Norwalk Gazette.
Tuesday, February 18th, 1879.
EDITORIAL LETTER.
_ . Wssmxo'rox, Feb. 15, ' 1879.
DEAR GAZETTE :-— .. ,
. Only fourteen more working days remain
ogtghafipr’esent Congress,~and yet the entire
pastweek may be said to have been practi—
cally frittered away. In the House there has
been a determined effort to delay legislation
by the dominant party for the ,avaed pur-
pose of forcing an extra session. An extra
session is desired by these hot-heads" for the
sole purpose of securing a few months earlier
the little patronage now enjoyed by the
Senate and of the Capitol. The cooler and
more sagacious men of the party, like Sena-
tors Bayard, Eaton, and the more sclicmcrs
for partizan advantage like Senator Barnum
and Speaker Randall oppoSe an extra session
as threatening’the party with more of weak-
ness than of strength. Both parties have
held caucuses on the subject, and at the
general democratic assemblage a majority
fivored tacking on to the appropriation bills
legislation that will ensure a repeal of the
present laws against fraudulent voting at
congressional elections and the loyalty clause;
of the present southern jury law. It was
reasoned that the Republicans wouldcombat
this to the bitter end and so ensure an extra
session. Hale, of Maine, warned the demo—
cratic side of the full knowledge of this
purpose and of the determination of the
Republican side of the House to resist it to
i““" " d-day a fierce battle
I was img‘ann an; mnmsuse over the Patent
' appropriations made by the last House.
Office allowances in the general appropriation
bill. An attempt had been deliberatelyciade
to practically destroy this branch of the
public service by diminishing the number of
needed employees, and to cut dewn the pay
of~ those employees permitted by the grace
of the House to remain. Mr. Vance, chair-
man of the House Committee on Patents,
administered a severe and most richly deserv
ed rebuke to Mr. Atkins of the Appropria-
tion Committee. for this unworthy attempt
to destroy the usefulness of one of the most
deserving departments of'the government
and the only one that more than defrays all
its expenses. While our patent system has
brought us more renown throughout the
civilized world than anything else American,
and American inventions have become chief
articles of commerce among the nations of
the earth, the inventors of the country have
not only paid in advance for every service
the department has rendered them, but so
largely in excess Mail the costs the govern—
ment has been to, thatto-day therc is over a
million of dollars in the Treasury to the
credit of the Patent Office. The department
was greatly embarrassed by the niggardly
Certain members seem stupidly ignorant, of
the fact that more money was daily paid
into the Treasury by that department than.
was required to run it, and that every dollar
so received had to be paid into the Treasury,
and not a dollar could be used except it is
again appropruzted out of the Treasury by act
of Congress. The receipts for this week
ending today are $30,045.85. It is impossi-
ble to keep trained and capable employees in
the different branches of the Patent-Oflice,
where the clearest legal or technical abilities
are required, at the same salaries paid door-
kcepers and messengers,and the Commission-
er is greatly. embarrassed by the deter—
minatiOn of this insane Congress to attempt
such reductions. The battle in the House,
today, 'was on the cutting down the pay of
the chief examiners of the Patent Office,
and it is a matter of rejoicing that the stupid
» project signally failed. That these men as a
class, in general capabilities and achirc-
ments, ill rank for above the average of the
present ouse of Congress,is_ a fact most
notOrious. The temptations for these men
to leave the office and form far more lucra
tive private business relations, are of con-
stant recurrence, and the acceptance of such
chances a constant source of embarrassment
to the Patent Office administration. .In
numerous instances the fees and retainers
proffered them in a single important patent
case aggregate more than a whole year’s sal—
ary.
BLAcqux‘s PATENT REAFFIBMED.
The Patent Office, today, has issued an-
other opinion rcaffirming the validity of
Ebenezer Blackman’s patent fora coal oil
lamp to burn without the ordinary chimney.
Bennett B. Schneider, of New York,°who
has been pirating on Blackman's patent ever
since its issue, has by the purchase of old
patents and other subterfuges succeeded in
keeping Blackman in interference in the
Patent Office so that he might flood the
market with these lamps, now become uni-
versally popular,and thus defer an injunction
on his infringements. At first an interference
was declared with Fish ’08. Blackman, and at
the end, Blackman's piority of invention was
fully proven and established. The next
move of the infringers was to declare inter-
ference between Fish, Marshall and Votti,
assignee to Bennett B. Schneider, as. Black—
man, and after a prolonged hearing and an
exhaustive examination of the case by Z.
Wilbur, Esq, Examiner of Interferences of
the Patent Office, the second decision is now
declared, re-aflirming Blackman as the first
and. sole inventor of this valuable device.
E. H. BROWN, Esq, of No. 7 Warren street,
New York,.a very talented and rising young
patent attorney, has managed the case for
Blackman with consummate skill and indus-
try, and is rewarded by thissccond eminent-
ly just and righteous decision. The many
friends of Mr. Blackman will be glad to hear
.of his triumph, for numbei-s of our citizens
are fully aware that he commenced the ex-
periments and continued them while'running
his drug store in Norwalk—which have re-
sulted in a most beautiful and perfect illumi-
nating coal oil lamp, and burning successful-
ly with no other chimney than the round
globe or shade.
The Senate has had the “Heathen Chinee
Question” under consideration for the past
two days. Yesterday a scene was witnessed
in the Senate more unique than cyer before
seen in the'AmeI-ioan Congress. The Chi-
neese Emigration Bill was under considera-
tion and just before Senator Thurman rose
to speak, Mr. Bruce" the colored Senator from
Mississippi was called to the chair, The
bare idea of the hard-shell democratic Sen—
ator from Ohio, addressing a colored man as
the President of the Senate and the subject
of discdhsion being the Mongolian question,
was singular, most novel and interesting.
Messrs.Booth and Blaine made earnest speech-
es on the subject and both Were substantially
in accord. The speech of Senator Booth,
was the most ornate and finished. in its rhe-
torical composition, as he is the most-finish—
ed rhetorician in the Senate. But the ad-
dress or argument of Senator Matthews , was
the most logical and lawyerly argument of
the series. To-day, after the morning hour,
Senator Hamlin occupied nearly the entire
session in a comprehensive argument. cover-—
ing _ the whole tr'onblcsome question. He
claimed that the government of China had
acted with more good sense and fidelity to
its treaty obligations than our own had done.
He was sorry to say this, but it was true, he
said. Mr. Blaine made the one good point
that the Chinaman never comes to our shoresr
accOmpanied by wife and children. That
the family and hearth-stone were . unknown
institutions to the Chinaman. . That men of
every Other nationality were joined to the
family relation, which was the underlying
nirIWa'rk of the, whole American system of
government. It was in this respect that he
differed from, and was more dangerous than
all the "other people of the earth.
BELL rnxcn. ,
Senator Dorsey has introduced a Bill from
the ‘District of Columbia Committee’cnact-
ing ailnw nfllng the use of the Bell Punch
a ,legal ' requirement in all liquor and beer
mucous. -, The fact that the liquor dealers
prefer paying" from their actual sales, the
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fact that a much larger amount accrues in
the way of‘ revenue;- in the aggrégate,'from
the bell punch, render it quite probable that
the Dorsey Bill will _ be enacted for'the
District of Columbia, especially as the Com-
missibners affirm that it will net not less than
$200,000 per annum, revenue. It is possible
that Connecticut may yet find this unique
' bell punch an easy way out of the local
option perplexitics.
,rnAorioxAL cunnxxor oursmxmxo.
In February, 1876, the issue of fractional
paper currency ,was stopped, and all that
currency presented was redeemed in frac-
tional silver. Since then the fractional
silver has gradually taken the place of the
fractional paper. When the issue of the
latter ceased there was outstanding of it
$45,000,000. A commission appointed by
Secretary Sherman estimated that of this
amount about $8,000,000 would {never be
presented for redemption, having been des-
troyed or lost. It now appears that this
estimate was rather too small. There is
'now outstanding about $16,000,000 fractional
paper currency, of which amount about
$2,000,000 is in three cent and five cent
notes. It looks as if of the total outstand
ing amount—$16,000,000—there will‘ ulti—
mately be redeemed only-about $4,000,000,
leaving Uncle Sam the gainer by $12,000,-
000. The rapidity of the daily redemption
of fractional paper currency has steadily
decreased since 1876, until now it is a very
insignificant sum. 1t filters into the Treasury
now and then. however, in small sums.
IMPORTED LIQUORS.
