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Moonwalk. Gazette.
Tuesday, January 25, 1881. _
Editorial Letter.
WAsnINGTON, D. 0., Jan. 22, 1881.
.«DEAE GAZETTE :-
I‘ T. Funding Bill, or more correctly
stated, “a sort of nFunding Bil ,” has finally
passed the House, and by the abject confes-
sion of sensible Democrats themselvesa‘ nice
mess the House has made of it. Of the
Democratic majority voting for it, many
were National Bank oilicers and more are
owners of stock in such bauks,and the amount
of profanity one hours from these men over
the stupidity of their partisan leaders in'
forcing such a hm through the House, must
be truly appalling to pious cars. What a
political party! It has llClLliJ‘ tho confi—
dence uor respect of its own working mem-
bers. Why, then, the reader may query,
was sucha measure allowed to pass? Simply
because s:::siblc Democrats 5 Republicans
alike saw there was no pus. .Iy of getting
anything better out of the (:li'luilu House and
- relied upon the Senate to modify it so it should
not prove a ruin to our financcg or u derision
among those expected to purchase the bonds.
A funding bill, such as was outlined and
commended by Secretary Sherman, ought to
have been passed last December. Millions
of dollars would have been saved the tax
payers of the nation had it so passed. But
the large number of mere demagogues of the
House, headed by Speaker Randall, who
represents the Sand Lots District of Phila-
delphia, set to work to hatch up some
measure, which should at least arrest the
unparalleled prosperity of the Republican
administration of our finances, and thus by
indirection gain some cheap cclat among that
ignorant mass of their party which hates
National Banks‘as intensely as they do school
houses. ~
Interviews with sundry Senators lead to
the conclusion that the Senate will extend
the time of the bonds and increase the inter-
est rate to 3; per cent, so that, the National
Banks can afford to utilize them, for on these
banks the nation must mainly rely for its
customers. Then, when so amended, the
. bill goes back to the House, and if there
again tinkercd and rendered impracticable,
if it comes back to the Senate, the probabili-
ties are, nothing further will be done, but
the measure allowed to lie on the table until
an extra session of Congress can-be convened
to enact a sensible Funding Bill. It is not
too‘ early to now pronounce the House
Funding Bill another monument of Demo—
cratic stupidity. .
.TAX ON BANK chucks.-
The following is the substance of a Bill
for the repeal of tax on bank checks, bank
capital in excess Of the amount held in
government bonds, and bank deposits, intro-
duced into the House by Represntatives Levi
P. Morton : >
That section 5214 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States is amended so as to read
as follows: Section 5214.. In lieu of all .
existing taxes every association shall pay to
the Treasurer of the United States, In the
months of J unnary and -July, a duty of one
half of one per ccntum each half year upon
the average amount of its notes in circula-
tion, and a duty of one—quarter of one per
ccntum each half year upon the average
amount of its capital stock beyond the
amount invested in U. S. Bonds.
FREE EXPRESSAGE OF NATIONAL BANKNOTES
The following important circular has been
issued by the Treasury Department: “Circu-
lar No. 103, Of September 24, '1878, requir—
ing the charges of the transportation of Na-
tional [bank notes to the Treasury of the
United States for redemption under the act
of J one 20, 1874, to be paid by the sender,
is hereby revoked.” The effect of this order
is to permit holders Of National Bank notes
to forward them to the Treasury for redemp-
tion in even thousands of dollars, Without
any expense for express charges.
GOVERNMENT TELEGEA I’IIY.
A determined effort will be made at the
present session of Congress to secure legisla-
tion for the establishment of a system or
Government telegraphs. For several years
past the subject has been mildly agitated be-
fore the appropriate committee of Congress,
but the National legislators have manifested
indifference to the various measures which
have been proposed.
Since the news of the consolidation of the
American Union and the Atlantic & Pacific
Companies with the Western Union was pub-
lished, a great change of sentiment on the
subject of Government telegraphs is percept-
ible in Congress. Where men were before
lukewarm and indifierent, they now seem to
be aroused to action. A meeting of the Com-
mittee on Post offices and Post—Roads has
been held to consider the two resolutions
introduced in the House on Monday by Mr.
Ford and Mr. Springer. Mr. Ford’s resolu-
tion directed the committee to report forth—
with a bill for a Government Telegraph line.
Mr. Springer asks for a report as to the feas-
ibility of a Government telegraph system.
A majority of the Committee on Postcffices
and Post-roads is in favor of a postal telegraph
however, as to the wisest plan to adopt. On
the 3d of last May, Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana,
introduced a bill in the House on the sub-
ject. He proposed, first that the Government
should construct or buy an experimental
line between l’iishiugton and Boston. The
bill provided lhabthc ofiiccrs along the lines
should be in pOslolllces; that postal carriers
should act as messengers, and prescribe a
rate of tariffs as follows: Twenty-four words
or less for 200 miles or less, fifteen cent, with
one-half cent for each additional word; for
500 miles. twen five cents, with one cent
for :each additio word; for 1,000 miles,
forty cents and two cents for each additional
word; 2,000 miles, seventy-five. cents with
three cents for each ‘additional word; for'
3,000 miles or more, $1, with five centsfor
each additional word ; for distances less than
200 miles where the message passes between
two offices without passing through an in—
termediate office, ten cents for twenty-five
words, with one-half cent for each additional
word. _ '
At the last,“ meeting the :House Com-
mittee by a vote of 7 to I, agreed to a faver-
ble report on the “Springer” resolution, and
directed Representative Mopcy, chairman of
the committee, to present.the veport to the
House at the earliest ypportuuity.
SANTO DOMINGO. -
The petition of Davis Hatch, of Norwaik,
regarding which there was some discussion
last session when it my presented to the
Senate, was yesterday, on motion of Senator
Eaton, taken from the table and referred to
the Committee on Foreign Relations, with
instructions to send for persons and papers‘
and to thoroughly investigate the allegations
contained in the petition. Mr. Hatch in his
petition prays for indemnification ,for losses
sustained by reason of imprisonment in Santo
Domingo during the latter part of 1869, at
the time an effort was being made to anncx
Santo Domingo to the United States. He al-
leges that his imprisonment was owing to the
efforts of General. 0. E. Babcock (at that
time private secretary to President Grant)
and others, who, he further alleges, cdnspircd
with President Baez to secure his arrest and
imprisonment for the purpose of depriving
him of valuable concessions in Sauto Domin-
go. '
Senator Eaton also reported adversely upon
sundry bills relative to the Japanese Indemni-
ty fund and also a substitute for them, favor
ably, which was placed on‘the calender. '.
THE YouxTOWN CENTENNIAL.
The joint committee 'of Congress on the
Yorktown centennial held a meeting Thurs-
day. Grand Master Coles and Grand Secre-
tary Isaacs, of the Grand Lodge of Masons
of Virginia, and Other prominent members of
that order wercpresent. The laying ‘of the
corner—stone of the monument was discussed,
and it was agreed that it shall be done by the
Masonic order, Grand Master Coles, of Vir-
ginia, to lead in the ceremony. He .was
requested to invite the grand lodges of the
thirteen original states to be present, which
he agreed to do.
system. There is a greatdeal Of uncertainty
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SannvIanG INSPECTORS, or. STEAMEOATs‘.
All the membcrs of the board of supervis—
mg inspectors of steambonts were present at
their meeting here, except Inspector Flower,
of thefifth district. Gen.Dumont the Chief
of the’Bnreau is doing all in his power to pro-
tect the travelling public in guarding the
safety of passengers on ' steamers.
POPULATION rm mLLIONs.
The census Of 1880, complete, gives us a
total population for the States and Terri—
tories, and District of Columbia, of 50, 152,.
- 806-41 growth of almost 47,000,000311 a cen-
tury. ,, ‘
5,083.810—ulmost double the population of
the thirteen colonies that achieved our inde—
pendencc.
Nevada brings up the rear with only an
aggregatc of. 62,265—or a little more than
one-third of the population of the District of
Columbia. And yet this District-is denied
the bocn'of selling Senatorships, says a lo—
c.tl journal.
