his pulpit on the last
Sabbath; which they did very acceptably.
The three are brothers in unity of spirit and
action. —I£eligz‘o'us Her-aw, Hartford.
_ -———,—'o——4.
A valuable Centennial; map of the United.
States has been hung in the Comptroller’s of-
fice, at‘ Hartford, which is a valuable addition
to the property of the State. It is very
large-some twelve feet by eight—and con-
tains a great deal of information upon its
broad area, showing the extent of the public
surveys, the Indian and military reservations,
the lands granted to railroads, canals, cities,
railroads, towns, and other details of the
country, compiled from the official surveys
of the general land office and other authentic
'sources, by CLRoesser, under direction of the
Hon."J. A Williamson, commissioner. The
map is probably the most complete over
. made in this country for public use.
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. It is suggested in Great Britain . that Gov-
ernment might make payments for practical-
instructions in cooker in the same manner
asfor the teaching of elementary science;
and Sir John Lubbock has asked in Parlia-'
ment, “Why should not boys learn about
cleanliness and ventilation, the management
of income, expenditure and saving?” , -
C
@‘ Full assortment of Dec Muzzuzs at
W. C. Street & Co’s.
. _____.______
@Hodder‘s Patent Blotter Tablets for
Letter Heads, Bill Heads, Blanks, &c., are
convenient and economical. Manufactured
and sold at the GAZETTE oflice. tf
had at the GAZETTE Orrxcn; also, Dennison’s
Shipping Tags, plain or printed. tf
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Q“ Bill Heads, Note Heads, Blanks, &c.,,
put up with Patent Blotter Tablets, the mer-
its of which are conceded by all. . The GA-
facture and sell the same in the Town _.Of
Norwalk. . tf
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I":‘si‘White and coloredprinting paper can
be obtained at the‘ Gamma Omen, in any
desired quantity. , tf
,_._.___
l§"'Have your Bill Heads, Statements,
Headings, Blanks, &c., put up with PATENT
BLOTI‘ER TABLETS. Blotters always handy,
——paper always in good shape and loose sheets
never wasted. The GAZETTE ofiice has the
exclusive right for the town of Norwalk. tf
_,__._
The friend of Temperance and sobriety.
Saxronn's JAMAICA GINGER.
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Ifi“ Bill Heads, Note Heads, Blanks, &c.,
put up with Patent Blotter Tablets, the mer-
its of which are conceded by all. The GA-
ZETTE ofiice has the exclusive right to manu-
facturc and sell thesamc in the Town of Nor-
walk. . tf
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TuE MIND rs depressed and the body Weakened
by Kidney, Bladder, Urinary Diseases, Diabetes.
Gravel and Dropsy. HUN T’S REMEDY cures
these diseases. Retention and Incontinence of
Urine. Excesscs, Intempcrancc, Prostration of
the Nerve Structure and Uterine Diseases are
cured by HUNT’S REMEDY, The system is re-
stored tohealth by HUNT’S REMEDY.
Clarke’s Toothache Drops cureinstantly.
Mothers who have weak and irritable
children, can secure health for the children, and
rest for themselves. by using Dr.Pitcher’s Casto-
ria. It contains no morphine or any thing Inju-
rious. It is as pleasant to take as honey, and is
certain to cure Wind Colic, regulate the bowels,
and expel worms. For Teething children, there
is nothing like Castoria. 3m4
The latest, greatest, and most relia-
ble remedy ever put together by medical science
for Rheumatism, Wounds, Swellings, Burns,Cak-
ed Breasts, etc., is the Centaur Liniment. There
are two kinds. What the White Llniment is for
the human family, the stronger kind, which is
yellow in color, is for sparincdylame and strain-
ed horses and animals. Their effects are won-
derful. . 3m4
Young. People, do pay attention to your teeth.
Neglect wrll soon ruin them. Clean them daily
with Tnuns'rms’s IVORYPEARL TOOTH P0\\'DER,
the most perfect. dentitlce known. It will keep
them tinfough life in good condition, sound and
white, wrll harden the gums, sweeten thebreath.
and prevent toothache. Sold by all druggists 25
and 50 cents per bottle.
Tnoxtrsox’sl’oruns‘. OPTUNE, an Oleaginons
compound of singular merit for dressing the hair,
imparting to it strength and richness. Sold by
.druggists. 25 and 50 centsper bot'le.
Are you troubled with billiousness,sickheadache.
vertigo, constipation, dyspepsia, lite. ? Are you
dull and languid, feeling averse to any exertion ?