On Tuesday Senator Sargent introduced
and had referred to the Finance Committee
resolutions calling upon the Secretary of
State and the Secretary of the Treasury for
information touching the production, prepa-
ration and importation of alcholio and fer-
mented- liquors, the facilities possessed by
the Government for the prevention of the
importation of falsified, ’adulterated, and
falsely-labeled or designated alcoholic and
fermented beverages, and what legislation,
if any, is necessary for the regulation J the
consular service in order to encourage the
commerce only in'pure and genuine wines,
brandies, and Other alcoholic liquors.
THE NEW rExsiox BILL.
Nothing definite has yet been done in
regard to the new arrears of pension bill,
and the chances of the law being effectively
carried out is daily growing beautifully
less. ' Last Monday Representative Bur-
chard, Illinois, introduced a bill to appropri-
ate $40,000,000 of 4 per cent bonds to pay
this debt due the soldiers. He moved to
suspend the rules and pass the bill. This
motion only needed the changing of five
votes to have prevailed, but it was lost and
it is feared it cannot prevail at this session.
The“ House Committee. on Appropriations
yesterday considered questions arisrng out of
the act. The Commissioner of Pensions has
Psuggested changes in the law, saying that it
is difficult of construction, and recommended
that provision be made for a proper grading
of pensions, by which $10,000,000 can be
saved. He also asks for an addition of
clerical force.
' NEW PATENT BILL.
It daily becomes more evident that Senate
Bill 300, known as the new Patent Law, will
fail of enactment. A vast amount of time
and labor has been bestowed on this bill, but
like all measures promising. any good to the
people of the nation, it seems most likely t9
fail at this session. . '
SENATORIAL CAuous.
A caucus of Republican Senators was held
Wednesday. The purpose-of the signers of
the call was to secure the assignment of some
early date for action upon the Corbin-Butler
contest. No determination was reached.
There was some informal discussion as to
what course should be pursued in case
amendments providing for ‘a repeal of the
Federal supervisiors and test oath laws are
attached by the House to one of the annual
appropriation bills. Although no action was
taken on the subject, the general tenor of
the opinion expressed by those present was
to the effect that the effort to enact such
legislation upon an appropriation bill should
be strenuously resisted, even to the extent of
causing the bill to fail.
DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL canons.
. An adjourned meeting of the caucus of
Democratic Senators was held yesterday, at
which there was further discussion concern-
ing the proposed efforts to obtain, by amend-
ments to the -appropriation bill, a repeal of
the laws authorizing the appointment of
Federal supervisors of elections and pres—
cribing test oaths for jurors, and a modifica-
tion of the law in regard to the mode of
drawing jurors. Although no action' was
reached, the sentiment of the caucus was
almost wholly in favor of providing for the
repeal of the test oath sections in the manner
- indicated.-
nivxnijD IIAImon BILL.
The river and 'harbor bill, as reported to
the House starts in with appropriations
amounting to $5,786,000. What the appro-
priations will amount to when it has gone
through both Houses no one cantell. Among.
the large items are the following z—Improve-
ment of East River and Hell Gate, $250,000;
Harlem River, $100,000; Raritan River, N.‘
J, $60,000; Baltimore harbor, $100,000;
James River, $60,000; Great Kanawha Riv-
er, $150,000; Charleston harbor, $100,000;
Savannah harbor, $100,000; New .Orleans,
$60,000; Galveston harbor, $100,000; ship
channel at Galveston, $80,000; Ohio River,
$200,000; Tennessee River,'$221,500; Fox
River, $100,000; Grand Haven harbor, $90,-
000; St. Mary’s River and Falls, $250,000;
Harbor of Refuge, Lake Huron, $75,000;
Detroit River, $50,000; Cle‘avelaud, Ohio,
$100,000; Buffalo, N. Y., $100,000; Oswego,
N. Y., $90,000; Mobile harbor, $100,000.
Norwalk harbor gets a pitiful $5,000 only,
because no one interested themselves to get
a larger allowance. The U. S: Engineer
earnestly recommended $12,500,al1 of which,
ought to be-appropriated. New Haven gets
$7,500 for its harbor proper, and $30,000 to
commence a breakwater.
THE rnasrnnxT's LAST Laws.
The President and Mrs. Hayes held ‘ their
final reception of this season last evening at
the Executive Mansion. The crowd in atten—
dance was greater than at any previous levee,
and comprised representatives of every class
of society.
TOBACCO TAX. .
The delegation of the National Tobacco
Dealers-Association are still here and endeav-
oring to secure a reduction of the Tobacco
Tax from 24 to 16 cents. It was carried in
Senate Finance Committee by one vote. Sec
rotary Sherman, would favor a reduction
provided the tax on ten and coffee were re-
enacted, but on Thursday he sent a letter to
Congress warning it of a threatened deficien-
cy of $27,000,000. . He recommended that
authority be given him to sell bonds to meet
the deficiency rather than to increase taxa-
tion. If the session were not so far advanc-
ed there is he doubt that the majority of the
Democrats would attempt the re-enaction of
the income tax. It appears to be their plan
ultimately to abolish taxation on tobacco and,
possibly, on whiskey, and to substitute a
large income tax. Mr. A. S. Comstock, of
New Canaan, and Representative Lccds of
New Haven are still here looking after this
Tobacco Tax reduction.
THE LATE JUDGE CHARLES SHERMAN.
In the GAZETTE's recent notice of the
death of Judge Sherman, we were led to state
that he was born in Ohio, by statements made
us by oneof your oldest citizens, who well
remembered the Judge’s father, Chas. R.
Sherman. The Judge was the son of Chas.
R., his mother being Nancy Hoyt, sister of
the late Charles Hoyt, and he, the Judge,
was born at the old Taylor ermau, home-
stead on Main St., Norwalk, before his father
left for Ohio. The J udgc had repeatedly
stated to us that the old Bcers’ home was his
birth-place and we could not understand,
when indicting our brief obituary sketcb,how
it was that the place of his nativety could be
correctly assigned to Ohio. Our tow-n may
otherwise license fees, and the additional
l
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born sou.
PERSONALS. . _
Dr. John McLean has grown quite fleshy
since his short residence here, and has not
had an iota of his old trouble, the asthma,
since his arrival. He is working into a very
successful practice and has determined to set-
tle down here and make Washington his per-
manent home. David S. Lambert of Wilton,
is here on a visit. Hon. David Clark, of
Hartford, and family, passed through here
Thursday on their way'to Florida.
The prospective return of Zach. Chandler
to the Senate, has set all the “Stalwarts” into
a tempest of exultation.
As ever, &c., B.
The Slipper given by the ladies of the
First Congregational church, in the lecture
oom, last Thursday evening, was quite
largely' attended and passed off very pleas-
antly. 'As the special object for which this
supper was held has been accomplished,
no more suppers will be given until next
Spring. ‘
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Some thirty-three members of St. John’s
masonic. lodge might have been seena—in
fact were. seen—wending their way to the
Danbury depot on Wednesday evening last.
There was nothing mystérious about the
mystic crowd, however, for they were.
simply on their way to pay a fraternal visit
to Ark Lodge, of Georgetown. They were
cordially received, handsomely entertained,
and came back inaspecialcar apparently
well pleased with the trip.
St. Valentine made quite a. sensation last
week, and the “drop" epistles at the post
office must have created quite a revenue.
Friday night the boys and girls with “great
expectations" written all over their happy
faces fairly crowded the post office, and a
joyous shout went up whenever an applicant
secured a prize.
SEvEIzE ACCIDENT.-—A serious accident
occured to La Fayette Craw, on Saturday
morning last,at the shoe factory of James
Cousins, foot of Mill Hill. While engaged in
oiling up a trimming machine, his foot slip-
ped and he fell on the machine. His left
arm was stripped of the flesh from the
shoulder to the wrist. He was taken home
and cared for, and at last accounts was more
comfortable than could be_expected.‘ '
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A small house at 'Perryville belonging to
J. S. Partrick was destroyed by fire last
Sunday night at about 8% o‘clock, supposed
to have been incendiary. A small insurance.
Sermon on the. Life of Washing-
ton.
We are happy to learn and to announce
that the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, whose inter-
est in the young people of Norwalk (so
well known before to his congregation) has
been so earnestly evinced in -his recent dis-
course to young men and to young women,
proposes to follow them up, on Sunday even-
ings, by the discussions of themes having
special adapattion to the young.