The District shows a footing of 177,638-—
tln'ec thousand more than Oregon or Colora-
do, thirty one. thousand more than Delaware
and one hundred and fifteen thousand in ex—
cess of Nevada. _
NEW nAanurT LAW. ,
A convention of various Boards of Tradc
delegates and mercantile associations have
held a session here the past week,to consider
and urge upon Congress the enactment of a
new National Bankrupt Law.
WOMEN SUFFRAGE.
The Women Suffrage Association have
been in session again the past week, and
presented their annual memorial to Congress
(with the usual result), praying for the‘
extension Of the full rights of citizenship to
women, which means the right to vote. Some
seventy to eighty of the aged girls took their
seats in the Senate gallery when Senator
McDonald introduced their petition, and
when Senator Davis, of West Virginia, most
ungallantly sat down upon it, audible hisses
filled- the Ladies’ Gallery. '
NORWALK FOG SIGNAL. ,
The following is the text of the Bill intro-
duced by Representative Miles, on Monday:
A BILL
Making appropriation for. the erection of a
fog signal on Norwalk Island, Conn.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep.
rescntations of the United States of Ameri-
ca in Congressasscmbled :-— .
That the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, or
so much thereof as may. be necessary, is
hereby appropriated. out of any moneys in
the Treasury ‘not otherwise appropriated, for
the erection of ,altfog signal at Norwalk
Light, on Norvvalk'lsland and Connecticut
shore of Long Island Sound, said fog signal
to be constructed under the direction of the
Light House Board of the United States.
The. Bill goes to the Committee on Com-
merce, where Col.‘ Wait, one of its most
active and influential members, will] see it
favorably reported, and thus the dangers to
our coast navigation Off Shefileld's Reef in
times of fog will be effectually guarded.
Capt. Fred Comstock will be placed in
charge Of'the new signal in connection with
his guardianship of the Nor-walk Light.
It. ’s. SUPREME COURT.
The only local case decided in the United
States Supreme Court the past week, was
that of the Connecticut General Life Insur-
ance Company against Charles A. Eldridge.
Decree of District Supreme Court (for defen-
dant) affirmed with costs. "
GOLD FROM ALAsxA. _
Collector Ball, at Sitka, Alaska, has sent
to Washington some very rich specimens of
gold quartz. He says: “There are, immense
ledges of this ore and the free gold r_unS
all through with little. variation in amount
from the specimens sent. There can be no
doubt of its immense value and richness. It
is situatednear the coast where the ice block-
ade begins to break up in April. ' '
' ’ GARFIELD’S CABINET.
It is doubtless true, that no one has as yet,
any thing more than a suggestive hint 'as to
being called into General Garfield’s cabinet,
yet, the Tribune to the contrary, the friends
of Senator Blaine profess to know full web
that at the proper time it will be op—
tional with himself whether he" accepts the
portfolio of state or not, and that the pres—
sure from Maine will be such, that he will
undoubtedly yield to the home desires, to
have Mr. Frye given a place in the Senate,
by abdicating his seat there to become Presi-
dent Garfield’s Prime Minister. Some of his
friends assert it to be his present intention to
resign his seat in the Senate on the 20th Of
February next. This will enable the Maine
legislature to elect Mr. Frye, so that he can
be ready to take his seat on the 4th of March
_next. The legislature of Maine when ad-
vised of the vacancy can elect Mr. Frye to
the vacancy forthwith, a course which has
already been agreed upon practically by the
Republican members of the legislature.
Senator Windam of Minnesota, 'Ex-Congress-
man Wilson of Iowa, Senator Booth of
Omaha, are names ako freely canvassed as
possible candidates for other cabinet posi-
tions.
SENATORIAL. -
Much delight is expressed at, the re-clcction
of Secretary Sherman, and Senator Dawes
and the transfer from the House to the
Senate of such a Conceeded array of talent.
trong hopes are entertained that Grow, in
Pennsylvania, and Maynard in Tcnn., will
yet pull through, but the growing indica-
tions are not as encouraging as they might
be.
WICKED NEWS GATIIEEEns
Those wicked Reporters have again scan—
dalized the Senate. by procuring and publish-
ing the Chinese Treaty before senatorial
action. Senators are wroth, but it will
amount to nothing. The “boys” are bound
to get the news and the more secret it is the
more certain are they to get it, so that the
sooner the executive session folly is ended
thebetter. , -
PERSONALS. .
Wm. R. Lockwood and Andrew J. Bell,
Esqrs., have been here most Of the week.
They pass the Sabbath in Richmond, and
then proceed to Florida. Mr. Bell called
upon his cousin, the assistant Secretary of
the Interior, (Hon. Alonzo Bell,) while here.
The report that Colonel R. G. Ingersoll
had purchased the Americus "Club property
in Greenwich for a summer residence is
entirely unfounded. He has not purchased
the property, and did not know of its exis—
tence until he, was informed by the news—
papers that he had bought it. , .
Ex—Congressman Sypher of La. is among
the large number who have slipped on the
icy walks and broken an arm, and Ex-
Congressman Lumison of Ohio, is nursing a
dislocated shoulder. Those Ohio men seem
bound to have some of everything agoing.
The first news of the death in London of
the actor Sothren' was a cablegram to Me
Cullough who has a son of the noted come-
dian playing anengagcment here with him.
withheld it from the son until after the close
of his playing last night, when the young
man was quite overcome by the sad and
sudden intelligence.
Henry Ward Beecher lectures for the
Zen Methodist Church Association Monday
night.‘ .
Justice Swayne, of the United States
Supreme Court, Will Monday or Tuesday
tender to the President his resignation from
the bench. Hon. Stanley Matthews, ’of
Ohio, will be nominated by the President to
succeed him. _
The House yesterday afternoon voted that
in the matter of the contest of E. Moody
Boynton for Dr. Loring'sseat, the latter was
entitled to it. The Florida contest was
taken up but not disposed of.
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The annual Supper of the South Norwalk
Reform Association. held two nights last
week, at Music Mall,‘was very successful.
The attendance each evening was large
showing a deep interest in the association on
the Pm 0’5 .1110 people. The amount raised
falls several hundred dollars below‘ that of last
year, but is much larger than usually clear-
ed at similar entertainments.
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' J ustice Swayne, of the United States court
Lhas resigned.
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New York bonds the list with a total of ,
California and Ex-Senator Hitchcock Of’
He received the news yesterday noon, but:
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The Town License Money.
The South Nor-walk Sentinel either pre-
tending or otherwise not to believe our
statement ; of last week in- regard to Liquor
License Money paid into the Treasury of
thc Town'of Nor-walk, publishes a long
rigamarolo trying to make something _out
of nothing. We give forthcir benefit the
following amounts for Licenses taken from
the Town Treasurer’s books as received each
year since the Liquor License Law has been
in operation, which act was pulled in 1872,
and not in 1871, as erroneously stated in the
Sentinel.
The Liquor "License Law was passed Aug.
lst, 1872, and did not take eflectiuutil Sept-
15th, 1872.
Amount paid into the Treasury of the
Town of Norwalk from
Oct. 181: 1872 to Oct. 131. 1873 $55,500
' n '73 u ’74 4,700
“ "74 “ ’75 4,623
“ ’75 “ ’70 6,027
“ ’76 " ’77 4,876
“ . ’77 “ "'28. No License
.. "(s u ’70 » 5,323.67
.. "m “ ‘80 5,501.69
$36,551.36
Amount received for seven years, being
the number of .years licenses were granted
to October Int, 1880. makes an average per
yearof $5,222.00
The Sentinel also stated that for the year
of 1878, '79' and ’80, the total amount receiv-.
ed was $10,815.44; an average per year of
$3,605.14,
' The facts were that for the year of 1878,
nothing was received, as no licenses was
granted, whereas for the years 1879 and '80
$10,825.36 was received; an average for
those years of $5,412,68.
If the editors of the Sentinel are not satis-_
fied with these figures, and still think that
there is about $5,000 due the Town from the
County Commissionersihe Town Treasurer
will be pleased to show them the accounts at
any time, and give them any further informa-
tion they may desire. ' g
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SAD NEivs.-—chtcrday morning Mr. Chas.
