am]... Gazette.
’l‘ucstlny,Decembcr 13, 1881.
Fain-field County Items.
CITY OF WEST NORWALK.
Messrs. Bates Brothers are well satisfied
with the "Risdon [water wheel, purchased
of John Cotter. It gives them more power
with less water than any wheel they have
used. _
There has been hoggish work this week,
about every four legged hog has been butch-
cred.
Mr. Fred Keyser, is a restless man—,
when he is net engaged at batting, he is
continually at work around his grounds and
house. In addition to all the changes, he
has now graded the grounds in the rear of
his house, greatly adding to the beauty and
convenience of his cozy cottage and home.
We have with us as a resident a deceudant
of an Indian tribe, who, it is said, was a do-
mestic for. many years, in the family of Cap-
tain Lamb, of your Borough, Although
quite aged and decreped, she is still an ex-
cellent helper. and can cock like an epicure.
WESTON.
Mrs. Carrie Porter, daughter of Mrs. Levi.
D. Coley, drowned herself in the mill-pond
of her uncle David L. Coley on Thursday
evening, Decemper 8th. She had been a
widow about eight years, has lately been an
inmate of an insancjasylum, and leaves a son
about ten years old.
The Sunday-School Conference at the
Congregational Church, on Friday, was a
success. Besides the leader Rev. Mr. Hull,
there were present Revs. Scofield of Easton,
Manson, of Redding, Countrymaupf George-
town‘, Dutcher, of North Wilton, and Cogs-
well, of Weston. Besides the above named
who all took part in the discussion of Sunday
School topics, were Mrs. Manson of Redding
Mrs. J. W. Johnson of Easton and others.
Mr. Ebenezer Fitch was elected Superin-
tendent last Sabbath,to fill the vacancy caused
by the departure of Rev. Mr. Kelsey.
FACTS.
REDDING.
The tobacco raisers took advantage of the
mild and moist weather of last week, and
engaged diligently in stripping the weed.
Some of them have sold their crop—some for
sixteen cents a pound and some for eighteen
cents. g
The Methodist gave “a Japanese Tea Party
and Oyster Supper” in the basement of their
church last Wednesday evening. It was a
pleasant occasion, and also a successful af-
fair.
Mr. James Miller returned on Thursday
from a trip to Northern Vermont, whence
he brought to Bridgeport a car load of stock,
consisting of four horses, nine cows and five
yearlings. They, together with an addition
of two cows, were driven here from Bridge-
port.
Mr. Berlin St. John did not long remain a
resident of this place. He moved here in the
spring. One season of farming satisfied
him. He has moved back to his old place
in Danbury. His farm is for sale,and at a
reasonable price.
Rev. W. J. Jennings attended especial
meeting of Fairfield East Consociation at
Stratford last Tuesday,_ when Rev. S. H.
Dana was dismissed from the pastorate of
the Congregational Church in that town.
WEST STRATFORD.
Judging from the returns of the Norwalk
borough election the “organ” must be out of
tune.
“Side issues” sometimes prove to a “thorn
in the side” of the party making them.
There can be no political importance at-
tached to our borough election, as the nomi-
nations were not made on party grounds.
The Warden- elected was on all the tickets,
and so were all the burgesses but two. The
oflicers elected are as follows, and" we also
give their politics :
Warden—Edward E. Price, d.
Burgesses—Thomas Phillips, d, Milo Loo-
mis, r, Joseph J ohnson,r, Wheeler Hawley,d,
Farrell O’Reilly, d, John Unstattler, r.
Clerk—Charles H. Hinman, d
Treasurer—Henry P. Drew, (1.
Collector—Charles L. Price, d.
Bailiff—George Baker, (1.
Inspectors—W. F. Thompson, r, Jacob
Borstelman, r.
Registrars—Thomas W. Wood, r, Fred.
V. D. Bogart, d.
Strong efforts are being made to have this
place annexed to Bridgeport, and the advo-
cates of the measure talk as if they felt con-
fident of success. '
Pembroke Lake was frozen over, Sunday
morning, with a coat of ice strong enough to
bear the weight of a man. ~
An artesian well is being sunk on the pre-
mises of the Rogers & Brittan Silver Com-
pany, and extensive additions are'beingpmade
to the companies facilities otherwise. W.
DANBURY.
Mrs. Callahan, housekeeper at the New
England hotel, fell down stairs and received
very serious if not fatal inj dries.