Next Sunday being the day succeeding
the anniversary of the birth of the “Father
of his Country," Mr. Hamilton’s subject in
the evening will be, in general, “The Life of
Washington.”
Official Visit.
The officers of the Grand Lodge, I. O.
O. F., are expected to visit Our Brother‘s
Lodge, of this place, on Monday evening
next. The meeting promises to be an in-
teresting one, and it is presumed these will
be a large attendance.
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If thb Kansas and Colorado papers can be
elieved, times are looking up out West.
In Denver it is claimed houses are in great
demand, and large numbers are going up
many of which are rented before the foun-_
dations are laid. Business generally seems
to be reviving. ' .
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Great Britain will have to let the poor
Afghan Ameer run, and stop to carry war
, into Africa or lose her “Good Hope." The
Zulus have suddenly come to the, front, and
demand immediate nOtice. Late dispatches
from Cape Town state that 20,000 Zulus had
given battle to a mixed British and native
force, during which 5,000 Zulus were killed
and the British completely annihilated. The
Zulus captured a convoy of 120 wagons, 1000
oxen, 2 guns, 400 shot and shell, 1000 rifles,
250,000 rounds of ammunition and 60,000
pounds of commissariat stores, also the colors
of the Twenty-fourth regiment. There is
much grief, amazement and indignation
throughout England at this defea‘ of the
British arms. ,
Further advices from Cape Town say that
, great consternation prevails there, and rein-
forcements, are urgently demanded, and that
Natal is seriously endangered. .
Further advices from Cape Town say a bat-
tle occurred at Insandnsana. Five hundred
men and forty officers of the British and six
hundred natives were killed. The main body
of the British forces have retreated across the
frontier. Already the government has char-
tered fifteen steamships .to carry rc-enforcc-
ments and supplies to this new scene of war.
DEBATE—Next Friday evening, at the
rooms of the Ladies’-Temperance Associa-
tion, under Lockwood's Hall, a debate will
take place on the following question: “Re-
solved, That that which stimulates a man to.
drink is not an appetite.” Mr..Harlem takes
the affirmative, and Mr. Gibson, of Winni-
pauk, the negative, each speaking fifteen
minutes, after which the question will be
'open to the House. Justice E. W. Stuart
will preside. Admission free and all are in-
vited. ~ ‘
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On Wednesday evening last a large audi-
ence assembled at Lockwood's Hall, to hear
the children -of the Cold Water Army.
More than one hundred boys and .girls were
on the stage, joining in the singing. Mrs. J.
.L. Harlem presided,and was assisted by Mrs.
' Wm. A.\Kellogg, Mrs. Lounsbury, Mrs. Dr.
Comstock, and other warm-hearted temper-
ance ladies. Several adults helped out in the
musical exercises. The children rendered a
varied progriimme of dialogues, recitations,
. &c., in a pleaing manner, after which Rev.
Mr. Hamilton made a brief address. Then
followed a lively charge on the table where
the children were abundantly supplied with
sandwiches, cake, ice cream, etc. The ladies
rejoice that they not only paid expenses but
had quite a snug little balance left for their
treasury. ,
A new Railroad President.
At a meeting of the Directors of the New
York, New Haven a Hartford Railroad
Company, held in New York city, last
Saturday, President William D. Bishop ten-
dered his resignation. He had been Pres-
ident of the Company for twelve years,
aid resigned now simply on account of long
continued poor health. He will retain his
position as a , director. His resignation was
accepted. and Geo. H. Wat'rous, of New
Haven, was chosen his successor. The New
Haven Palladium says:
“ Mr. Watrous has served as counsel for the
company for the past ten years, and during
that period has thoroughly familiarized him-
self with the varied interests of the road.
His experience in railroad matters and his
position as one of the leading members of the
Connecticut bar renders the company's choice
in every way a commendable one. We may
congratulate the Consolidated road on its
choice of a successor to President Bishop and
New Haven upon having one of its citizens
selected for this highly honorable and respon-
sible position. It is intimated as one of the
possible results of this change in the office
of president, that the business of the road
will now be almost entirely centered in this
cit ', and that.all the company’s cmyloyes
in cw York City, except such as are neceg.
sary at the Grand Central depot, will be
removed hcrc. , ,
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Conductor Frank Romance of the Con-
solidated road, proposes to take a tri to
Endlfhmia shdrtly, for the benefit 0 his
e t .
'well feel a sense of pride that this large as: '
tured and honest hearted man was a native- .
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If you have a Remote let, advertise it. .
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An “Old Folks Concert,” is soon to be
given at SOuth Norwalk.
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A patent has been granted to Dr. Hill,"~So.
Norwalk, for a pill machine.
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The treaty between Russia and Turkey has
been ratified by both Powers. _
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Lockwood, the Main street furniture deal-
er, advertises a special caslf‘sale.
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Frank Mayo’s company _ appear to-night
(Monday) in Davy Crocket at Music Hall.
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Washington's birthday next Saturday.
We hear of no public Observances in the
place. '
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Mr. Ferd B. Smith is moving into his new
residence corner West Avenue and Arch
street.
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Another “Literary" is soon to be held in
the lecture room of the First Congregational
church.
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Martin Troy, driver for S. Hoyt & Sons,
New Canaan, recently fell on the ice and
broke a wrist. '
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Lent commences next Week Wednesday.
Fiddlers will be in great demand for one
week, at least.
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The Home Sociable “last dance of the sea-
son,” takes place Wednesday evening, at
Music Hall. Full dress.
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Senator Platt intends to go to Washington
March 1, and if there is to be an extra session
'of Congress, will remain.
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Mr. Lynes has rented the store now occu-
pied by Mr. Harlem to Messrs. Glover&
Son, grocers, now located in 'James's Bléck.
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A children’s Sociable, similar to the one
'which proved so attractive last year, is to
be given at the Athenrcum next Friday even-
mg.
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The New York Union League Club has
voted to builda new $200,000 club house,
corner of Fifth Avenue and thirty-ninth
street. .
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Miss Addie F. Kennedy, of Boston, Mass,
who has been spending a few months among
friends and relatives here has returned
home. 4
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The new Propeller succeeded in reaching
her wharf up town, one day last week.
Probably ice will not interfere with her trips
much longer.
Editor Edward A. Fry, of the Nio-
brara (Dakoto) Pioneer, arrived in town
Saturday morning. He expects to remain
several weeks.
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On Sunday evening Rev, Mr. Hamilton de-
livered the second and concluding sermon to
young ladies. Wish all the girls in town
could have heard it.
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Anoiher cold wave last Friday and Satur-
day, with mercury droppiug almost out of
sight. That great Northwest must be a de-
lightful.place in summer.
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Rev. W. H. Boole declines to remain as
pastor of the First M. E. Church another
yea'r. It is understood that he will accept no
appointment for next year.
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The grand lists for Fairfield county for
1878—9 aggregate $55,582,840. Hartford and
New Haven counties are the only ones in the
State that show better figures. .
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The Superior Court has granted following
divorces: Lydia Havens, of Redding, from
Horace Havens, of Wilton; Ina A. Mans-
field, of Bethel, from Wm. A. Mansfield.
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It is rumored that the “Consolidated”
railroad will consolidate still more by
gobbling up the Boston & Air Line Rail-
road running from New Haven to Williman-
tic. '
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The Litchfield Enquirer says that a new
Nocturne, written by Me. O. F. Daniels, is
to be played in the sixth Chickering Hall
Symphony Concert, under direction of Carl-
berg.
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Frederick Keating was severely injured by
falling through that dangerous bridge below
the South ' Norwalk depot, last Tuesday
night. Why not rig up some kind of a life
saver there, and then charge toll?
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It is thought that the first business present-
ed to the grand jury at the opening of the
Bridgeport superior court this week will be
the case of William Buchholz, charged with
the murder of John Henry Shulte.
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A small silver spoon, greatly prized for its
aocociations, was lost at the Late loan Collec-
tion. It was brought over in the Mayflower,
we believe, and was marked 1. S..I.' The
finder will please send it to Mrs. E. I‘. Weed.
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Wm. E. ,Daun our wide-awake Livery
man started for Canada, yesterday after.
noon, with the intention Of purchasing a
drove of horses for his livery use and
the Norwalk market—he will be back next
'week. '
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Mrs. Geo. Cleveland lately fell on the ice
and broke several ribs. She had lgen gener-
ously assisting a poor and invalid neighbor in
her washing, and was returning ‘home when
she slipped and fell, striking on the tub which
she was carrying.