S. Lockwood received a telegram from
Waterbury announcing'the sudden death of
his son-in-law, Mr. Wm. F. Matthews which
sud event occurred Sunday at 6 a. m.,
the disease being pleurisy. Mrs. Mat—
thews was here visiting her parents last week
and on Friday received a telegram that her
husband had returned from the West, sick
with a bad cold. She at once started in the
cold and disagreeable storm for Waterbury,
‘to be with him as soon as possible. Mr. and
Mrs. Matthews were married only last Sop—f
tember. \ The young bride will receive gen-
eral sympathy in her great bereavement.
Willie B. Nichols, apromising‘and esteem-
ed member Of the Selleck School, died on
Wednesday morning last, at the residence of
his. grandmother, Mrs. Charles Buckley, of
Soutbport. Funeral services were conducted
on Friday afternoon by the Rev. Mr. Adams,
Rector of Trinity Church, Southport, and
the Rev. Ralph B. Hoyt. The school
attended the funeral and pull bearers were
chosen from among its members. A choir
from St. Paul‘s church and the school was in
attendance, and through the, courtesy of the
Rcctor‘of Trinity, the Rev. Mr. Selleck was
permitted to pay a brief tribute and pronounce
the sentence‘ Of committal over the rennins
of his beloved pupil. .
The interment took place on Saturday
morning. Several of his late schoolmates,
attended by the principal and one of his
assistants, bore the body to the tomb, and in
the presence of the members and intimate
friends of the'family,laid their dear departed
companion to rest.
VERDICT AGAINST A LIFE INSUBENCE Cou-
PANr.—The suit of the United States court
at New York in behalf of the heirs of the late
William Orton against the Connecticut Life
Insurance Company to recover 83,000 on a
policy of life insurance, which the company
contested on the ground that Mr. Orton did
not give true answers to' questions concern—
ing his health, cnded yesterday with a ver-
dict for the plaintiffsfor $5,767.91.
This case which is against the wealthy
Connecticut Life Insurance Company of
Hartford, seems to the uninitiated mind,
simply scandalous. A great company that
will authorize its agents to run down a
victim forinsurancc,reccive his money and at
death, snivcl and attempt the baby act, ought
to be frowned down by every honest man.
It would seem that the invariable verdicts
against such swindles in the courts would
tend to discourage their repetition,but it does
not appear to.0ur regret is that a Connecticut
Company is founrl guilty of challenging the
integrity of Mr. 01 ton who was ES'pure and
noble a man as ever essaycd by life insurance
to protect his orphan children.
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Mr. Ackcrt writes as that he is fully in
earnest about the improvements of Roton
Point, and that he intends to have the work '
completed early _in the season, when there
will be a. formal opening. As we have be-
fore statbd the improvements comprise the
erection of a large pavilion, an enlargement
' of the present building for Restaurant pur-
poses, the building of horse sheds, the con-
struction of a large number of bathing houses
on both beaches, the erection of a bowling
alley', shooting gallery, etc. Mr. Ackert has.
been a caterer _all , his life. llisfather and
mother had charge Of the refreshments on-
Coney Island boats for fifteen years. He has
watched the daily growth of :Coney Island
and Rocbway, and believes he canmake
Roton Point :1" popular and paying resort.
He will continue as caterer on the boat as
usual. '
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Rev. George L. Fuller will be seventy
years old, Saturday, Jan. 29:11. It had been
the purpose Of Mr. Fuller's friends to assem-
ble at his house that day and give him an
old fashioned “Donation.” The call for this
meeting has, already been published in the
churchpapers, and circulars sent to absent
friends. But severe,sickness in Mr. Fuller’s
family will make a. meeting at his .house
impossible and thh invitation is therefore re-
called. It is hoped, however, that his many
.,friends will remember-him on this anniver—
sary and send him some substantial token of
regard.
The new play of “BigEmy,” which was
produced at the Standard Theatre, lust Mon-
day, does not seem to have been a perfect
success: Despite the demerits of the play
Miss Dyas was as successful in her part as
usual, as will be seen by the following notices
which we clip from city_journals :—
Miss Ada Dyes, one of the most thorough
actresses now before the public, and one who
is too seldom seen on the local stage, was
pleasantly welcomed back in the character of
Miriam, and played it with much grace.—
Eoem’ng Empress.
Miss Ada Dyes makes her reappearance,
after an interim of rest, as the heroine, Mir-
iam Straflord. This charming leading lady
has grown fairer than ever, and her full,
healthy strength and beauty commands res-
pectful admiration. Now that Miss Dyas
has returned to us, we trust she will not
leave the boards soon again. She played
with her accustomed power and intelligence
and won great fawn—Mirror.
Miss Ada Dyas, after along absence from
the stage, returns to fill the leading role,
Miriam Stafford. She plays with her old—
time power, intelligence, and grace; all of
which is appreciated and applauded by ad-
miring observers. She dresses superbly,
changing her costumes for every act, each-
sucessive dress being, if possible, more
costly and attractive than its predecessor.
Noah's Sunday Tim. ' .-
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The. capital stock of the Union Pacific
Railroad is to be increased $10,000,000.
Fairfield County has 35,158 enrolled school
children, and the school fund money amounts
to $20,126.40. . .
The Chilians are reported to have defeated
the Peruvian army, and to have occupied
Lima, the capital without: further resistance.
Gangs of men were engaged yesterday
with axes and pickaxes levelling the ice ridg‘
es in Wall street, the broken ice being carted
off.
The Union Factory has started up again.
That 1881 may prove a prosperous year with
the company is the universal wish of our cit
izens: ' - ' .
CORRESPONDENCE."
. , 1 NAssAU, 1119.; Jan. 14, 1881.
NOBWALK GAZETTE”:—
DEAR EDITOEs.—If the flying accounts
which come to us in regard to the tempera‘
turn of your latitude during \the past two
Weeksis half true, I am in danger of being
charged with malice prepcuse in attempting
to call your attention to the cotepiporancous
conditions of nature and climate in these
Isles of Summer. ,:-~.Please be assured, how-
ever, that I write in no tantalizing spirit,but
rather from an honest'desire to do what I
may toWards alleviating your discomforts by
affording you the opportunity of such satis-
faction ‘39 comes to all benevolent souls
through the thought that others are comfort-
nblc if they are not. ‘
In characterizing this region of earth as
the “Isles of Summer,” I only borrow from
the title of a recently published book of
travel in the West Indies, by a Connecticut
author at Ircston, near New Haven. And
certainly if the daily ranging of {he mercury
from 74 to 80, together with the presence on
every hand 'Of abundant blooming flowers
and ripened or ripening fruits is proof of
summer, then this somewhat utopian name
is by no means misplaced—a conclusion
which may well seem to be confirmed when
it is taken into account that, in spite of
mounting mercury and a profusion of fruits
and flowers, it is at present not summer at
all, according to thc'nlmanac‘, but strictly
mid-winter. In view of this, the passing
visitor is naturally skeptical as to the charac-
acrof the real summer, as it shall come :in
its regular time, and quite prefers, on _the
'whole, to learn about it by hearsay, rather
than by the actual trial of it. Still, we are
assured by those of long residence here, that
the heat is not really intolerable,even in mid-
summer, while generally from end to end of
the your the temperature is but slightly
variable and cooling winds are almostun-
failing. . ‘ ' '
The island of New, Providence is among
the most northern of a chain of islands
stretching from a. point off the coast of
Florida, two thousand miles southeasterly to
the mouth of the Orinoco in South America.