O. D. Taylor sold a pair of fatted oxen
weighing 4,300 pounds, which have been
shipped to Europe.
The Housatonic railway company brought
245 loaded cars of freight into Danbury last
month. .
Workman are now engaged on the freight
office of the Danbury and Norwalk railway.
A great improvement is being made and it
will be, when finished, a model ofice, and
one with which Freight Agent Hull, after a
service of twenty-five years in the old office
will be proud of.—Ncws.
' STAMFORD,
On Thursday afternoon Daniel Young. a
carpenter, fell from the scaffold at the new
works of the Yale Lock Co. and received
injuries which will probably prove fatal.
The charge against Riordan of.selling liq-
uor without a government license was sus-
tained in the U. S. Court, at Hartford, last
Tuesday. The ease cost him $300.
They are working nights at the Billard
factory.
St. Andrew’s Church realized $200 by its
recent fair and supper.
'Thc Consolidating railroad company are
building a new track from the depot in
Stamford to the head of the Canal, for the
purpose of receiving at that point supplies
of soft coal for the locomotives. Hitherto
these supplies were received at New Haven,
but by this new arrangement the road will
receive a considerable portion of its coal at
Stamford.
Editor Gillespie is erecting two neat cot-
tages on Franklin street.
GREEN WICH.
Greenwich now rejoices in two newspapers.
The latest venture is the Graphic, a good
looking sheet full of matters of local interest.
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Ex-President Hayes and wife are going to
Europe.
The Sentinel intimates that the big Wash-
ington street sewer is a failure, not having
“fall enough.”
That joy forever, the beautiful snow, is
now overdue and may be expected to arrive
at any moment. _
The robbers who stole $117,000 in bonds
from n Cleveland bank, last week, have been
arrested in Buffalo. .
All the steamers which arrived in New
York last work, reported unusually stormy
weather on the At‘antic.
The annual meeting of the Ridgefield Ag-
ricultural Society is t) be held next Friday
afternoon, at the Town House. '
There are twenty-three applicants for the
position of principal of the Eaton School in
New Haven, to succeed Mr. Dutton. '
The American Book Exchange has gone
into bankruptcy. Selling dollars for fifty
cents is not profitable in the long run.
The Danbury 8: Norwalk Railroad Com-
pany will petition the Legislature for an
amendment to their charter giving them
power to extend their road to Long Island
Sound at some convenient point between
Norwalk Harbor and Five Mile River.- '
Mr. James Sherwood has been making
some fine and sensible improvements on his
property on Camp Street, by making a first.
class gravel walk on the east side from his
barn to the walk of Mrs. L. Gorham. He has
pierced it at each end with cement pipe for
the purpose of carrying into the brook the
surface water which comes down each hill.
WESTPORT.
Previous to Wednesday mild weather had
prevailed to such an extent that the hopes
of ice men began to waver and the scenes of
two years ago were imminent. A cold wave
from the north reached us soon after Wednes-
day, and ever since the temperature has been
of an encouraging kind.
Mr. A. S. Hurlbutt was in Watertown, N.
Y., last week. He is improving in health.
Committees on Christmas “ greens", have
had splendid opportunities this year to pre-
pare for the work entrusted to them. Time
has been when evergreens had to be dug
from beneath snow and ice. .
The GAZETTE at all times at Hurlbutt’ .
Captain Alfred Taylor was ninety 'l hinks-
giving day. He and his aged wife have been
very sick.
The machines for the manufacture of silk
in Corwall & Patterson‘s factory have been
DUI: up. The entire second floor was requir-
ed. Thirty tenements have been engaged for
operatives and five more are needed. A
Boiler of fine proportions, for the establish-
ment, arrived last Wednesday.
The people of Christ church are talking
about building a Sunday school or chapel,
soon.
Santa Claus made a flying visit by way of
prospecting the field of his approaching an-
nual operations among the children, the other
night. A cold wind blew making much
noise among shutters, the trees singing a
chilly greeting. The little fellow was alone
and without presents of any kind—he came
to see what was wanted around here, and he
found a field in which to exercise his peculiar
usefulness. Dropping into village stores he
observed that, while dealers had a good sup-
ply of pt‘escnts on hand. the boys and girls
with stockings to fill would not be likely to
get along very well without his aid, and he
therefore decided to make his regular appear-
ance Saturday night, December 24th.