If so, cleanse the system. purify and renew the
blood. Take Qutnx’s. InIsn TEA, the great and
cheap remedy. It Will soon relieve you. Sold by
all druggists. 25 cents per package, each making
a
uart of medicine.
ouvsss livononous KID GLovu Canxnmmll
quickly renovate soiled gloves,
WELLS & ELLIOTT. 11 Gold SL1
Wholesale Agents. _
25cm. per bottle,
New York.
a
. ASK the recovered
dyspeptxcs, bilious suf-
ferer s, victims of fever
upd ague, the mercurial
diseased patient, how
cheerful spirits an
good appetite ; they
The Cheapest, I'm-est and Best Family Medicine
r nvsrnrsifind’gvgfil‘l'T ' ‘
or I PAIONJ d'
Bixiuusuttuck ICK HEADACHE,Co'lic,%I:pI-l§::
sion 91 spirits, OUR STOMACH, Heart burn,&c.
This unrivalled Southern Remedy is warranted
not to contain a single particle of Muncunr, or
any Injuriousmlneral substance, but is
PUBELY VEG'I‘ABLE.
containing those Southern Roots and Herbs,
which an all-wise Providence has placed In coun-
tries where Liver Diseases most prevail. It will
cure all Diseases caused by Derange-
ment oj'tho Liver and Bowals,
THE SYMPTOMS of Liver Complaint are a bit-
ter or a bad taste in the mouth ; Parn'in the Back,
Sides or joints, otten mistaken for Rheumatism;
Sour Stomach: Loss of Appetitewowels alter-
nately eostive and lax’; HeadachctLoss ofmemory
with a paint‘ulsensatton of havmg tailed to do
something which ought to ' have been done ; De-
huuy pow s rite, a tluck yellowappearnnce
of the Skin and yes, adry Cough often mistaken
for Consumption. ' . .
Sometime many of ' these spmptoms attend the
disease, at Others vcr few; but the LIVER, the
the largest organ intho ody.is general] the seat
of the disease. and If not Regulated in t me,great.
sufierrng.wretehedness and DEA‘I’II will ensue.
_I can recommend as an efficacious remedy for
disease of the Liver". Heartburn. and Dyspepsia,
Simmons’ Liver Regulator. Luwxs G. Wuxpmi,
16-25 Master Street, Assistant Post Master, Phila.
"We have tested its virtues, personally, and
know that far Dyspepsia, Billiousness,and throb-
bing Headache. It Is the best medicine the world
ever saw. We have tried forty other remedies be-
fore Simmons’ Liver Regulator not out relieved,
but cured us.”-Ed. Telegraph and estenger,
Macon,(‘u- . . -
'hLANUFACTURED ONLY BY
J. II. 21511.1th 00., Philadelphia.
Price 31.00. . Sold by all Druggists.
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Is’§"'Dennison’s Merchandise Tags can be ‘
.za'r'rt: office has the exclusive right. to manu- ,
they recovered beam:i .
lI.M. (it C.S.I’ROWITT, Agents for Norwal i
MARRIED.
\’\’\I\I\MMAAMWMAMAIW\I-
In Norwalk, Feb. (an at St Paul's church b
muuneuueurtrmfifi
‘ ‘0 _ ge an iss oui
OfIS. (l;;0nnstead, Esq., all OfNubciltf'atlkft daughter
I: icago, Jan. 15th Charles R.D n '
erly of Norwalk, to Mis‘s Belle J ohnsgr‘i’, oisbtorm
Hiuruéuri‘vgggzhn. Sist, Mr. Allen Mead to Miss
DIED:
\lvux/annnAA/xnlxnzx I\f\/\/\r\/\I\ nnn
In So. Norwalk Feb. bth Han- “"1 l
son of Theron (in; and M. Louise Hoyt], $5.1 20):];
In New Albany. Ind.. Jan. 27th, with Malaria!
Fever. Henry L. Wilcox of St. Paul M' . ' -
merly of Norwalk. ' ' m" 1' or
In Stamford, Feb. lOIh, Josiah Smith, in the 71th
year or his age. . .
06‘ Funeral on Wednesday, at 1:30 1‘ . m.
In Newark, N. J ., Feb. 7, James Harold, youngegt
son at Isaac N. and Emma M. Doty, aged 2 years
and 8 months.
In Westport. Feb. 4th, Gould Gregory, aged (6
years.
In Morris, Feb. 4th, Ezra Abbott, aged 83 years .
391pelDlu'ubury, Feb. 4th, Slyvanus Knapp. aged
In Bethcl, Jan. 4th, Betsey Osborne, aged 86 yrs.