N assan, its capital, is also the capital of the
entire Bahamaan groupe,. and contains a
population of about 12,500. Its local histo—
rian states that Columbus touched at this
point in 1492 and named the place Fernandi-
na, in honor of his royal patron, the King of
Spain. Nearly two hundred years after—-
w rds, Onc‘ Captain Sayle, an English naviga-
tor, wns driven here by adverse winds while
on his passagia to the Carolinas. Thus fortu-
pately preserved from shipwreck ‘he was
induced to call the island Providence—a
name subsequently changed to New Provi—
dence. From this beginning, and in con-
nection with long years of desperate conflict
with the 'numerous pirates that infested its
coasts, it gradually became the confirmed
possession of successive English proprietary
lords. African slavery soon followed as a
fixed colonial institution and continued till
the year 1837 when, through the payment of
twenty millions sterling by Great Britain,
ewry slave in her Buhamaan colonies was set
free. At the present time the blacks com-
prise among their number nearly all the
mechanics, carpenters, farmers, fruit-grow-
ers, fishermen and general lalforers through-
out the islands. They also compose the
«majority of the colonial soldiers and munici—
pal oflicers, as well as a large proportion of
the members of Parliament. At an early
period subsequent to the act of emancipation,
successful efforts were put forth in the
interest of general education. Free schools
were cstablishedfrom which the children of
the blacks, for some years, derived the chief
advantage—the color unmaste prejudice of
the whites being too stong to allow them"to
share these privileges in common with
those who had so recently been slaves. But
this prejudice has long since passed away,
and the general sentiment of the citizens is
in full accord with the statute laws in
knowing no distinction of race or color in
respect to the rights and opportunities of
equal learning. The government makes an
annual grant of £4,000 sterling ($20,000), for
the support of the public schools, and child-
ren of all classes attend, in cOmmon, upon
the privileges thus provided. The principle
of compulsory education is a part Of the law
of the land; and so faithfully is the principle
enforced, that very few children, of the
proper age, as I am told, can be found who
are unable to read and write. .The same im-
partial policy is also illustrated by the
churches, The Sabbath congregations pre-
sent 3 strangely mixed appearance, blacks
and whites occupying together the same
audience room, and sometimes the same pew.
We attended a morning service at the Pres-
byterian church, one of the oldest and largest
here, and Observed that full one-half of the
goodly number present were colored. ' Child-
rcn, all the way from four to fifteen years of
age, were seated, sometimes by the half-
dozen to—gether, with their parcnts,watching
without perceptible movement the round’
Scotch-Irish preacher as he disconrsed with
characteristic thoroughness, for pearl; an
hour, upon the doctrine of Christ's divinity
the earth. It was a reviewing (in all save
the presence of the blacks) of the scenes of
thirty years ago in the typical New England
meeting-house, which some-of us are not yet.
too old to remember. 0’ ‘
In some cases the colored people constitute
churches by themselves. One such is within
a stone's throw of our hotel and is one of
the largest and most orderly in the city. Its
Monday evening weekly prayer meeting is
said to have a regular attendance of from
.300 to 500 people. Certainly if schools and
churches alone will secure a high degree of
civilization, the citizens of this capital; of
the Bahamas ought to be well up in the scale.
The visitor here will be likely to find the
market place a point of curiosity as well
as of interest. The things now and
strange to the eyes of a Northerner, which
are exposed for sale. such as a finger’s length
of sugar cane for chewing, or a half-dozen
capadillos, looking about'as tempting as so
many green butternuts, or little strings of
variegated fish, exhibiting, as it would seem,
all the 'colors of the rainbow, these and
numerous other things of like originality of
appearance or mercantile significance, are
carried and hung about in all directions.
Added to this, one is struck by the quaint
costumes or semi-costumes; the Babel of
confused sounds in‘ which the tones of
laughter seem to prevail Over'those indica-
tive of a real purpose for business; the
.constant chatter of the diving boy, who
challenges the stranger to throw his sixpence
in the depths of the itdjacent bay and see
“dis nigger" take it in his month before ever
it reaches the bottom; the chorus of braying
donkeys and reverberatiug squeal of pigs
about .to undergo process of preparation
under the butcher’s hands.
n Being desirous to brush a up little in natural
history, on one occasion, and taking advan-
tage of a striking specimen of the turtle
species that was' crawling and bumping
against my feet in this same market place, I
inquired in the simplest language I could
command, of an ordinary looking African
near by, whether the creature was found in
water or on shore, and was answered with a
learned ease thdt would do credit to themost
the class of the amphibious !"
As respects scenery, the island is barren
enough save in the relief afforded by the
considerable groves of palm trees which lift
their heads in a. kind of majestic individu-
ality over the lbw, creeping brushwoOd that
spreads itself over the monotonous rocks.
There is also a silk-cotton tree, and as ice
of the banyan, which are excellent for blade
and wonderful in the péculiarities of. their
growth, shooting its roots along the rock,
utterly independent of soil'in any form. ' It
seems to have the property of drawing its
nutriment from the air alone and uses terra
firms only as a kind of basis for the carrying
on of its operations. A tree-'of this- kind,
and of his final coming as Supreme Judge of »
erudite professor,-“Ah,sah, that belongs to \
growth. The latter particularly is of rapid
ders of the world, stands in one of Nassau's
public squares. Its roots not being able to
strike downward, run in every direction and
at unlimited distances upon its bare rock
foundation,‘throvving steadily up at the same
time their newly formed wood as a kind of
shoulder, or prop, to sustain the horizontally,
growing breaches. Being a tree of vast
proportions the compartments thus formed
between its roots areas so many full-sized
horse stalls, fashioned with almost the regu-
larity of art. 80 marvellous are the adapta—
tions of nature. - '
Judging from our experience thus far the
climate of this stunge island has not been
exaggerated by thoscwho have spoken most
highly in its praise. It is remarkably steady
and rarely tOo cool or too warm. We can
not say what it might be to a Northerner
desirous to show how great feats of activity
he could perform. But to one who believes
in the Italian proverb it “is sweet to do noth-
ing” there would seem to be no necessity to
seek for a better land. ‘ ‘
Having touched thus briefly upon a few
salient features of Nassau and its vicinity,
time and space forbid 1any further enlarge—
ment of the subject. 'Fully conscious of the
imperfections of this hasty sketch, though
trusting that it is at least an impartial one, I
am yours truly, J. A. HAMILTON.
Letters from the People.
NOBWALK, Jun. 22d, 1881.
Editors Of Gazette: '
It would seem, from your article in last
issue, that your “Practical Democrat,” as
well as some others in the Borough, consid.
ers that only ministers, bank officers, physi-
cians, lawyers, or ex—dealers in ready—made
clothing are fitted for positions requiring the
exercise of a little common sense. It does
not necessarily follow that a mechanic
though he be 'a “working shoemaker," is
devoid of reason. for it has- been proved that
our mechanics are often more intelligent than
many of the above named professionals. We
would as soon trust our health in the hands
of a philosophical shoemaker. as in those of
a theoreticalphysician. A REPUBLICAN.
All very well, but not to the point.
“Practical Democrat,” made no reflections
whatever upon the general intelligence or
common sense of the appointee, but simply
made the point that a “working shoemaker"
'whose pally work requires his presence in
one room frOm morning until night, every
working day, all the year round, is not a
proper man or the position, while a doctor,
(a professional man) or a plumber, (ame—
chanic) would be more suitable because his
daily duties bring him in constagt contact
with disease, and the causes Of disease. The
fact that an undertaker has held the office
does not prove that a shoemaker is fitted for
it.
January 19th being Rev. Mr. Wing's
birthday, his people sent him a fifty dollar
greenback, accompanied by the following
letter: '
REV. C. S. WING:
Enclosed, please find a promise of the
United States to pay to bearer fifty dollars.
Will you kindly be the bearer and exercise
your “faith" by presenting the promise for
redemption upon this your birthday.
Please accept it as a slight testimonial of
the' esteem and love of the Second M. _E.
Church for yourself and family, and as a very
inadequate token of our appreciation of your
earnest and faithful work among us. '
Trusting that you may be favored with
many'bapp'y returns of the day, and that
your. workiu‘ the future with us may be
'abundnntly blessed by Our Heavenly Father,
‘as it has been thus far, we remain,
Aflectionately,
Your: CONGEEGATION.
Mr. Wing was also the recipient Of several
valuable books.
gm
PERSONAL.
Augustus Happel has closed his tonsorial
establishment and gone to Brooklyn.
Mr. Rufus E. Raymond, Down Town Dis -
trict, was badly hurt by a fall. last week,‘as
was also Mr. Thomas Benedict of the same
district.