PAUL.
Court of' Burgesses.
Regular Meeting, TI’cdncsday, Dec. 7th, 1881.
Bills ordered paid:
Gregory Bros, highways, $183 00
Thos. Farrell, “ 29 06
Daniel Nealan, “ 26 87
Dennis Murphy, “ 28 79
M. O'Donnell, " 28 7o
Barney McGiunis, “ ‘28 62
John Grace, -“ .28 75
Owen Wynn, “ 28 75
Rhody McGinnis, “ 5 00
Patrick Hanlon, “ < 30 81
Wm. Fitzgerald, “ 12 50
John Malone, “ 12 50
Michael Kinchlen, “ 5 62
Fred. T. Betts, “ 18 90
Wm. Sheldon, “ 8 50
Chas. N. Wood, surveyor, 54 53
Platt Price. fencing, 25 98
A. DeForest, Bailiff, 29 52
Chas. Gehebe, Pound Keeeper, 7 50
Board of Registrars, 30 00
“ Inspectors, 20 00
R. S. Craufurd, Treas. salary, 37 50
Board of Auditors, 6 00
W. H. Littell, Health Officer, 20 00
A. DcForest, police, 54 00
John O’Sullivan “ 54 00
Wm. H. Jones, special police, 3 00
Michael McGann “ 3 50
C. E. Crabbe “ 4 37
T. H. Finuerty " 1 25
J. G. Miner, lamps, 2 70
J. C. Cotter, lampligbtcr. 47 15
Raymond & Nickersou, supplies, 7 80
Wm. E. Dean, livery, 2 70
A. H. Byington 850-3., adv., 17 00
W. H. Palmer, adv., 12 67
J. T. Prowitt, 8 75
112 00
Norwalk Gas Light Co., streets,
“ ‘, Fire Dept.. 10 20
Petition of Robert Allen for the erection
of a wooden addition to his building on
Chapel street, granted. be having the written
cbnsent of adjoining property owners.
The meeting then adjourned to Wednes-
day, 28th.
CITY NEWS.
Editor Golden of. Lee, Mass, was in town
a few days since. The climate of old Berk-
shire County seems to agree with him.
Nearly all of the mud and mortar which
was used during the dry summer for cement-
ing our streets, having been sufficiently pul-
verized and mixed, has been removed to a
convenient garden spot, while the tax payers
pay for such folly.
It is said the pr oceeds of the oyster supper
announced for Wednesday evening, will be
used to defend the rights of those who can-
not own a steamboat.
The resignation of Rev. J. M. Taylor, of
the Baptist Tabernacle, is regretted by all
classes of our community.
A prominent notice in the Connecticut
Republican, reads thus: “Notice is hereby
given that a petition will be presented to the
next General Assembly for the modification
and alteration of the city charter of South
Norwalk, and the various amendments there-
to, with a view of revisihg and amending said
charter and its several amendments and cod-
ifiying the same.” This certainly is elabor-
2177 ,but the object is not quite plain to the
uninitiated. In 1877 a notice, legal in every
respect, was given in the GAZETTE, of which
the Sentinel, among other things, said,
“There has been no expression of the people
for a. change in the charter, nor is a change
apparent to any, outside a certain clique.”
If the people have asked for an amended
charter, the number is very small, not
over two or three, for the balance of our res-
idents aredisgusted with it,aud want a new
charter—if any, short, explicit and that can
be enforced.
One of our new-comers, while looking
down from the giddy heights where they
have located, to the hills and valleys beyond,
discovered on an eminence a bright light,
which was thought to be a house on fire.
Going out towards it, it was ascertained to
be one of the city’s brilliant kerosene lamps.
The City Reform Club elected the follow-
ing oflicers:—-President, Franklin E. Sage;
vice presidents, S. Elzea, A. Keisler, Geo. T.
Carr, L. E. Bucknam Frank Merwin; seere
tary, Charles C. Stevens; treasurer, 0. W.
Weed; trustees, Seth Remington, Frank
Richards and John Canfield; auditing com-
mittee, Chas. F. Hallock, Welford S. Bailey
and George S . York.
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Mnlaga cCatawba Grapes,Finuey & Benedicts
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WThe Combination Clothing Co. have
reduced the prices of overcoats and winter
clothing 25 per cent. from their former low
prices. Now is the time to buy.