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Mr. C. F._Daniels, music teacher, was in
town on Tuesday en route for New York,
from which city he was intending to 'sail on
Thursday for the Bermudas. He has been
troubled with malaria of late, and hopes to
get free from its evil effects by a sea voyage.
' O
The annual Ball of the Old Well Lodge,
at Music Hall, last Wednesday evening, was
fairly attended, and seems to-have given
general satisfaction. A good feature was
the dispensing with supper and thereby
finishing the order of dancing an hour earlier
than usual.
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Commodore Perkins informs us that a
contract was signed on Friday'last for the
immediate construction of amonster Hotel
'at Rockway Beach. Is is to be ready for
occupancy this ‘summer and is intended to
eclipse any at Coney Island, Long Branch
or any other watering place in this country.
Twelve hundred invitations have been is—
sued for the reception of Commissary Gener-
al Buckley which will occur Wednesday
evening, February 19, at Hartford, in honor
of Governor Andrews and lady.- The gover-
nor has ordered his staff to make their first
appearance in full uniform on that occasion.
Brigadier General Smith and staff of each
regiment have been invited and will appear
in uniform.
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The recent fatal explosion of amonster gun
on board the British iron-clad Thunderer is
reported to have been cauaedby an incompre-
hensibly stupid blunder. It is asserted that
the gun missed fire, and'that the gunners
without noticing this fact, proceeded to in -
sert another charge of powder and an addi-
tional projectile, thus making an explosion
unavoidable. It is almpst incredible that
such a blunder coald have been committed,
but this is said to be the decision of the ad-
miralty.
Mrs. Sartoris, Mrs. Hooper writes, is in
Paris, “looking extremely well, and is even
prettier than she was as Nellie Grant. She
is accompanied by her husband and child,
the latter a most. lovely boy, not quite two
years old. He is a fair, golden-haired little
creature, with large blue eyes, and is not
in :the least shy or spoiled, manifesting a
very natural, but rather un-English devotion
to General Grant. ‘Grandpapa' is evidently
ai‘institution of great ,importance in the
ye ng gentleman's eyes."
The Town Report.
" . We are requested to state that the Town
lieportscanbeihad at Selectman Selleck’s
bookstore, and at the Town Clerk’s office,—
free.
The following letter-"speaks for itself:
Msssns. Enrrons: , 1
Will you have the kindness to substitute
No. 5 for “No. 4,” on the 16th page of
the School Report, also 90 for “99” on page
19. Yours Truly, .
J. A. HAMILTON.
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The storm of last. Tuesday night resulted
_in quite a freshet. On Wednesday a crowd
of boys and young men gathered at the
Union Factory's pond, and succeeded in
starting the ice over the dam. BY this
little arrangement, it is said, they also suc-
ceeded in destroying the amphitheatre bridge.
sending the. pieces floating down stream,
most of which were eventually picked up.
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EAST LYNNE—Manager Mycr‘s New York
Company will play the emotional drama of
East Lynne, at the Opera House, this, even.
ing. Dollie Bidwell, the leading actress, has
received many warm commendations from
the Press, and the support is spoken of as
unusually good. At South Norwalk, Satur-
day night, Manager Myers appeared before
the curtain and made a little speech, stating
that as Miss Bidwell declined to act during
Lent, he would soon return with another
company, with Geo. A. Hill as the star actor,
producing the thrilling drama entitled
“The Serpent’s Sting.” Mr. Myers hopes to
greet a full house .to-uight. '
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Silver Wedding.
0n the evening of Feb. 14th, a large num-
ber Of relativesaud friends gathered at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Abram Fitch to
celebrate their Silver ,Wedding. After
mutual interchange of pleasing, sentiment
and merry making, Supper was announced
and all repaired to the dining room, where
stood the tables groaning under their weight
of good things innumerable, and as each one
gazed upon the duty before them they felt
like the general upon the eve of a great battle
when he knows his force is unable to
combat the, enemy before him. Suffice to
say ample justice was done to all the many
“goodies.” :After supper the presents were
inspected. They consisted of many artistic
and useful articles of silver, together with
several eloquent boquets of flOWers. Alto-
gether it was a very happy reminder of
twenty-five years ago. As the guests depart-
ed many were the expressions of friendship
for the worthy host and hostess, and wishes
for their future happiness and prosperity.
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Clergymcn of Connectii
cut. -
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union,
of Hartford, have asked the ministers of
the city to preach a total abstinence sermon
on the 23d inst,~ the Sabbath following the
Annual Convention of the Connecticut Tem-
perance Union, or March 2d. They earnestly
ask the olergymcn of this State to do the
same. -
To the
The following are the officers elected by
the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Co. for the
year ensuing. Election held on Thursday
evening last:
Foreman, C. F. Tristram.
First Asst., Wallace Dana.
Second Asst., E. Apoll.
Pres. W. F. Buxton.
Sec., John J. Canfield.
Fin. Sec., J. B. Slauson.
Tress, J. K. Hyatt. .
Investigating Committee—Will Hindley,
Harry Rider, Will B. Glincs,Harvey Kent,
B. B. Murray.
Trustees—Homer Merrill, Frank Leonard,
G. W. Raymond.
I. 0. O. F. Statistics.
The report of 1878 of the secretary of the
State Lodge, I. O. 0. F., E. Botsford, of New
Haven, to the Grand Lodge of the United
Sgatses, shows the following summary for
7 :—
Number 91‘ members as per last report, 6,257
Number initiated ‘ - - - 6 ‘
Admitted by card - - - - 29
Reinstatcd, - - - g - - 39
7,018
From which deduct—Expelled 14. suspended
- for non-payment of dues 2'27, withdrawn 56
died 69 - - - - . 366
.—
N umber of members January 1, 1879, ‘ 8,052
Number of lodges, . - - - - 2
Total fund, - - - - £160,082 48
Paid for burial of‘ members, - - 5,851 00
Paid for relief in sickness, - - 37,957 58
Paid for relief of Widows, - - 389 00
Transrent relief, «- - - - ’ 926 00
W atchmg, - - ~ - 2.313 11
Total relief, - - $47,436 69
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Harper‘s Magazine, for March, has the fol-
lowing contents: Illustrated—Present Ten-
dencies of American Art; A Few Sea Birds;
The Coast Survey; The Enlgish Home of the
Washingtons ; Old Dutch Masters; Berg
and Thai; English and American Locomo-
tives; Climates for Invalids; A Summer
Story; A.Ceremony upon Candlemas Even-
ing, a'poem. “Yong Mrs. Jardine,” is con-
tinued. There are several poems and a nnm
ber of short stories, sketches, and a complete
editorial' department.
O
Selleck sends us Scribner’s Monthly for
March—only think how time flies! The i1-
lnstrated articles are : A College Camp at
Lake George; The Old Mill at Newport—
‘fa new study of an» old puzzle"; The Passes
of the Sierra; Modjeska; A Buffalo Hunt in
Northern Mexico; Lawn Planting for small
places; “Hawarth‘s” is continued, and so is
“Falconberg.” Other articlesare: To Bayard
Taylor. Thcocritus, The Commercial Crisis
of 1877, Pomona’s Bridal Trip, The late Geo.
Rapp and the Har‘monists. Success, Heart of
Sorrows, A Glance into the Sumner Alcovc
of Harvard Library, October Snow,
De Gustibus, Some Western School-masters,
and a full editorial department.
St. Nicholas for March, has also been re-
ceived. It is a first-class number, full of fine
engravings and choice letter press for chil-
dren.
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The North American Review for March
opens with a1‘4symposium” on Negro Suffrage,
which is discussed by Senators Blaine and
Lamar, Wade Hampton, Jas. A. Garfield,
A. H. Stevens, Wendell Phillips, Mont-
gomery Blair and T. A. Hendricks. This
paper occupies over 50 pages. It will
undoubtedly attract great attention. Other
articles are as follows :——The Philosophy of
Jonathan Edwards; The Indian Problem, by
Gen. Miles; Cryptography in Politics; Rus-
sian Novels and Novelist: of the Day. For
sale at the News Agencies.
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WIDE AWAKE, for March, has a valuable
illustrated paper on “The Perkin’s institu-
tion for the Blind," also on R. Swain Gifford,
the artist, several serial and a number of in-
teresting stories and poems for the children.
Ella Farman, editor; D. Lorthrop «1700.,
Boston, publishers. '
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General Grant was calledupon for a gal-
lant action at a recent Paris reception. rs.