311‘. Wm. H. hills, formerly a compositor
in the GAZETTE office, has left New Haven,
and gone to Washington, D. C,, to work in
the Government Printing Office. -
A widow woman, a Mrs. Lounsbury, was
found lying inscnsible in the back yard of
Mr. Greenwood; house, Belden Avenue, last
Thursday. She is supposed to have had an
epileptic fit. ~
The Mrs. Geo. Richards who recently er-
ceived injuries by falling upon a stone, in
the eastern part of the' State, had many rel-
atives in this place, a number of whom at-
tended her funeral.
Mr. James McNally was quite severely
injured about the bond and face by being run
into by a large sled coming down Spring
Hill, in front 'Of Greenwood & Kellogg’s
store, on Wednesday evening last.
Dr. SWift and family are at Palstka. Fla.
They. report the weather as warm and
delightful. Children play in the sand, and
ladies sit on the verandah, fires being needed
only to- take off the dampness early in the
morning.
I. 030. F.
Tonight the members of Our Brothers
Lodge go to the city in response to an invi-
tation from Butler Lodge. A supper at. the
Mahackemo Hotel is understood to be a fea-
turc of the evening‘s entertainment.
Some twenty-seven members of Our
Brother's Lodge, 1. O 0. F., enjoyed a
moonlight Sleigh ' ride to Ridgefield, last
Tuesday evening, and paid a fraternal visit
to Pilgrim Lodge of thatplace. In this case
the “Pilgrims” did not prove to, be "strang-
ers,” but received and entertained the “Broth-
ers” in the most hospitable manner. The
visitors returned highly delighted with their
reception and pleased with the ripe.
'Most Worthy Grand, Master E. J. Hill,
assisted by R. W. Grand Guardian W. H.
Saunders, Pa'st Grands Elbert Curtis, Charles
Olmstead and Frank Leonard, installed the
officers of Our Brothers’ Lodge, No. 10,
I. 0. 0. F., Jan. 5, 1881, as follows: N. G.,
Charles L. Glove; ; V. G., Lafayette Craw;
Rec. Sec, Bradley S. Keith; Treas., A. H.
Camp; Per. Sec, St. John Merrill; Warden,
W. H. Seymour; Con., A. A. Bette; I.G..
James A. Tattle; 0. G., Conrad Staub; R.
840 N. G., George B. Benedict; L. S. to N.
G., George S. Grumman; R. S. S., John H.
Kenney; L. S. 8., Lester Hyatt; R. S. toV.
G., Charles Sherwood; L. S. to V. G., E. K.
Banks.
The N. G. appointed the
mittees:
Finance—Wm. A. Curtis, L. S. Cole, R.
S. Craufurd. -
Revision—Charles Olmstead. Bradley S.
Keith, Frank Leonard. . _
Widow and Orphan—VVm.3H. Seymour,
Wm. Thompson. Charles H. Wheeler.
Correspondence—Elbert Curtis, Bradley 8.
Keith, Plan Price. ' " ‘
Trustees for the year—Plan Price, Elbert
Curtis, J. T. Prowitt.
The following items from the report of the
Secretary shows the Lodge to be in a good
condition: . .
following com-
Number of members, 287
Initiated the past term, 11
Funds on hand, $1,209 51
Amount paid for relief during the
past term, , 626 83
Receipts for the tcrm, 1,387 64
Paid for relief and expenses, 937 27
Gained during past term, 450 37
Last Tuesday evening some twenty-five
members of Company F essayed a sleigh ride
to Bridgeport and a visit to Company B, of
that city. They started bravely off with
“drums beating and colors flying,” but on the
way up Main street the horses took fright
and ran away. The driver guided them
around the corner into North Avenue, and
finally brought them to a stop near the
residence of W. S. Lockwood, Esq. Most
of the members,by this time had successfully
executed a movement tO' the rear not laid
down in Upton’s tnctics,nnd now marched
boldly to the front again prepared for another
onward movement. Again the whip mocked
and the merry soldier boys: Were swiftly
port about 10 o’clock, where: they were
received by their brothers in arms and Well
entertained.‘ The trip home was safely.
accomplished, in good time, and all seem to
have been well pleased with their excursion.
that deserves to be classed among the: w‘on- l
gliding eastward. They arrived in Bridge- _
Connecticut Legislature.
SENATE, HARTFORD, Jan: 18.
The following bills were introduced: By
Senator Brewster—Abill for an not concern—
ing actions in law for injuries,providing that
actions for damages arising from injuries.
except in case of debt, shall be brought
within sixty days after the date omwbich the
Injury is received; referred to Judiciary
committee; alsoabill for an not giving to
the Railroad Commissioners power to rogu-
late the speed of railroad trains on all roads
in the State.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
At 12:30 o’ciock the order of the day was
taken up, and the Senate proceeded to vote
for a United States Senator for the term of six
years after March 4th, 8881. As their names
were called, the senators arose from their
seats and announced by name their choice
for senator. When the roll was called, Jess.
R. Hnwley received sixteen votes, William
W. Eaton four votes. Senator Poet was not
present. The Lieut. Governor directed the
clerk to enter the name of Joseph R. Hawley
upon the journal as the choice of the Senate
for United States Senator.
On motion of Senator Brewster, House
joint Resolution No. 30. appointing Freder—
ick P. Hall, of Stratford, judge of the Court
of Common Pleas in Fairfield county for the
term of four years of r July 1, 1881, was
taken from the table and passed.
HOUSE—Remonstrances of Alex, Wood
et al. against amending charter of Stamford,
referred to Committee on Corporations.
BILLS FOR PUBLIC Acrs.
By Mr. Tuttlc of East Haven—Providing
that the salary or compensation of all town
officers shall be fixed and determined at the
annual 10wn meeting in each year.
By Mr. Hall of Windham—Prohibiting
judges from acting as committees in civil
actions and increasing the salaries of judges
of the suprcme and superior courts-hereafter
appointed, to be $4,500 per annum.
By Mr. Booth of Danbury—Making salary
of assistant State’s attorney in Fairfield Co,
$250; also resolution rearranging terms of
supreme and superior courts.
By Mr. West of HErtford—Providing that
married women may sue and be sued, and
declare and be declared against in the same
manner as if theywere unmarried.
_By Mr. Fuller of Putnam—Requiring town
clerks to enter names of grantor of real estate
upon abstract of the town. '
ELECTION OE UNITED sTATEs sENATou.
At 12:30 o'clock Mr. Harrison of Gnilford.
called for the order of the day, being the
election of a United States Senator for six
years from March 4. The members, as their
names were called arose in their seats and
pronounced the name of the candidate for
whom they voted. The vote stood in the
House, as follows:
Whole number of votes, 229
Necessary to majority, 115
For Joseph R. Hawlcy of Hartford, 161
For William W. Eaton of Hartford, 68
The Speaker declared that J on. R. Hawley
had received the majority and was duly
elected by the House.
SENATE, HARTFORD, Jan. 19.
Senator Cos presented the report of the
commission on a permanent militia camp
ground, and it was referred to the Military
committee.
Senator Brown presented a bill to provide
for the fees to be -réceived by all persons
practicing medicine, surgery. midwifery,etc.,
within the limits of the State; referred to
the Committee on Temperance.
Honest—The following petition was rea
ceived and referred: Of John McQuillan, of
Bridgeport, for release from jail.
- BILLS FOR PUBLIC Aors.
By Mr. Tattle of East Haven—Prohibiting
the use of money by .candidates for office,
except for necessary expenses. Every per—
son violating the act shall on conviction be
fined not more than $1,000 and be impirsoned
not more than one year; also shall be dis-
franchised. -
By Mr. Stanton of Stonington—Providing
that no person shall be elected or appointed
a judge of any court of this State unless he
has been regularly admitted as an attorney at
law and be in good and regular standing in
his profession, the law not to apply to pro-
bate or justice courts.
Judiciary—Mr. Harrison of Guilford,chair-
man; adverse on bill providing the summons
may be served by indifferent persons, reject—
ed; adverse on bill relating to workhonses,
rejected ; favorable on Representative Booth’s
bill, relating to vagrants, providingthat such
persons may be imprisoned in workhonse for
a term not exceeding sixty days. The bill
applies to fortune tellers, persons abandoning
their wives and children, lewd and dissolutc
persons, common drunkards and prostitutes.