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Orang es,Lemons,Bananas,Finney&Beuedicts
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Mrs. Fink, on West Main street, is having
her house and fences re-painted and put in
complete order.
Read the new adv. of L. J. Curtis, and call
at his store and examine his wonderful vari-
ety of goods for the holiday trade.
We insert to-day the prospectus of the New
York Daily Tribune for 1882. As a great
daily, to our minds it has no superior in the
world.
“Sweeping Reductions" is the order of the
day at'Scofield 8: Hoyt’s, Main street. Read
their advertisement, examine their goods and
secure their bargains.
The grasses in the window of H. S. Betts’
corner drug store caught fire from a gas jet
one night last week, blazing up in a lively
manner. Extinguished with light damage.
ANOTHER Sooranna.—-Co. F will hold an-
other Sociable at their armory, Lockwood’s
Hall, on Wednesday evening of this week.
It is an invitation affair, and will undoubted-
ly prove an enjoyable entertainment.
It is stated that sixteen of the experts in
insanity summoned in the Guiteau case at
Washington, have agreed that he is sane and
responsible for his crime. It is hardly pos-
sible that his life will end in an insane asylum.
Whaley’s pond having finally been filled
and a firm bed obtained for the track. trains
on the New England Road have commenced
running through from Boston to the Hudson
River, connecting at Newburgh, with the
Erie branch.
Mr. J. T. J. Sturges is making some con:
siderable alterations to his cottage on New-
town Avenue ; he is having another story
put on and a large addition built on to the
rear. It will be quite a commodious residence
When finished:
BRIDGEPORT.
The. Cornwall & Patterson organ com-
pany intend to build two‘factories on the
South avenue extension, oue..400 feet long
and the other 200 feet long. Mr. Patterson
has bought 100 lots on the Burr road and will
put up 100 houses for the employees of the
company.
Captain John Brooks. .
Captain John Brooks, the only brother of
Charles C. Brooks, Esq., of this place, died
at his home in Bridgeport, on Wednesday
morning last, at the advanced age of 86 years
His father lived to the great age of 97 years.
The Standard says:
“He was born in East Bridgeport, the son
of Captain John and Mary Coe Brooks,
September 18, 1795, at which time there were
but ten houses on the east side of the harbor.
For his education he received the advanta-
ges of the district school, and of the old
Stratford academy, of which the distinguish-
ed David Platt, afterward Lieutenant Gov-
ernor, was preceptor. At the age of fifteen
years he went to New York to live with
John Vanderbilt, and the next year, in 1811,
entered the store of Gershom Smith, grocer,
in Peck slip. as clerk, but soon found be had
mistaken .his calling, and on the breaking
out of the war of 1812 came home. His
father being aseafariug man be early im-
bibed a fondness for the water and acquired
skill as a boatmau. That he was a born
leader it is evident from the fact that at the
early age of eighteen years he was given
charge of a vessel as well as from his subse-
quent history. which has been that of a pop-
'ular and successful steamboat commander.
Time and space will permit of only a rapid
sketch of the :several stages of this history.
He first sailed the sloop Arab in 1813 from
Bridgeport to New York,sloop Intrepid 1814,
sloop Patriot 1815, sloop Mary Ann 1816.
On October 14, 1817,he was marreid to Mary,
daughter of Zalmon Hawley, who survives
him, and in the same year entered into a co-
partnership with the late Isaac Sherman,
Esq, occupying the store located on the now
vacant lot on Water street next south of El-
lis' stone yard, Mr. Sherman attending to the
store and Captain Brooks sailing the sloop
Mary Ann, as a regular packet to and from
New York until 1822. Esquire Sherman in
his reminisences speaks in warm terms of his
agreeable relations with Captain Brooks and
of his many acts of kindness .to himself and
family.
In 1824 he took charge of the steamboat
John Marshall,plying between New York and
Norwalk, Bridgeport passengers benig taken
to and from Norwalk by stage. The next
year he was transferred to the steamer United
States,runniug between New Haven and New
York, and soon after to the S. B. Hudson, a
fine boat built by Montgomery Livington,
and run on the same route.
In 1826 and 1827 he commanded the stcame
Franklin and the Governor Wolcott on the
Hudsm River. At this period Captain
Brooks made the acquaintance of Captain
Cornelius Vanderbilt, which ripened into a
warm and life-long friendship and contributed
largely to his prosperity.