Hooper says that just as he was aboutt
depart with Mrs. Grant leaning on his arm,
his hostess remarked, leading forward her
young daughter, “General. with Mrs. Grant’s
permission, I should like to ask of you to
accord a favor to m daughter. My grand-
-by General Washington, and I should like
my daughter in after years to be able to say
that she had been kissed by General Grant."
The young lady blushed; and the General
gravely bestowed the salute.
W,
The Spirit oft/Io Times, in a scathing and
very explicit editorial, reveals the scheme
whereby Captain A. H. Bogardus, “champi-
-on_wmg shot of the world,” achieved the
{name of havin performed the wonderful
feat of breaking 5,680 glass balls without a
missv‘and 6,000 ‘out of a total of 6,013. - It
seems that the b ls,werc prepared at a
Brooklyn factory, xpressly for this match,
where the workmen were instructed to crack
of! the necks of the balls with pinccrs before
packing them. '
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will“ is the difference between an old
tramp. and a feather bed? There is a
material difference. One is hard up and the
other is soft dorm.
mother, When a gir of thirteen, was kissed.
,
The s’cm'iite Murder;
The New York Sun says: “There is a
theory that John H. Schulte, who ,was in
New York on the day of his murder, was
detained there by an accomplice of his. ser-
vant, Buchholz, so that he should ‘miss the
train that he intended to take and not. arrive
in South Norwalk till after dark. Hitherto
the last trace of Mr. Schulte in New York
was when he left the office of Mr. Hirschoff
in the Staats Zeltung building shortly after
two o’clock in the afternoon. It is now as—
certained that he went to the store of Genung
& Trapp, commission merchants at 214
Washington street, and bought some pork.
Here he took out a large, dark colored pock—
et-book, displaying a large number of.bills
of large and small denominations. Heleft
this store between three and half past three
o'clock. He carried his satchel under his
arm, tied up with a string, so he must have
afterward purchased the bottle of wine which
he took home in the satchel. These facts
showthat he was detained by his business
until it was too late to take the train which
leaves’the Grand Central depot at 3 o’clock,
and arrivesin South Norwalk at 4:18. The
next train to South Norwalk was the 4:40,
which was the one he took. These facts
show that Schulte was not purposely detain-
holz."
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Nothing is more important to the Biblical
scholar or student than an intimate knowl-
edge of the countries in which the events
narrated in-Scripture occurred. Shoals of
maps have been printed in Bibles, Bible dic-
tionaries, commentaries, encyclopicdias and
books of travel, but these are mostly frag-
mentary, incomplete, inaccurate and on too
small a. scale. And, then, the student is
obliged to consult many works to obtain the
information desired. -, The best works we
have yet seen is the series of maps gotten up
_by W. '65 A. K. Johnston, Edingburgb, Scot-
land, and ppblished in this country by O. D:
Case & Co., of Hartford, under the title of
Case’s Bible Atlas. It contains sixteen beau-
tiful maps. a number of which are physical,
and full explaifiitory notes and an index. It
is published at a price within the reach of
everyone, and every Sunday school teacher,
Bible reader and Christian family should em-
brace the opportunity to obtain it. It will
prove an invaluable aid to assist Sunday
school scholars in their lessons.
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_ Real Estate Sale.
Mr. E. O. Keeler, of the firm of Holmes
& Keeler, has purchased the fine residence of
Stephen Olmstcad, on Union Park. The
price paid was $8,000.
Lumber being cheap and business dull
just at this season, E. J. Hill is erecting a
building for his own use at the upper end of
his yard on Water street, near Wall street.
0
The criminal term of the Superior Court
opens ,to-day,at Bridgeport. Norwalk will be
'represented on the jury by Jacob Weeks and
Carlysle T. Weeks; Westport by W. J.
Finch and H. P. Burr; Darien by W. B.
Weed and W. H. Hall.
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Standard . Pinafore Company,
Manager Knapp has made arrangements
with the Standard Pinafore Co., Messrs.
Henderson & Duff, of the Standard Theater,
N. Y., managers, to give the comic opera of
H. M. S. Pinafore, at Music Hall, Monday
evening, Feb. 24th. The opera is now being
played at five different theaters in New York
and is the greatest success of the season.
For particulars see programmes and bills of
the day. » . .
W Several houses to lett,—apply at the
GAZETTE Onsron.
W
“That Lass o’Lowrie’s,” which has made
a fine reputation for Mrs. Frances Hodgson,
Burnett, is for sale at Selleck’s. It is a
powerful story of English mining life
'charmingly portrayed. The same authoress
is now publishing another serial in Scribner’s
Monthly—in which excellenfpublication the
first appeared,—entitled “Haworths’s” which
is also attracting much attention.
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0LD—-BIAN—-AFRAID—rOF—sHISwNEI’IIEW 1
Further address, No. 15 Grammei'cy Park.
A house and lot at 39 Beaver street, New
York, was purchased at auction Tuesday, by
Hon. William D. Bishop, for 14,600.
“Avoid that which you blame others for
doing,” says one of our wise men. Well,
things have come to ‘a pretty pass if a man
can’t kiss his oWn wife.
and the newspapers of the village are boast—
intJr that its result will show again of between
6,500 and 7,000 over the census of 1370,
which gave a population of 10,494.
Mr. Watson, superintendent of the Dan—
bury branch of the Housatonic road, has
been presented by his wife with a fifteen
pound baby. It is doubted if the superin—
tendent of a road 1.600 miles long could have
done better than that. , ‘ '
“My dearest Maria,” wrote a recently
married Brooklyn husband to his wife. She
wrote back, “Dearest, let me correct either
your grammar, or your morals. You address
me, ‘My dearest Maria.’ Am I to suppose
you have other dearj‘larias?”
Revenge is sometimes 'gained by making
dent who said, in response to a reproof for
the lowness of his position in the class:
“Well, ProfeSsor, never mind. I presume I
am. as much to blame as you are.”
A nervous policeman of East Providence,
R. 1., went to shoot a vicious dog, when the
brute sprang upon him, causing a premature
discharge of the pistol. The dog escaped un-
hurt, but the ball entered the lung of a. young
man named Gray, inflicting a fatal wound.
Mr. Samuel Fessenden, of Stamford. was
elected President of the Army and Navy
club, Thursday evening. An invitation
will be extended to Speaker Wright and
Adjutant-General Harland to be present at
the meeting Wednesday evening, February
19th.
Professor Swing, of Chicago, faces the
sensatibnal preachers boldly, declaring that
it is not laid upon the preacher to keep
everybody awake. In support of his posi-
tion he recalls the fact that even while Paul
preached a young man fell asleep and fell out
of the window.
Laura Jane Stump, of Waterproof, La.,
has written a letter to Mr. James A. Briggs,
of Brooklyn, N. Y., in which she declares
that the atrocities practiced by the Demo-
crats about ,election time exceed in horror
those of the Bashi~Bazouks in Bulgaria.
This is pretty strong language, but the lady
says it can be proved. ~
Captain William D. Coit, founder of the‘
Norwich and New York Transportation
company and at one time a successful rival
of Commodore Vanderbilt in»the steamboat
business, died in Norwich, Tuesday, aged
eighty-one. The first experiments made
of Captain Coit’s boats.
Chief—Justice Waite will sit with
Judge Bond in the United States Circuit
Court for South Carolina at the coming
April term for the trial of the CflS(S growing
out of the violation of the election lawd in
that State. This will be an improvement
upon the District Court, which has hereto
fore dabbled in these cases, and in which
justice seems to have been blind indeed.
Some of Mr. Barnum’s‘ sollo coco remakrs
in the House on pending business are quite
amusing to those within earshot, but on
Wednesday he gave :the House the benefit
of a witticism on the resolution to pay Col.
W. E. Cone for injury to a horse while
unloaded‘from the cars at Saybrook. He
.id it was evident the platform was unsafe,
and he was not surprised that the horse was
injured; neither man nor brute could stand
on the “Saybrook platform."
“What’s dis here bout dc Mofiut’s Regis-
ter ?” asked a colored citizen of another the
other evening. “I, can’t .zactly say," re-
sponded the party addressed, “but its my
:pinion from de 'prognostication ob de facts ob
de case, dat it am a mercheen to‘kcep count
ob all do drinks dat feller takes.” ‘ “Wat dey
do dat fur ?” was the interrogative of the
seeker after information. “To tell de old
woman at home, and officers ob dc church,
,ob kerse,” was the reply. “Dey allurs am
gitting up suthin to interfere wid de liberty
ob do people l”—il[oblle Regular.