In Bridgeport. Feb.4th, Philo F. Barnum, a cd
71 years. lreb. 2nd, J. Frederick Huge. age 69
“I“: Feb. 6th, Phebe A. Laue, aged 56 years.
n rumbull, Feb. 3d.M. ' . ' '
F. Tait, aged‘B years. ‘ 'try E ,wrfe '0! William
In Stamford. Feb. 2d Rebecca Vermil ca a'red
82 years. Feb. 2d, Mary K. Koenig, age 76 ’yczrs.
In Misnus, Feb. 5th, Mary Davis, aged so years.
In Greenwich Feb. 5th '
in the 85th year Of her age: M”. Huldah Snifien,
DONATION BENEFIT.
T the house of Rev. James H. Smith on
A WEDNESDAYJ‘EB. 13th,1878. mt. Sillllh
Is an earnest, faithful worker in the cause of his
Master. It Is therefor_e_hoped that this appeal to
the hberahty of the citizens of Norwalk wlll not
be In vain. Donations of Dry Goods or Groceries
Will be thankfully received at the Pastor’s resi-
dencc,lUmou Ave. WEDNESDAY EVENING,
$158,135.13. 18.8, at the Town Hall. there will be an
SJld Vrrgmia and Alabama Fireside Cor-ding and
pinning Matchmt Home, for the benefit of the
Pastor. Doorsoren- " ‘ - ~ .
Cents, ‘ dthClock. Admissmn )5
Store to Rent.
N Main Street now occupied b C - '
_ wood's Sons. ' l’Ossession Aprilylst'.wlcrx:¢?tiili~e
of JOSEPH MATHEIS.
To Rent.
, O a small family. Rooms with all n
conveniences, plent of water in thief-185:3
‘art of the house occnptc by GEORGE MARVIN
omp Street"; also, burn room if desired. 2"
OR. SALE at 'I'oilsomc small Farm of 2‘: a
Fpart meadow, part w'oodland,‘ with splendicd
Willi bill's. AN." ”scrim” 1" ”“01“
. _ cc . ne- f
can remain on mortgage. a 0 purchase mogflyf
Long Island Real Estate
For Sale.
HAVE :1. number of very desirabl l" urn ‘
Long Island which I ‘ e ‘ b on
“'31 on rpasonable term Bwill dispose of very cheap
' so‘a arge tract of-TIMBER LAND
exchange for Norwalkpropcrt . Forfu’rtt‘bzfltia‘:
tienlars apply at _my office, 0. 4 Main St" Lor-
walk. 1y. J .S. RANDALL.
on SALE on EXCHANGE A I]
_ . . o s d:
F Lot on Main St.,stupleton, 8.1.,2 millinetes
from the ferry,uscd as Cigar Store and Dwelling
Would exchan e for reperty in N orwnlk. '
quire of JOHN RIT ,Main St.. Norwalk.
To Rent.
HE place n‘car the head of Main Street 1‘
. orm-
orig occupied by the subscriber, is oficred to
rent. comfortable house, healthy location.
plenty Orland. good orchard, small barn, and low
rent. : Apply to R. L. ELLS.
Eh-
I.
Desirable Property For Sale.
HE Homestead former] / owned and now ~-
T cupied by John Roller-ts):v For articular-s gn-
qmre ot CHAS. H. STR ET.
Fan-field Co. National Bank.
Barn to Let.
POSSESSION immediately. enquire of
» . GEO..0. JCEELER.
wwmmflnmrx
EXPERIENCED STITGHERS.
Prices Renmnérative.
THOMSEN, LANGDON & (20.,
‘ Corset Manufacturers.
Bridgeport, Conn.
February 5th,lB78. 116
N otlce.
EREAFTER the Board» Of Selectmen of the
Town of Norwalk will meet on’ the first Mou-
day of each month, std o’clock: p. m.. for the pur-
pose of drawmg orders. paying bills and transact
mg other-general town-business.and'on the second
3:313:31 3c??? moplgh will meet Outside poor.
nera usmess - ' v
of orders- g . , except the di swing
ANDREW SELLECK.
CHARLES W. SMITH
N orwalk, Feb.'7tb, 1378.
Selectmen.
217
MAD DOGS. AT LARGE !
Citizenfieware.
NOTICE !