Subsequently he commanded the Emerald
running between New York and Norwalk,'
the Bellona and Thistle to New Brunswick,
N. J., S. B. Baltimore and the Westchester
to Norwalk, and the Nimrod to Norwalk and
Bridgeport, and lastly the John Brooks, to
Bridgeport, which was sold in 1864, during
the war for transportation purposes, and
closed his long career upon the water. It
was in connection with the steamer Nimrod
and its daily trips between this city and New
York from 1840 to 1860, that his qualities as
a seamen and commander were best known
and appreciated by our citizens. This period
is rich in incident but time fails for the re-
cital. It has been well said that Captain
Brooks had marked individuality and strength
of character, His influence was all pervasive
on board of his boat from the scullion to his
chief ofiicer, and so marked as to be recog-
nized and felt by any observer. Not only his
word but his known wish or opinion was law
to all under him.
He held various offices under the city
government, and was twice elected Mayor.
He was a :decided Republican from the
organization of the party, and was previously
an “old-line Whig.”
Captain Brooks never allowed his numer-
ous business cares to interfere with his duty
to Him who gave him life, strength and pros-
perity. His life has been that of a faithful
Christian man. Under the labors of that
good man Rev. Elijah Waterman, pastor of
the First, then only Congregational church
of this place, there occurred a remarkable re-
ligious awakening in the year of 1820 and
1821, and as a result about eighty personsin
the small hamlet were converted and united
with the church. The record shows that
October 7, 1821, fifty-one persons united in
one communion season, and among them
John Brooks, J r., and Maria Brooks, his
wife, At the division of the church in 18 30
Captain Brooks and his wife were of the
number who were dismissed to form the
Second or the South Church. Here he was
the faithful tally and helper of his pastor, that
great and good man, Rev. Nathaniel Hewitt,
D. D. He was especially useful in regard to
the music for which he had a special fond-
ness. At that period Dr. Hewitt was oppos-
ed to the employment of the organ of the
church music but did not object to Captain
Brook’s violin nor even a second one. The
South Churcd choir was,famous for number,
volume and drill. , At one period it consisted
of fifteen or twenty singers led by the
late Peter M. Thorp with his mellow
flute aided by two violins, a bass viol and
sub-bass. For quite a period Captain Brooks
brought up from New York the celebrated
Professor Thomas Hastings ,to instruct and
drill his choir.
At the division of the Second church and
the organization of the First Presbyterian
church, October 31, 1853, under the leader-
ship of the late Rev. Nathaniel Hewitt, D.
D. be was ordained a ruling elder,
and has been active in all church work
ever since. Up to within a few months
his seat was never vacant at the meetings
of the board. The same may also be said
of hls attendance at church and prayef
meeting. He was not always present, but
was always on time. He has also been a
member of the society’s committee of this
church from the date of its organization and
always took an active and a leading part
in the management of its financial affairs.
The growth and prosperity of this church
have been largely due to his large financial
contributions. He, with the late Captain
Burr Knapp, gave the land on the corner of
Myrtle avenue and West Liberty street, on
which the first house of worship was erected
and when that building was destroyed by fire
December 9, 1874, he, although sick at the
time, said the same evening: “We shall be-
gin to rebuild before the bricks are cold.”
The present beautiful edifice was largely due
to his efforts. He headed the subscription
list with a handsome sum, and when a few
years ago an effort was made to pay off a
debt of about $30,000, be subscribed more»
than one-third of the whole sum and the
whole amount was secured in less than a
week. His characteristic Christian benevo-
lence was wont to find an outlet through
the church he loved so well, and many of our
citizens not church members, in the humbler
walks of life can testify to his large-hearted.
open-handed assistance in times of need, and
he will be greatly missed.
His aged wrdow and only remaining broth-
er has the sympathy of their many friends.
——o«H———
It is the Heighlh of Folly
To wait till you are in bedwith a disease you
may not get over for months, when you can
.be cured during the early symptoms by Par-
ker’s Ginger Tonic. We have known the
sickliest families made the healthiest by a
timely use of this pure medicine—Observer.
4.49
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If. is estimated that 500 lives were lost by
the burning of the Ring Theatre, in Vienna,
Thursday evening. Some people escaped by
leaping from the windows on cloths held
below. The fire was caused by the upsetting
ofalamp on the stage. In the confusion
the iron partition, which might have ar-
rested the spread of the flames, was not
lowered. Intense excitement prevails in
Vienna.