A widower in Lawrence, Kan, was engag.
ed to a widow, but his love was so. languid
that he was in no hurry to be married. A
friend from Ottawa visited him, faucred the
widow, and said he would like her for a
wife . The widowar offered to sell his right
to her for $250, and the money was paid, the
widow marrying the Ottawa man and gomg
home with him. But the wrdower’s love was
warmed by absence. He went to Ottawa
courted the woman anew, and elo ed with
her. The Ottawa man has lost his money
and his wife, but says that, having had more
than enou h of the latter, he is willing to
call the a cunt square.
cd luNew York by an accomplice of Bucli-_
Meriden has just finished taking a census ‘
an impudent retort, as in the case of the stu—_
with coal for steam navigation were on one‘
nglslutiffe Correspondence; ‘- "
The Joint Spécial. committee on the re—
ductioh of railroad rates of transportation,
have elected Representative E. Burr, Jr., of
Fairfleld, clerk. The committee have voted
to invite the officers of the several railroad
companies in the State to be present at a
hearing on the reduction of rates, next Wed--
nesday afternoon. -'
‘ The following is a copy of an act to regu-
late railroad fares, introduced by Mr. Colyer,
of Darien, read the first time and referred to
the Committee on Reduction of Railroad
Fares. In the Senate, February 11, read the
first time and referred to the same committee.
Be it enacted by the Sonate and House of
Representative“); Gena-cl Assembly 00n-
oonet : -
. Snorrox'l. No railroad company or trus-
tees operating a railroad shall charge for the
transportation of a passenger with his ordi-
nary baggage more than at the rate of three
cents per mile.
Sec. 2. No railroad company whose net
earnings for'the year ending September 30,
1878, amounted to eight per cent. on the
capital actually paid in, shall charge for the
transportation of" a passenger “with his ordi-
nary baggage, more than two and a-half cents
per mile. , ,
Sec. 3. NO railroad company whose net
earnings for the year ending September 30,
1878, amounted to ton per cent. on its capi-
tal actually paid in,shall charge for the trans-
portation of a passenger with his ordinary
baggage more than two cents' per mile.
Sec. No railroad company shall be requir-
ed, .undcr the provisions of this act, to charge
less than five cents per mile for transporta-
tion of a passenger and his baggage; and it
tion. for any railroad compan 0 take the
legal rate of fare for any fractional distance
less than a mile.
Sec. 5. Any railroad company that shall
ask and receive a greater rate of fare than
that allowed by law, shall forfeit for every
such offense—~which sum may be recovered,
together with the excess so received, by the
party paying the same.
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad is lower, the decline is attributed to
the petitions presented to the General Assem-
bly for the reduction of. fares, the purpose of
President Bishop to resign, and street talk
about leasing the Air Line;-
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The Wicked Nephew and . liis
Guileless Uncl 0..
No one doubts Nephew Pelton’s guilt in
the premises, but no one believes that Nephew
_Pelton was the head and front of this offend-
ing, and the effort to throw the responsibili-
ty upon him is altogether too thin. It would
argue a degree of ignorance on Tilden’s part
9f what was going on, a confidence so child-
ish a character so guileless, an innocence so
pure, 3 naivetc so charming, that he would
long ago have had a guardiun to protect, him
from the snares of this wicked world. The
public will never libel Mr. Tilden’s intelli-
gence in such a gratuitious manner as to sup-
pose that the man who so cleverly bcat the
United States out of his income tax, and who
aided Boss Tweed and his manipulations of
Tammany and his theft of the vote of the
great State of New York, could go in and
out of his own house and not be aware that
tile cipher dispatches were pouring in through
his front door almost hourly, and that the
conspirators were freely using his name and
his credit in the effort to purchase the presi-
dency for him—Chicago Tribune.
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The fly wheel running the shafting and
machinery of the Birmingham Iron and Steel
\Vorks burst Tuesday morning at half past
eleven o’clock. It weighed nearly 18 tons,
and was 18 feet in diameter. Almost miracu-
ously no lives were last. A few minutes be-
fore the wheel burst, the superintendent, Mr.
Warner, and Mr. George Dyer, the engineer,
were standing within ten feet of it, and there
were sixty men at work in the shop, which is
a large room about 150 feet square. Snperint
tendent Warner saw that the wheel did no-
go steadily, and ran to the engine room to
shut off. the'steam. It was too late. The
monstrous mass of iron had already exploded,
and the building was pervaded with splinters
from the shivered beams and roof, and with
flying masses of iron each weighing hundreds
of pounds. By some wonderful chance all
the pieces went either directly upward or
downward. One mass, weighing half a ton,
tore through the roof through the heavy
timbers, and going up in the air for a consid-
erable distance, leaving a gaping wide hole
behind it, fell again on the roof and crushed
through to the interior of the building. An-
other mass tore a hole in the roof about four
feet square. The wheel was making about
twenty revolutions per minute. Had it been
going under a greater head of steam the dam-
age must have been much greater. The
employees were stunned at first, hardly
knowing “whether they were on foot or
horseback.” On examination the engine bed
was found to be cracked through and
through. The wheel had been used for a
long period, but was frequently examined to
see that it was sound. The loss is estimated
at $3,000.
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Hints to those Calling on the Sick.
1. Offer your help and be ready to watch-
yourself or furnish some one if watches are
needed.
2. Only call at the door unless you are sure
your friend is able to see you without harm.
3. Enter and leave the house and move
about the room quietly.
4. Carry a cheerful face and speak cheerful
words.
5. In order to cheer you need tell no lies,
6. If your friend is very sick do nbt fall
into gay and careless talk in the attempt to
be cheerful. ,3
7. Don’t ask questions and oblige your
friend to talk. ,
8. Talk about something .outside and not
about the disease and circumstances of the
patient.
9. Tell the news but not the list' of the
sick and dying.
10. If possible carry something with you
to please the eye and relieve the monotony of
the sick room; a flower or even a picture
which you loan for a‘fcw days.
11. If desirable. some little delicacy ; to
tempt the appetite will be well bestowed.
12. The perfume of some flowers are poi-
sonous and they should never be ctirried into
the sick room. Especially is this true of the
tuberose, Oleander, heliotrope, hyacinth, or—
angc, lilac, syringa and lillies.
3. Stay only a moment or a few minutes
at the longest, unless you can be of some
help. - '
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A young physician asking permission of a
lass to kiss her, she replied: “No sir; I never
like a doctor’s bill stuck in my face.”
There is believed to be only one thing
slower than molasses in January, and that is
a lady making room for 'another lady in a
street car.
The Housatonic Railroad Company have
named one of their engines after Mr. A. B.
Mygatt, of New Milford, one of the directors
of the road.
There is a young lady in this city who
goes by the name of “Earthquake” among
the boys, because she has shaken so many of
them.—-'.Toledo Commercial. -
Two New York steamship lines have caus-
ed the harbor at New Haven to be looked
over with a view to stopping their vessels
there as occasion may require. -
“Mother," said a little square built urchin,
about five years old, “why don’t the teacher
make me monitor sometimes? I can lick
every boy in the data but one! ”
An illiterate farmer, wishing to enter some
animals at an agricultural exhibition, wrote
as follows to the secretary of the society:
“Enter me also for a jackass.” And he took
the prize. .
Burlinton, Vermont, has lately been enjoy-
ing a thick fog, for several days so dense as
to limit vision to a rod or two. The Troy
Times. says the vapor came from the lake,
through cracks in the ice.
The President has nominated Horatio C.
Burchard, member of Congress from Illinois,
to be Director of the United States Mint, to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the recent
death of Dr. H. R. Linderman.
A marriage notice in an exchange come
mencec, “Lynch-Pin.":All the puns we
could thing of ill ah hour wouldn’t improv-
that, so we’ll let it stand stripped of all para-
graphic adornment.—-Nor. Her.
The New York Graphic advocates the
introduction of the electric light on ship-
board asa sure safeguard against dark night
collisions, which are of so frequent occur-
rence and are so disastrous to human life.
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A merchant up town went without his
overcoat, took a hard cold and was.cross,
most sick, when one of his clerks prevailed
upon him to try alittle of Dr. A. J. Flagg’s
Cough and Lung Syrup. Three doses cured
him. It
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A FAvoanE Brannon—Simmons’ Liver
Regulator is one of the most meritorious and
popular preparations Offered to the public.