For a second offense they may be imprisoned
for 120 days. The bill was tabled for cal-
endar. - .
The committee also reported favorably on
Re esentative Perry’s bill increasing the
jur diction of the Fairfield County Court of
Common Pleas and the salary of the judge of
the court to $3,000, tabled for calendar.
At 2 p. m. the Senate and House came
together in joint session. and was called to
order by Clerk Spencer of the Senate.
The clerks of the Senate and House read
yesterday’s journal of their respective houses
concerning the election of United States
Senator showing that Joseph R. Hawley had
,receivcd a majority of the votes cast from
both houses.
Senator Coe thereupon declared Joseph R,
Hawley Senator from Connecticut for six
years from March 4, 1881.
Mr. Houston of Enfleld, introduced a reso-
lution declaring General Hawley elected Sen-
ator, which was passed.
The House resumed business.
cerning estates of deceased and insolvent
persons; that executors and administrators
of estates where liquor is a part of the
estate may sell without a license; Judiciary.
SENATE, Thursday, Jan. 20.
The following bills and resolutions were
offered: .
BySenator Hammond—A resolution in—
structing the committee on Constitutional
Amendments to report to the General Assem-
bly a bill changing the time of holding the
annual sessions of the Legislature from the
month of January to the month of May.
By Senator Seymour—A bill for an not re-
penling Section 1, Chapter 27, of the public
acts of 1879, relating to savings banks; re—
ferred to committee on banks.
HOUSE.-'-Bllls for public acts—By Mr.
Harrison of GuilfordeRelating to sale of
medicines and poisons, providing for a phar—
maceutical commission. The bill in effect is
identical with the pharmaceutical commission
acts that have been before the legislature for
the past two years. .
By Mr. Read of Bridgeport—Providing
that savings banks may loan money to,any
manufacturing corporation of the State, tak-
ing as security first mortgage upon real
estate owned by such corporation, without
requiring any further security, provided that
the real estate so mortgaged is at least twice
the value of the amount of the loan.
By Mr. Perry of Fairfield—Restricling the
running at large of animaJs on highways and
cOmmons. . .
By Mr. Wilson Of Greenwich—Regulating
the dredging for shellfish. The bill provides
that it shall not be lawful for any person to
use a. boat or other contrivance, Operated by
steamrin dredging for oysters or clams in
thfi State, but the act shall not be construed
to prevent steam dredging on private grounds
by the owners. The‘penalty for violation is
$100 fine or sixty days in jail. The bill is to
take effect from its passage and not to affect
any unit now pending. '
M
At a specialmceting of the directors of
the Stamford and Norwalk Telephone 00.,
held last Friday evening, the following pre-
amble and resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, were have been numerous com—
plaints of the telephone service in Norwalk
being unsatisfactory, and
Williams, the directors of the Company are
desirousof placing the service in Norwalk
upon the most efficient and satisfactory
basis as speedily as possibly ; therefore, be
It
Resolved, that the Executive Committee be
authorized and requested to take steps imme-
diately to transfer the Exchange in South
Norwalk‘to upper Norwulk, to rearrange the
wires to avoid, as far as practicable, all in-
duction from the Western Union wires, to
reurnnge the circuit lines so as to leave
.not more than five subscribers on any one
circuit, and to substitute mitgneto for battery
bells throughout the Norwalk system.
The new Central Office will be in the
Fairfield County Bank building.
run—_—
SET Dr. Fiske, the noted Clairvoyant Phy—
sician and Healer, who has been so long and
favorably known in this vincinity, can be
consulted at the,,City.Hot_el, South Norwalk,
Thursday and Friday,.lauuary 27th and 28th,
'until 5 p. m. Patients, to avail themselves
of his services should apply'at_once. His
treatment is safe and sure, effecting a cure
in a short time. The Dr. ma speciality
of all affections of the Lungs, er, Kidney
difficulties and all Female complaints. Set
advertisement,
. ____._____
The Norwalk Foundry it; to start up again
this week. _ "_“wmfl _
We aregIAd to see‘by the Saratoga. papers
that the case against Cashier Stephen H.
Richards and othérs, has been quashed. This
is “just as we predicted.”
In Stamford, Wednesday, one man was
arrested for passing counterfeit trade dollars,
and another one of the gang was shot, and,
it is supposed wounded, while trying to es-
cape.
Bills—By Mr. Mitchell—For an act cont
13' 'Betts’ Toilet Lotion fer Chopped face
and Hands; 25 and,50 cts. -
- -——-¢————-— ‘
I? If you haven’t tried ‘~Sutton’s Cntarrh
Cure," do' so. It will cure you. For sale
by Bett’s, the Drug'gi'st. 1m3.
. ____._'-
More People Die
From disensedkidncys than of consumption,
but not one fatal case in a thousand would
occur if Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure was taken in time. By all means try it.
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Lieblg Co’s Coca. Beef Tonic.
“The efifect of the Coca borders upon the
marvellous, and if notclearly authenticated
by scientists of undoubted veracity would
be altogether beyond belief,” says Dr. WM.
S. SEARLE, Brooklyn, N. Y.
‘ “Gives more tone than anything I have
ever used or prescribe ” says Professor H.
GOULLON,.M. D.,
Duke of Saxony. Knight of the Iron Cross,
the. ' '
It is invaluable in head affectio weaken-
ed memory, '(lizzines:s, determination of
biplod to the head, sick and nervous head-
ac e.
And is highly beneficial in palpitation of
the heart and other forms of heart disease,in
neulagia, dropsical affections, paralysis, etc.
.—¢.._~._
Doctors J. S. STONE, of New Britain; A.
S. OSBORNE, of Middletown; J. E. LIN—
NELL, of Norwich; D. M. HODGE, of
Dsnbury; PAUL C. SKIFF, of New Haven;
G. F. FOOI‘E, of Stamford; DAVID P.
TRANEIS, of New London; G. H. WIL—
SON, of West Mcriden, and other eminent
Connecticut Physicians unite in highest
commendation of the Liebig Co’s Arnicated
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Neural gia.
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MARRIED.
{\IxArVV\N\/xMI\/V\(.\r\rxlxlevxmxz \J\l
_In Stamford. Jan. 18th, by the Rev. Samuel Sco-
v111e, Mr. George H. Mcekcr and Miss Sarah Hel-
en Bo 1e, all of Stamford.
In Est Norwalk, Jun. 19th, by Rev. William G.
Spencer, 1). D., Arthur 5. Forms. of Newark, N.
J . to Miss Jennie E. Taylor, of East Norwalk.
1;: Bridgeport, Jan. 161h, William Caldwell, of
B ndgoport. to Miss Annie Donohne, of'N. Y.
In Westport, J an. 11, Edward Collyaer to Miss
Georgiana. Lattln.
In Westport. Jan.11th, John Madden, of N. 12,
to Miss Mary Morehouse.
In Westport, Jan. _19. Fred. D. Abbott, of Bing-
hamton, N . Y., to Miss Marietta. Taylor. of W
In Westport. J an. 19th, Horace B. Coley to Miss
Elllnor '1‘. Gray.
DIED.
UMVVVVVV‘N
In, Nomalk,Jan. 7111, Rebecca Buckley, aged
79 years, 3 months.
In Waterbury, Jan. 23rd, William F. Matthews,
aged 22 years.
In Ox Ridge,
76 years.
In Southport. Jun.19th, Willie 13., eldest son of
Georgiana and William B. Nichols, in the 15th
mnnlmnnn
Dal-ion, J an. 20. Ruins HOyt, aged
year of his age.
In Bedding, J an. 16, Frederick D. Dimon, aged
72 years. .
Dozen‘PIymoulh Ruck Fouls, for sale
Cheap. Apply at this office. 1t4
Wanted.
NEW MILCII COWS, at~LEDGEWOOD
FARM, N orwalk,I’. 0. Box 392. 4
1
For Sale or to Rent. '
W0 HOUSES. one‘of Six Rooms, on Fair St. ;
one of Tea Rooms, suitably divided for two
families, borough and well water, situated on
Main St. Possession given immediately.
3“ ' Inquirc of JACOB WEEKS.
ITO Rent.