—.—-4°
Why purchase bitter, bad tasting remedies
for worms, which your children can hardly
be coaxed to take, when in The Peerless
Worm Specific, the most perfect curative
are combined with a most agreeable taste.
Tryabottle and be satisfied. No cure no
pay. H. S. Betts, agent.
.—_0_
There is to be found in the office of the
journal clerk of the house at Washington an
ancient and interesting relic of star route
affairs. It is a contract dated November 15,
1832, between Charles Partrick of Norwalk,
Conn, and the United States government,
for the former to carry the mails three times
a week in a two-horse coach, between Nor-
walk and New Canaan,at $12.50 a quarter or
$50 per annum. The contract is embellished
with a. wood cut of an ancient Concord coach
drawn by four spirited horses.‘
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Thero is a Balm 1n Gilead.
The success which has marked the intro—
duction of Cream Balm, a Catarrh remedy,
prepared by Ely Bros, of Oswego, N. Y., is
indeed marvellous. Many persons in Pitts-
ton and vicinity are using it with most satis-
factory results. A lady dowu town is recov-
ering the sense of smell, which she has not
enjoyed for fifteen years, through the use of
the Balm. She had given up her case as in-
curable. Mr. Barber, the druggist, has used
it in his family and commends it very highly.
In another column a young ’l‘unkhanuock,
lawyer, known to many of our readers, tes-
tifies that he was cured of partial deafness.
It is certainly a very efficacious remedy.—
Pittaton,’Pa., Gazette, Aug. 15, 1879. Price
50 cents. 2t50
Railroad News.
THE GOULD DIRECTORS. ELECTED BY THE NEW
YORK AND NEW ENGLAND ROAD.
Bosrou, Dec. 6.—At the annual meeting
of the stockholders of thc‘New York and
New England Railroad, held today, 94,650,
votes were cast for the Board of Directors,
as follows: Jesse Metcalf, Jay Gould,Sidncy
Dilliou, Cyrus W. Field, W. T. Hart, James
H. Wilsou,John H. Freuch,Eustace C.Fritz.
George B. Roberts, H.J. Jewett, L. B. Can-
non, Frederick J. Kingsbury, ~R. Suydam
Grant and Henry L. Higginson.
President Wilson made an address, in
which he spoke of the present needs of the
road as a double track and an increase of
rolling stock. He quoted the opinion of Mr.
Gould, who was now one of the largest
stockholders, that;the road was now in acou-
dition to earn $6,000.000 as easy as it earns
$3,000,000. In regard to the policy to be
pursued concerning competing roads, Gen-
eral Wilson said that the company did not
propose to adopt rates which would be
ruinous to the interest of the stockholders of
the road. In regard to the changes in the
Board of Directors General Wilson said “it
meant simply this—that we should have a
double-track steel road fully equipped from
the heart of the city of Boston through our
principal cities to New York, and also to the
Hudson River. We mean to be conservative
though it may be slightly aggressive, and we ,
believe the new blood brought into our board
of directors to-day will greatly rebound to
the advantage of stockholders." The follow-
ing resolution was adopted :
Whereas. This company now has a com-
pleted unbroken line of rails from Boston
and Providence to the Hudson River, con-
stituting one of the most valuable railroad
properties in the _United States; and whereas
this road cannot adequately serve its patrons
nor promote the commerce of Boston, upon
which its success so largely depends, with-
out facilities in every respect equal to those
of its rivals; and whereas the passenger bu-
siness is one of the most profitable elements
of the railroad carrying trade between
Boston and Providence and New York City.
and to secure and retain a fair proportion of
this business requires the control oMcontin-
nous double track railroad for the entire dis-
tance under one management.
It is therefore voted that the Board of
Directors of this company are hereby reques-
ted to take measure to secure to the company
either by lease, purchase or construction,
such a line of railroad from some point on
the completed road of this company to New
York City.
It was voted that the Board of Directors
elected to-day choose four additional direc-
tors, so that the Board shall eousist of nine-
teen members.
A call was made for Jay Gould to which
he responded by an ing he would reserve his
speech till they had paid a dividend. Short
speeches were made by Russell Sage, Cyrus
W. Field and others, and the meetingnd-
jourued.
Thedircctors organized and made choice of
the following officers for the ensuing year :
President, James H. Wilson ; Treasurer,
George B. Phipper; Secretary, James W.