It is entirely free from injurious mineral
substances, and as a vegetable preparation
made of southern roots and herbs it is a
sovereign remedy for all liver and bowel
complaints. The merits of this remedy com.
mend it to the public as a standard to be kept
constantly in the family. It has the most
unqualified endorsement of thousands of our
most prominent citizens in all parts of the
country, who have used it and testify to its
excellent medical and curative properties. '
they get the GENUINE manufactured Only by
J, H. ZEILIN 6t 00.. Philadelphia.
shall be lawful, and not construed as extor-,
.llloberts, _of Barton.
Purchasers should'be careful to see that '
Borough Taxes. . «
The time for receiving Tax Lists from
citizens of the Borough will expire on
Thursday, 20th inst. One of the Board of
Andrew Selleckls book store to receive the
same from any who are delinquent at their
returns.
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0%“ 1500 Gents’ Linen Handkerchiefs,
wet at the late fires in New York City,
from Go to 18c. A bargain. D. A. Salmon
d: Co.
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‘At the regular meeting of HOPE HOSE
90., No. 2, holden Feb. 4th 1879, the fol-
lowmg Resolutions, were adopted:
Resolved, That whereas itlias' l
. cased our
Heavenly Father in His wisdom,pto remove
' by the hand of death our new " <
. N. PERRY. cinteBonnnr
Resolved, That in the death“ of‘ Bro
Planar, the Company has lost a true tiilr‘iirl
efficrent member, one ever ready at duty’s
call, and In paying this tribute to his memory
we would not form the service rendered
his Country in the hour of peril risking his
life in her defence and bearing the Old Flag
over many a battle-field. K
Resolved, That we his comrades will cherish
his memory, and that to his sorrowing wife
and little ones we offer our heartfelt sym-
pathy in this, their hour of bereavement, and
may .the God 'of tlic Widows and Orphans
watch over and protect them in their future
trials.
Resolved, That we attend his funeral in a
body, and that a copy of these Resolutions
be sent to his widow, and recorded on the
minutes of the Company, and also published
in the NORWALK GAZETTE, and Nora alk
JIour. ~
)
- Com.
lVAI. A. KELLOGG,
FRANK McKon, J 11.,
WM. A. Paton,-
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I??? 2000 yards, Cheviot Shirting at a bar-
gain, only wct, at D. A.- Salmon d: Co’s.
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Es? Bennett, Nash & Street offer
this week—5O (102:. more off those
Towels, 100 (1015. more Handker-
chiefs, 20 pieces Table Linen, 600
yards Black Silk, Black Cashmere
“Special,” and their entire stock
of" Goods. at the lowest prices
heard of in twenty years. It will
pay you to call and see them, as
we certainly mean business. 19
Main Street.
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I3? 50 pieces White Linen flDiaper, wot, ~
Very cheap. D. A. Salmon d7 Co.
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Karena ISLAND.—Tlle beautiful resid ence
and furniture at Kcyser. Island is to let for
a private family the coming season on very
reasonable terms. Mr. Melville E. Mead is
the agent. .
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‘33?“ Dr. Fiske, the well known clairvoyant
physician, who has established such an ex—
tensive practice in Norwalk during the past
two years, can be consulted at the Norwalk
Hotel, Tuesday and Wednesday, February
25th and 26th and Thursday the 27th until
12 o’clock, noon. The Doctor examines the
sick at. sight and speedily cures all chronic
diseases. He has treated some of the first
families of this place, and they all speak in
the highest terms of the great good he has
done them. The doctor 'keeps a large supply
of med-zines to meet the demand, which he
prepares expressly for every person. See
advertisement. ' 2t
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Do Malays come from Malaria?
Berlin has twenty-nine residents over
eighty years of age.
President Hayes has nominated HowardE.
Gates to bc,postmaster at Litchfield. "
“I like to make sponge-cake,” she said,
innocently; “it makes my hands so clean.”
Seventeen Hartford saloon keepers have
been arrested for selling liquor on beer licen-
scs.
Bishop, the Norwich poisoner, hopes to be
allowed to plead guilty of murder in the sec-
ond degree.
The total number of Bills offered in the
legislature this year is about 350, or about 20
more than last year. ‘
Harper's Wee/sly for February 22d contains
a very fair portrait of Senator Orfle H.
Platt, with a biographical mention.
A. Trojan toper will undertake the feat of
accomplishing one thousand smiles in one
thousand hours—Albany Evening Journal.
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[From the Barnstable Glass.) Patriot.)
We are requested to make the following state-
ment. and cheerfully acquiesce, in the interest of
the great crowd who are always in physical pain
from some cause.
COTUIT, MASS., Oct]? 1877.
DR. D. KENNEDY, Readout. N. Y.: ' '
Dear Sir—This is to certify that I have been
very much troubled with a diseased liver for a
number of years and have tried various remedies
and received little benefitfrom them; much of the
time been .unfitted for business. Seine time since
by the advxcc of one of my neighbors, Capt. John
M. Handy. I was induced to try Dr. D. Kennedy’s
FAVORITE REMEDY, and before I had taken
one bottle I found myself'getting steadily better,
so much so that myfriends generally remarked
onmy Improved appearance. and I have continued
to improve ever since. I have recommended it to
a pumbcr of persons who were suffering from
L1 i‘er Disease, Dyspepsia, Constipation, Piles,
etc., and it has never failed to relieve in a single
Instance. _ ASA F. BEARSE.
It? When inquiring of your drugglst for this
new medicine. avoid MISTAKES byremembering
the name, Du. Dal-id KENNEDY’S FAVORITE
REMEDY, and the PRICE, which is ONLY ONE
DOLLAR a bottle, and that the Doctor’s address
is Rondout, N. Y. 4t?
. —-——¢———-
Sea Food.
It is conceded by the scientific that so-called sea
food'Is excellent for the nervous system, and COD
LIVER OIL. once a medicine. is now more intelli-
gently named a fatty food. A well known prepar-
tion, thoroughly endorsed, combining every es-
sential for siipplyin the waste of the system. is
Peter Moller’s Con IVER OIL, which has again.
taken the highest (Gold) Medal at thOI’aris Ex-
posxtion. ,
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ChewJAcxsox’s BEST SWEET NAVY TOBACCO
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A Healthful Hint.
A dict largely of fish seems in its effect to be
sedative. and therefore adapted to the nervous.
overworked and overworricd. COD-LIVER OIL as
a fatty food is now viewed as a household essen-
tial to restore depleted energy. Peter Mollcr’s
Norwegian preparation of this article' has been
_ ronounced the best by the Judges of the Paris
‘xposition. 5t5
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A Love Dream
I drew her close to my bosom, and was just
kissingher for the second time when the
vision broke,——and I paid the dentist and
left. It was my first experience with Dr.
Colton’s nitrous oxide gas at the Cooper In;
stitute.”— Yum Yum. 3m45
MARRIED. ‘
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J\n}\/V\an\I
In Bridgeport. FebJZLh, William ’L. Wray to
Miss Josephine Wilcox. ~
In Wilton, Feb. 11th. by Rev.Mr. Selleck. Mr.
Henry I. Bennett, of Westport, and Miss Libbie
M. Green.
In Westport, Feb. 9, bfil’iev. 13. Heating, Patrick
Hurrigan to Miss Ellen urns.
In Darien', Feb. 12th. by Rev. B. F. Bradford, 8'
J. Sherman. of South Norwalk, to Miss Annie
V\I\I\IW\J\I\I\IV\I\I\N\I\J\I\I\I\I\J\/\f\r\
In Norwalk, Feb.15, at the residence of Alfred
J ackson,ltliss Huldah Reed. aged (is years. and 6
months. Remains taken to Bedding for inter-
ment. _
I-n Silver Mine, Feb. 17, Catharine Duflcy, aged
78 years. .
In Westport, Feb. 11th, Polly Bennett, aged 84.
In Wilton, Feb. 8th, Bridget Doyle, aged 43 yrs.
In South Norwalk. Feb. 13th, Mary Crawford,
wife of‘George D. Crawford, aged 23 years.
In Hull’s Farms. Sonthport, Feb. 14th. Caroline,
widow of' the late lleury Wakeiuan, aged 78 years.
In Bridgeport, Feb. 10th, James 13. Heating,
aged 27 years. Feb. 11th, William Boyhan, aged
or years. Feb. 11th. \V heeler French, aged 73 yrs.
Feb. 14th, Katie E. Leeds, aged 21 years. .