THE apartments in James’ Blo'ck lately own:
1
pied by Mr. Frederick Mead. Ap i to
F. ST. JOHN LOCIEW‘OOD.
To Rent.
EVERAL good Houses and Tcncmcnts ;somc
1 With Barns, well located.
Also one Blacksmith Shop, and one Carpenter’s
Shop. S. E. OLMSTEAD.
Norwalk, Jan. 25, 1881. -
3t4
For Sale.
SMALL HOUSES, and about 50 BUILDING
LOTS offered cheap,
S. E. OLMSTEAD,
Nor-walk. Jan. 251b, 1881. 3t4
Stable to Rent.
Commodious Burn with Stalls for4horses,
and 1 box stall, in a control locality, to rent
to a. good tenant. Apply to Mus.J.E.BAR—
BOUlt, NO. 4 Elm Street. 41.4
Notice.
THE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the
Norwalk Look 00., Will be held at the ofiicc
of the Company, on Wednesday, Feb. 20. at 2
o'clock, p. m.
. E. BEARD, Secretary.
South NorwalkaanuaI-y 21th, 1881. ‘2“
Notice.
THE LOUNSBURY A: BISSELL 00..
VVlNNlPAUK, January 10,1881. l
THE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of
this Company, will be held at the Office Of
the Company, on TUESDAY, JAN. 251b, 1881, at
,10 o'clock.
E . L. BOYER, Secretary.
3t?
'Notice.
NOTIO E is hereby givento all persons holding
orders drawn by the Selectmen of the town
of Norwalk, Conn., on the treasurer of. said town.
to present them for payment on or before the 18m
day of February, A._D. 1351.. If any person having
an order outstanding at the time of such notice,
shall fail to present It for payment on or before
the day fixed in the aforesaid notice, v12. Februa-
rv 18th, A. D. 1881, no interest Will he allowed on
it after said February, A. D. 1881.
WM. A. CURTIS,
Treasurer of said Town of Norwalk.
Norwnlk, Conn,, Januarleth, A. D. 1851. 2:1
Notice. 4
THE attention of the citizens of the_Borough of.
Norwalk, 15 called to the following BY—LilW
of said Borough :—-, ,
Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of every owner and
or every lessee of any land or tenement in this
Borough to keep the public Sidewalk or footpath
and street glitter or Iditch mljotnmg the same,
free from snow and ice; and every such owner
and every such lessee who shall permit snow or
ice to remain on such sidewalk orfootpath, to the
inconvenience of public travel thereon, or in such
gutter or ditch, to the obstruction of the flow
thereof, for a longer period than six hours, shall
be fined not cxcccding flvc dollars.
The. foregomg By-Luw will hereof tor be en-
forced.
I’er order, . FREDERICK MEAD.
Chairman Highway Committee.
in the most pleasant andprofitnblc business
Outfit scnt tree to those who wish to engage
Elmown. Everything new. , Capital not re-
quired: We will furnish'you everything. 810
a. day and upWards isleasrfi made Without staying
away from home overnight. No risk whatever.
Many new workers wanted at once. Many are
making fortunes at the business. Ladicamakc as
much as men. and young boys and girls make
great buy. No one who is willin to work tails go
make more money every day thn can be made 111
a week at any ordinary employment. Those who
engage at ‘once will find a. short road to fortune.
Address H. HALLE'I‘T Sc 00., Portland. Mame. ,
Boarding School
FOR. BOYS,
AND
Day 8011001 for Both Sexes.
For particulars address the Principal.
D. S. R, LALIASERT,
3|:p3 \VIL’I‘ON, CONN.
Charles F". Chew,
PIANO TUNER, &c. '
Orders received at I. A. MEEKER’S DRUG
STORE,20 Wall Street. . 1y3
Try One Box of
811110111 611111111 Cure,
And you will be convinced that yOu can be
cured of that terrible and ofienéive
- ', disease, -
OATARRE :-
IT IS ASURE CURE.
FORSALEBY
1101111111 8. BETTS, 111111181,
CORNER WALL AND MAIN STS.
Price 50 Cents per Box.
GOLD AND 31111111111113.
: Rockford Quick Train Railroad
, Watches at Speciality. :0
A Good Linc or
Gold and Plated Jewelry and Silver
Plated . Ware. ' '
8 DayVStrikc Clocks, from 83.50 up. 1 Day
Strike Clocks. from $2.20 up. A Large stock of
Spectacles and Eye Glasses, from 20 cents a pair
up. Watch Glasses 10 cents each..
Singer, and Wheeler'i' Wilson
SEWING MACHINES.
All Goods at Prices as Low as Lcwcst.1at
A.W.-Austin’s Jewelry Store
Opera House Block, Norwalk, Conn. l
ysician to the Grand .
thereof as will raise ,ihc sum of One Dollar and
Howard s. can,
(Successor to G. s. tor-owing.
CORNER DRUG STORE,
Efimrwalk, Ct.
Worth of Groceries
' no BES‘ SOLD '
BEFORE MARCH. 1st.
offers the abovc large stock at cost, as it it Ill list
he sold before the 151 day 01 March. He has also
for sale
THREE HORSES,
FOUR WAGONS, ,
Two SLEIGHS,
Which he will sell Cheap for Cash: Come and
509 118. .
35 and 3? MAIN SE1, .
' a ’ 7" EDGE
I .
@1- $3 @QQe—nfi- n
The Whole of the above Stock, together
with the Good Will, will be sold on easy
terms to any party desirous of entering Into
the Grocery business.
Norwulk, Jun. 17, 15:1.
LA. causes a on,
Drug gig‘iifiy,
21 Main St., Norwalk, Conn,
YOU WILL FIND
Stricuiy Pure
Dragster/ad Iliadicdncs,
At Reasonable Prices. '
Prescriptions carefully cpmpounded.
Tax Collector’s Sale.
A OTICE is hereby given that the undersigned,
Collector of Taxes, under and by virtue of
a certain tux warrant. duly executed and signed
by proper authority and directed to the under-
srgucd, commanding him to levy and collect of
LYDIA A. FERRIS,
and other persons named in the rate’book. on the
list to said warrant annexed, their several pro-
portions of the sum tots! as therein stated, said
sum bciug'a tax or assessment laid upon the as-
scsuncnt list made in 1570 by the inhabitants of
the town of Norwalk, regularly and legally as-
sembled, to wit, on the 17m day of December, A.
D., 1879,111etforthc purpose of providing for the
indebtedness Oi'said town, levies upon the follow~
ing described real estate of said Lydia. A. Ferris,
situated in the town 01 Not-walk, a certain true:
of l3nd,nt South Norwalkmud bounded as fol-
lows, to \vitz-Northcrly twenty-two ['22] foot, by
land of Francis W.Soymour, easterly one hun-
dred and fifty [150) feet, m ore or less, bv land now
or late of Sarah G. \‘v’ariug, southerly fifty (50]
feet by the highway, and westerly one hundred
and fifty (150] feet by land of Sally Stevens.
And I shall sell at public auction, on the prom;
iscs hcreinbclorc described, on me 2nd day Of
April,A.D. 1881, at; llo‘clock,t'orcuoon, so Inuch
thereof as will raise the sum of One Hundred
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translation '
The subscriber Wishing to change his business '
1
gimmmrlrn
1. war in
Specialmgltrgains
IN
roving.
To close-will offer this week
Shawlsifilail
a"? COST-
Also a Great ' Reduction 1;;
other Winter Goods. Just;
Opened the finest line of
En a c c ”I“ i. o s
eyer Ofiered in town, at
Very Low Figur
Edward Street.
One Price Cash Dry Goods
Store,
13.5 Gazette Building, Nor-Wat 3:.
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ThetMost Extensive and Complex:
Line.
All Prices.
Unrivaled in all Points.
Glassware,
Crockery,
liberalisation
library lamps,81utiy lamps,
Bronze and Fancy Latin 9.
Common Lamps
and Lump Goods.
Lanterns, Toilet Ware, Etc...)
AT
and Eight; Cents. [$1.0M thatbcmg the propor-
tion of the said Lydia. A. Ferris, of tho sum total
in said list, together With the charges of levy,
sale, 830. GEORGE 15. ST. JOHN,
- Tax Collector, list of 1579.