Perkins; Executive Committee, Jay Gould,
LeGrand B. Cannon, Jonas [1. French,
William T. Hart and James H. Wilson, ex-
officio.
Eight of these directors are new to the
board: Jay Gould, Sidney Dilliou, Russell
Sage, Cyrus W. Field, Eustace C. Fitz,
Henry L. Higginson, Hugh J. Jewett and
George B. Roberts. They take the place of
W. 0. Tyler, Samuel A. Carlton, John
Goldthwait, Thomas Nickerson and S. B.
Allen, Boston; G. P. Pomeroy, Providence;
Marshall Jewell, Hartford; and George P.
Carter, Cambridge.
The present change of management of
this road, which has been foreshadowed for
several weeks, has assumed a large import-
ance. The facts that the presidents of both
the Erie and the Pennsylvania Railroads have
consented to take part in it is likely to make
a settlement of the existing warfare between
the trunk line railroads a still more difficult
task than it has been heretofore. The work
of completing the road to the Hudson River
has been substantially completed. At Fish-
kill, connection is made with the Erie, and
practically with the Pennsylvania system.
These two roads, therefore, will have almost
unbroken connection with New England by
a route independent of the Vanderbilt lines.
The division of the New England business
has been a. serious obstacle in the settlement
of the trunk line war, and the acquisition of
a new line to New England, which may be
made an important connection, will not les-
sen the difficulties of a settlement.
It is understood, moreover, to be part of
the plan of the new management to make
the road a through line between Bos-
ton and New York. At present connection
is made at Brewsters with the New York
ity and Northern Railroad, but no through
trains have yet been run. The trains of the
New York and New England'road have
reached New York by the New York, New
Haven and Hartford road, and the former
directory long ago proposed to lease the New
Haven road, but no arrangement of the kind
has thus far been made. It is said that the
new management contemplates the building
of a new line from Danbury, or some other
point on the line, to New York, where it
will make connection with the Second Ave-
nue Elevated Railroad by throwing a bridge
across the {Harlem River. If favorable ar-
rangements should be made with the New
Haven road; the same connection will be
made, it is said, by deflecting the New Ha-
ven road to the terminus of the Second Ave-
nue road. If these plans should be carried
into effect, the New England road would
gain a double entrance into this city—on the
east by the Second Avenue Elevated Rail-
road, and on the west by the New York City
and Northern, which now connects with the
elevated railroad system at Eighth avenue
and 151st street.
Jay Gould stopped ten minutesin Danbury
en route to Boston, last week. The News
man took an instantaneous portrait of him as
follows:
“A little man, dressed in a dark business
suit, wearing a silk hat and long black whit-
kers, and looking like the head clerk in a
large dry goods house.”
A special dispatch from Hartford says .
. “Another mystery in railroading came to
light Tuesday upon the receipt by an attorney
of Hartford of a letter from New York
directing him to give notice, by advertising
according to law, of an application to the
legislature in January for act of incorporation
to enable the construction of a railroad from
New York to Boston. The line designated
13 from a point in the town of Greenwich,
on the New York state line, along and some-
what parallel tc the New York and Hartford
road to New Haven, thene in an easterly
direction along the route of the Air Line
road, across the Connecticut river at or near
Middletown, to a point near the towns of
Putnam and Thompson in the eastern part
of the state. The promoters of the enterprise
are not publicly named, and to what extent
the scheme is to be pushed is not yet
known. .
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- The members of the Nautilus Yacht Club
will hold their annual rc-union at the City
Hotel, on Wednesday evening, December
28th. '
The creek was covered with a .thin coating
of ice last Sunday morning. The propeller
bad no difficulty in getting out, however,
that night.
O .
A Remarkable Coincidence.
It is a matter of journalistic record, that
some years since, a schooner set sail from
Baltimore, having on board a crew of thir-
teen men. By a most singular freak of na-
ture, the entire force was attacked by a skin
disease, which manifested itself in large, ul-
cerated sores on the arms and hands, wholly
incapacitating the men from duty.. The re—
sult was that the vessel was towed back to
the city where the men were placed in the
hospital". Moral! Had Swaync’s Ointment
for skin diseases been used in the first place,
the crew would have recovered in from 12 to
48 hours. 4t50
...—*—
It looks to the Boston Transcript as
though a man about Chester A. Arthur’s
size proposed to be president of the United
States without asking the consent of any
person or clique whatsoevor. A vigorous in-
dependence crops out in his message that
promises well for the country,
The senate committee on privileges and
elections have disposed of the charges
against Senators Miller and Lapham of New
York, who, it was alleged, had procured
their election through fraud. The sub com
mittee, having reported that there was no
evidence to sustain the allegations, the com-
mittee agreed unanimously to ask to be dis-
charged from further cousideratidn of the
case.