In Danbury Feb. Sth Marv Winslow wife of
Clark Earle, aired 65 yezirs. Feb. 7, Sarah E. Sher-
man, wife of Samuel Sherman, ' aged 33 years.
leeh. 11, Rachel, Wife of John Fry, aged 86. years.
3 cl: Bethcl, Feb. 6th. M. Adolfo. Wheeler, aged 33
‘ . rs. -
In Stamford, Feb. 7th, Amelia C., wife of C. F.
Miller, aged 23 years. ,
In Brooklyn, Feb. 11th. Mary J. Gillespie, aged
67 years. Burial in Stamford.
.At Hcmpstcad, L. 1., on the 3d inst., Mrs. Sarah
Finncy, aged 69 years.
0 BETH—A House, with plenty gird. room
garden, orchard. &c., to rent to :i g od fami-
ly at extremely low rout. Apply at the GAZETTE
OFFICE.
A JAPANllED ri‘ll‘l CUSPADURE
Afl.‘ THE
Low Price'ol’ 20 Cents,
' AT
E. K. LOCKWOOD’S.
Slipping aniMercnariise. Tags
Printed. or Plain
By the Dozen or: Thousand, at Manufacture
Prices, aithe
GAZETTE OFFICE.
Assessors, will be; in attendance daily at -
“And she looked at me most lovingly, and .
a.
Hormones. '
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Opera House, N orwalk.
ONE EVENING ONLY.
Tuesday, Feb. is.
The Ever Popular Favorite,
Dollie Bidwell,
Supportedsby the Veteran Manager,
.1. o. MYERS,
And his Splendid New York Compnnm On this
occasion will be present [the Beautiful Emotion.
:11 Play, ntitled
EAST llNNE; or Thai-linemen.
Low Prices of Admission, 2525 and 50 Cents.
Tickers for sale at Wood’s.
'—. »D ellincHonse' Applyto
To IiET' 5' w °cHaS.E.ST.JOIIN.
0 LET.-—Rooms in the second story of the
subscriber’s house on North Avenue. Sta-
ble accommodations if desired.
3W7 J. A. McLEAN.
0 LITE—Rooms over the store of C. S. Lock-
.“'00‘1. Main street, are ofi‘ercd to rent from
April lst. 5
- ‘ TO LET.
ARNinchstk'. : ' . S
15.0. Box 10§.\C I nqiiire of 0.1!. WEElgwo
To Rent.
IVE ROOMS on 1st or 2:1 floor, just painted and
kalsommcil. _ Rent low to a, good tenant.
Also three rooms in a roar building for which 1
will give work to pay the rent. Enquire or GEO.
H. RICE, at his factory next the Foundry on Me-
clinnic Street, or at HOYT do CO’S Shoe Store. 7
To Rent.
ROM fat of April. The Rooms now occupied
by Mrs. J. Slausson, suitable for Millincry or
Dress Making. Enquire ot‘B.L. FILLOW.
Norwalk, Feb. 10th. 1879. till
For Sale or to Rent.
N DARIEN; House, Barn, 1}; acres of L’nd,
. well stocked \vitli fruit; on Main Street, eight
minutes walk .fYom Depot, near Churches and
School, Location unsurpassed. Ilousc contains
nine rooms, besulcs large kitchen attached. Will
be leased, rented or sold. Enquire at GAZETTE
OFFICE, 01: of M. S. A: J. C. MATllEll, Darien.
Conn. 3H3
Farm Help Wanted. _
ANTED RIAN to work on Farm. Must be
industrious and understand plowing with oxen.
Wages Moderate. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.
Norwalk, Feb. 10th, 1579. film
AUCTION I
Will be sold at Public Auction to ti o h' l
bidder, without reserve, on , I lg lest.
Wednesday, the 5th Day of March,
1:579, on the premisese, at ’2. o’clock, if clear, and
if stormy the next fair day thereafter.tho well
known 1: arm of ISAAC N. CRISSEY, situated on
Ponus Street. New Cannon, and about one mile
west of Talmadge Hill Station, on the New Ca-
naan Eailroad,and about midway between the
village of New Canaan and the wealthy town ot'
Stamford. .This farm lics high on the sunny side
of aridge, In a. very healthy location, and com—
mands an extensive View.
There are 18 Acresof Land,
a large part ofwhich is vegetablefiland, and in ex-
cellent condition. and very conveniently divided
up Into lots well fenced ; with Wood. Pasture and
Sprout Land, well watered with 3 rings; with a.
com fortnblc House, Store,Barn an Horse Sheds;
With a. plenty of fruit, and all in good condition.
Also a tract of Wood and Meadow Land, standing
detatcncd about onesquarter of a mile west, con.
taining Fourteen Acres, more or less. The Wood
Land is very heavily wooded and easy of access.
erms made known at time of. sale. -
BENJ. J. STURGES,
Nomalk, Feb. 1st, 1879. “women a
Large-Reduction in Prices!
7 ' . GREAT
CASH SA LE
FOR THIRTY DAYS,
AT
Lucivoii’s Furniture Walt Rooms,
36 Main St, Norwalk, Conn.
This stock must be closed out to make room for
my large stock of Goods for Spring Trade. .
T. EDWIN BURR,
Piano Tuner and Repairer,
Post Office Address,
Greenfield Hill, Conn.
PRICE FOR TUNING $1.00. ‘ 4tf6' "
R. G. NOLAN, M. D.,
Surgeon and Physician,
OFFICE, AT RESIDENCE ON WALL STREET
Office hours: B to 9 a. m., 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m.
Bqucrr OFFICE at Iont’s Pharmacy, South
Norwalk.
it
AND
Worsted Grinds
Ah ne'er and
Below,
l. licierman 8. 8011’s.
Washington Street, .
c
South N orwalk, Conn.
grant italics.
AMI MAM/“1‘ l\/\I\t\/\1\I\1\.
ISTRICT UF NORWALK, 55., Probate Court
Februarwlfith, A. D., 1879.
Estate of L'I DIA GRUMMAN, late of Wilton, in
said district, deceased.
The Court of Probate for the District of Norwalk
hath limited and allowed six months from the
date hereof for the Creditors of said Estate to ex-
hibit their claims for settlement. Those who neg-
lect to present their accounts. properly attested,
within said time. Will be (lebarrcd a recovery.
All persons indebted to said Estate are requested
to make immediate payment to ,
3p; SILAS P. TUTTLE, Executor.
ISTRIC’I‘ OF N OllW’ALK. ss. I’roba ‘
Febnfmgglullsl’YAHD' 1879. to Court
Estate 0 '~ . ANAN l 7 . "
in said District. deceased. ' ate 0f Lonvalk,
OIKDERED-fThat the Administrator exhibit his
Administration account to this court for adjust-
mentnat the Probate Ohiccin Norwalk, on the 28th
(lay of February, 1879, M9 o’clock, forcnoon; amt
that‘allpcrsons interested in said Estate may be
notified thereof.the Administrator will cause this
order-to be published in a newspaper printed in
random 'Oounty,and post a copy thereof on the
Sign-post in said Norwatxmcarest the place Where
the deceased last dwelt, at least ten days before
said 28th day of Fobru:iry.1879. ‘
1t7p ASA B. W OODWARD. Judge.
N the District Court of the United S . -
the District of Connecticut. l'ites, foI
In the matter 01 CHARLES S. DANN Bank-
rupt, in Dan‘huptcy. ’
'To whom it may concern :—Notico is hereby
~fiver), that pursuant to an order issued by Hon.
,_. N. Mi‘ddlebrook, Register in Bankruptcy. n.
Second General Meeting of the creditors of said
Bankrupt Will be held at Norwalk. in Fair-field
Cqunty. In and District. on the 10th day or March,
1319. at 10 0 clock. A.M., at the office of Wood-
ivardx: Perry, before L. N. Midiilebrook, Register,
for the purposes named in the 27th Section of the
Bankrupt Act. approved March 2nd, 1567, and the
amendments thereof. at which meeting creditors
may prove_their debts, and the expediency of de-
claring a dividend Will be considered.
Dated at South N orwalk, this 13th day of’Feb"
18.9. ALFRED E. AUSTIN,
an Ass gneen
Notice.
LL persons are hereby forbid ha '
A. trusting my wife. Susan E. MathCI‘th-lfsgh'all
not pay any debts of her contracting. ‘
II. IAM H. MATHER.
3t?
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est Norwalk. Feb. 130» 1879.
Norwalk Chronicler