BEREAS, several mad dogs have been run-
ning at large In scveral of the tOwns of Fair-’
field Countymnd have attacked and bitten several
gifignlféiznsg well up muny other dogs, and the cit-
grea an armed on '
dog; at large, “31d y d account of such
Iranians, . 4; run ersigned Justices of th
Peace resIdInIg In thc town of’Norwalk. believes
that‘thc persons and lives of the inhabitants of
the town. are Insecure, therefore
Notice Is hereby given that from .ths date, all
persons who may be now or hereafter the owners
or custodians of any dogpr dogs.shall forthwith
secure them_ against their liability to do public
barm,either oy confining or muzzhng them until
the first day of May next, and any dog found mad
or running at large und unmuuled may be killed
at sight, when not In thg care of any erson, or
found off the premises of Its own er, an any per-
son, whouhavlng a dog, shall tail forthwith to
comply With the above notice, will be subjected to
forfeit of $7.00 and costs of prosecution.
Notice hereof shall be given by posting a copy
hereof on each public sign post in the town of
Norwalk, and by publishing the same in the Non-
WALK Cast-111's and _ South Norwalk Sentinel,
newspapers published In said town.
Dated atINorwalk, this 8th day of February, A.
D., 1878,
F. \V. PERRY,
—E. lV. STUART,
Justices of
the Peace.
. Houseboats.
l\nl\r\l\l\l\r\l\l\nl\l\r\l\r\r\/\’\I\I\l\t\l\l\ I
MUSIC HALL, SOUTH NOR‘VALK.
Tuesday Eve’g, Feb. l2th.
A. PlTOU, . . . . . . . . MANAGER ’
NOVEL, DIERITOBIOUS, REALIS'I‘IC
First appearance in two years of the world-famed
Scout, Hunter and Guide,
TEXAS JACK,
(J. B. Omohnndro,) and his original
Great Scout Combination,
. _I. with the well-known
Arizona John.
' The Great “farm Spring Chief,
. Fighting Elk,
The Renowned Italian Artist, The Peerless
M O B L A O 'O E I ,
The Greatest of Irish Comedians,
'1‘. Z. Graham.
And 9. Superb Dramatic Compan in the T " ' fr
Drama entitled}? milling
SCOUTS OF THE PLAINS;
Or, The Perils of the Premier. Popular Prices,
At Hoyt’s
25 and 35 cts. : Reserved Seats 50et
s.
Drug Store and Spencer’s Jewelry Store.
_TH—E LAST PRUP TAKEN AWAY
Parents who havc‘tailcd to get
Pictures of their Children,
or through neglect have never tried, can now be
assui ed 0} success by thencwlprocess invented in
Geneva, by Monsteur ossannas.
Mr. E. 1'. Whitney
has the process, and as of. the on]! o l. '
United States. Pictures a’re made, in fi/ne'vte'tgrilhte’i?
INSTANTANEOUS, m cloud weather, only five or'
six seconds are required. ring in the Household
Pets, whether Babies or Animals. Beautiful
Pictures made of Dogs by this process.
3w E. T. WHITNEY.
Bankrupt Notice.
N the District Court of the 8
I 112i? let Oftttlonneetieut: Unitedstates tor the
n_~emaerofALB l"
Bai‘ufrupt, in Bankruptcy. .ERT D' STLLGES’
when IT MAY CONCERN :—Notico is l
given that pursuant _to an order issued by £53313:
L . Middlebrook, Registerin Bankruptcy} a Second
General Meeting of the creditors of said Bankrupt
will be held at Bridgeport, in Fairfield County in
suld district, on the 23d day oi‘ll‘ebruaryds‘is at 10
o clock a. m,, at the allies of and before L.N’ M‘d-
dlebrook. Register. for the purposes named in the
27th Section of the Bankrupt Act, it proved March
and, 1867, and the amendments tgereot' and at
which meeting creditors may prove thcir debts
Dated at Reddmg,_this 8th day of Februnrv, Ad).-
2tpars, THOMAS SANFORD.
. Assignee.
Bankrupt Notice.
N the District Court ofthc United States
1.32am?“rafters” m”
,ma er of ‘ E
in Bankruptcy. ' ' S, Bank‘l‘p‘s
_TO whom it may concern:—Noticc is hereby
won, that )ursuunt to an order issued by Hon
. N. Mr‘dd ebrook, Register in Bankruptcy 1;
Second General Meeting of the creditors of silid
Btnkmlétm “:1" ‘29- hsld at Bridgeport. in Fairfield
Couu_tv,m stud District, on the 27th day ofI-‘ebru't-
ry,18.8, at 10 o’clock,a. m., at the ethos of. and he-
forc L. N.Mrddlcbrogk, Register, forthe purposes
named In the 27th Section of the Bankrupt A~ct
mmmwnWWWMmmm
s ¢ - W 10 . ’
pram; ttliieiggebts. meeting orcthtors may
a c a orwalk.this 8th day of Feb
0 mar " .
.u SAMUEL n.0LMsTnAn.Assi§,;}§‘,s
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