Dated at Norwalk, January 24th, A. D. 1881. 314
Tax Collector’s Sale.
OTICE is hereby given that the undersigned.
Collector of Taxes, under and by virtue oi‘u
certain tux warrant duly executed and signed by
proper authority-and directed to the undersigned,
commanding him to levy and collect of
EMMA NAMI’SON,
and other persons nut d in the rate book, on the
list to said warrant an :d,thcir sevcrnlpropor-
tions of the sum total Icrciu stated, said sum
being :1 tax or asses-meat laid upon thc assess-
ment list made in 1:70, by the. iuhrt'ultauts of the
town of 1% oravullg reg. ‘ and legally assem-
bled, to wit, on the 17111 of December, A. 1).
1870, met for the piu'pust. or providing for the in-
debtedness of said to \\'u, levies upon thcl'ollowiug
described real estate 01 said Emma. Sampson, a
certain tract of land with the buildings thereon.
situated in the town oi Norwaik, and being eighty-
thrcc (83) feet from and thirty-lire (35) feet rear,
one hundred and 1021:: two (142) feet in depth on
the northerly sidc. ‘lP‘l one hundred and forty-
cight (1118‘) feet on 112
as lollows, to wit:—
llUlCI‘ly side and bounded
. Icrly by land of Alexan-
der 1:». Vertch and v: ‘- ' sterly by land of Elmi-
rzt L. SeymOur, souiin y by land of‘Ann Eliza
Wilson. and westerly by highway. '
‘ And I shall sell at. public auction, on the prom-
ises hereinbeiore described, on the 2ndrday of
April,, A. D., 1681. at 10 o’clockd'orenoon, so much
thereofns willruise the sum of One Dollar and
fifty-seven cents, (£1.57), that being the propor-
tionpf‘tbc ,suid Emma Sampson, of the sum total
in said list, together with tflc charges of levy,
sale, 01:0. 1 ,
Gui-JORGE 1‘». ST. JOHN,
‘ Tax Collector List 1579.
Dated at Norwaik, January 211, A. D., 1881. 3C4
Tm: Collector’s Sale.
OTICE is hereby given that the undersigned .
Collector of ’Inxes, under and by virtue of :1
certain tax v.’z‘.rrunt duly cxceutcd and-signed by
proper nuthOrItyumd uh- led to the undersigned,
commanding him to in mi collect or
SARAH D. TOLLL‘S L‘ 012‘ WELLINGTON
R I 1: l1 lLS,
and other persons ~ ~ ed in the rate book, on the
list to said war "2:041theirseveralpropor-
tions of the sum to therein stated. said sum
being a tax or ass. eut laid upon Iheasscss-
mcnt list made in 1871). by the inhabitants of the
town ofNOrwnlk. regularly and legally assembled,
towit, On the 17012 day of l 'mbcr, A. D. 1879, met
for the purpose of pro-m...)h for the indebtedness
oi‘saidto-vn, levies upon the following described
rcalestatc of said Sat uh I). Tollcsgviie of Welling-
ton it. Tollcs, situated in- town‘ot’ N‘orwalk, at
Down Town, so called, being fifty feet front and
rear and one hundred and fifty (150)1‘eet in depth
and bounded as i‘olicwa, to wit :r—uorthcrly by
highway known as First Avenue, easterly by land
owned ' common by Chester F. Tollcs andothcrs,
southc by land now or formerly owned 111 com-
mou b ' Chester F. ’Iollcs and others, and wester-
ly by land now or lately held by LCWIS F. Beers,
Trustee, and being lillllllCl‘ two [‘2], on said
First Avenue, as (it died on the map 01 said
property. And I shui l uLyuhliclauctionmu the
premises herciubei'orc described, on the 3151: (lay
of March, A. 1). 1881, at 11 o’clock forcuoon. so
much thereof as will raise the sum of Six Dollars
and thirty Cents, [$6.30] that being the proportion
of the said Sarah D. Tullrs, wife of Wellington R.
'l‘ollcs, oi‘tho sum to" l in szilul list, together with
the charges 01' levy, in, No.
- Uiii) 1:111: B. 51‘. JOHN,
Tax Collector List 1870.
Dated at; Nora—9.11:. January 22, A. D., 1881. 31.4
Tax Collector’s Sale.
OTICE is hcrcby given that the undcrsigned
Collector ol'Tuxcsntndcr and by virtue of
a certain tax warrant. duly executed and signed
by propernuthorityand directed to the undcr-
signed, commanding him to levy and collect of
\\ ILLIAM D. FARWELL,
and othorpersons natured in the rate. book, on the '
list to said warrant annexed, their several pro-
portions oi’thc sunrtotul as therein stated, said
sum bc1ng;,trtx or assessment laid upon the as-
sessment list made in 1879 by the inhabitants of
the town of Nprwal’k, regularly and legally as-
semblcd, to Wit. on the 17111 day of December, A.
1)., 1879 met for the purpose of providing 'i‘or the
indebtedness of said town, levies upon the fol-
lowing described real estate of said William D.
Farwcll, situated in town 01' Norwnlk, containing
twenty-five acres. more or less, near W ilson’s
Pomt, so called and bounded as follows: to Wit-2—
northcrly by highway called Witches Laue, cust~
’crly by Five llilc River road, so called, southerly
by land late of Char 4 L Raymond. deceased, in
par-t,aml in part by la loi Smith Mills,and In part
by land 01' Ida, Shero.. and westerly by land 01
Smith Mills in part. 111 part by land of Moses B.
.Kctclunu. in part by land of_J. R. Scolield, in part
by land oi‘luuSherer, and In part by Roton llill
Road. -
And 1 shall sell at public auction, on'thc prem-
ises hcrci_ubcl‘orc described, on the 315! day of
March, Ad)... 1581. at ;: o’clock, :tl‘ternoon,'so much
thereof as Will raise. the sum of Seven Dollars and
twenty ccnts,(ۤ7.2\l)1hut being the proportion of
the said \Vlllluill l). Earn-Oil, ot the sum totalin
said list..togcthcr with the charges of lcvv,salc,
6w. GEORGE .6. ST. JOHN.
Tax Collector List 1879.
Dated at Norwalk. January "1 . D.,1881. St;
..,A
“fax Collier-etc r’s Solo.
0.33103 is hereby given that the undersigned.
.l. Collector ol‘Tuxes, umlcr and by virtue of
a certain tax warrant. duly executed and signed
by proper authority and directed to the under-
signed, commanding him to levy and collect of
JOHN L. BU BUICK.
and othcrpcrsons named in the rate book, on the
list to snid'warrttnt annexed, their several pro-
portions ol‘thc sum total as therein stated. said
sum being a tax or assessment laid upon. the as-
sessment list made in 1. by the Inhabitants of
the town of Norwulk. regularly and legally as~
semblcd, to wit, on the 17111 day of December, A.
D., 187‘.) met for the purpose of provullng for the
indebtedness 01331.1 tn)\'.'ll.lt)\:lCS upon the follow-
ing described rculostatc of said John L. Burdick.
situated in town of Norwalk. and boundedas fol-
lows. to wit :«northerly' by FITS: Avenue. easter-
ly on land of Frederick Grecn.southeriy on land of
William T. Raymond. and others, and westerly on
land 01' Gilbert Campbell, said tract being fifty
[501 lot-L front and rear. by one hundred and fifty 7
[1501143912 in depth, and known as Lot No. 10, First
Avenue. 351103181“)th on a certain map of build-
ing lots on file 111 the Town Clerk’s office in said
. And I shall sell at public auction, on the prem-
rses hcrcinbctore described. on the 3151: any of
March, A.D.,~1SSi. at 10 o’clock, l‘Orcnoon, so much
Thirty-fivc Cents. (81.35) that being the proportion
ot_ the said John L. Burdickmi the sum total in
smd list,togcj.hcr with .1119 charges 61' icvy, 51:10,
Jan. GEORGE B; ST. JOHN,
t4} 7 Tax Collector ListiSf‘E).
Dated at horwalk, January 22, A. D.,lfiso.
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