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SKILL IN The Wonksuon—To do good work
the mechanic must have good "health. If
long hours of confinement in close rooms have
enfeebled his hand or dimmed his sight, let
him at once, and Defer some organic trouble
appears, take plenty of Hop Bitters. His
system will be rejuvenated, his nerves
strengthened, his sight become clear, and the
whole constitution built up to a higher work-
ing condition. ,
Murmurs ' fonanKfN.
REMEDY ’SUCII as DISEASES
. rsnsa.lrcu.soars. l’lMPLES. .
. , .amewom.1.3
» =_ .I ~ soy
THE GREAT
iliiiifid BEES
Symptoms are moisture, stinging, itching, worse at
night; seems as if pin-worms were crawling about
the rectum; the private parts urn . .rtt-n a1 ', As. a
pleasant, economical and positive or ‘
UfNTMl-IN'I' is superior to any ttrflt‘I 'r: rut,
Sold byrlruggistmor semi .‘iU cls. in ..-rf
Beale-5.81.25. Address, Dn. Swarm: A; s
Edward Street
'1' 0-D A Y
ONE CASE
MARSAILLES _
L‘IIlNTEBPIlIES
At the extremeJow price of $1.23.
They are extra large and well worth 82.00. Those
that web the greatest bargain they ever saw had
better come early as they Will not last long.
Special Bargains
lnather Departments.
EDWARD STREET,
ONE PRICE CASH STORE,
No. 5 Gazette Building.
Hal ,Bfll till
Successors lo BUR]! KNAPP,
Lumber Yard
AND
‘PLANING MILL,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Doors,
Sashes,
Blinds,
Mouldings,
Window Frames,
Packing Boxes, &c.
Mill & Oflico'foot of Marshall Sh,
So. Norwalk, Conn.
GREAT IERM DESTROYEB l
DAEBY’S
Prophylactic * Fluid.
Fitting of Small Pox
Upreveut d.
cers purified a. healed
Gangrene preventcd&
SMALL POX
l.
ERADIGATED- ”gill-rags healed rapidly.
1821:3531 cured in short
Contagion destroyed. Tellcr'dricd up.
SickRooms purified and
made pleasant.
Favored and Sick Per-
sons relieved and re-
freshed by bathing
w 1 t h Prophylactic
Fluid added to the
water.
Soft While Complemions
secured byits use in
bathing.
Impure Air made barm-
less and purified by
Draby’s
I l is perfectly harmless.
For Sore Throat it is a.
sure cure.
DIPTHERIA
PBEVENTBD-
Cholera dissipated.
Ship Fever prevented
iprinkling
luid about. . by its use.
To Purify the Breath, Removcsutlunpfeasant
Cleanse the Teeth, it odors.
can’t be surpassed. In cases of death in the
Catarrh relieved and house,“ should always
cureu.| be used about the
corpse—it will prevent
any unpleasant smell.
An Antidote for Animal
or. Vegetable Poisons.
Stings, &0.
Dan crous cflluvias of“
Sic Rooms and flos-
pitals removed by its
use.
Yellow Fever
Erarlicafcd.
Erysipelas cured.
Burnslrelieved instantly
Scars prevented.
SCARLET
FEVER Cured.
In fact. it is the great
DISINFECTANT AND PURIFIER,
Prepared by
J. H, ZEILIN & (30.,
Manufacturing Chemists, Sole Proprietors.
0A
H DIRECTIONS.
‘; I ForCstarrh, Ha Fe-
' vcr, Cold in the end,
- &c,,insert with little
finger n. particle of the
Balm into the nostril ;
draw strong breaths
through the nose. It
will be absorbed,
cleansing and healing
the diseased mom-
braue.
. For Deafness,
Apply a particle into
., the car, rubbing m
thoroughly.
' —A fair trial wrll con-
vince the most skepti-
cal,
ELYS’ CREAM BALM
Effeetunlly cleanses the nasal passages of eatarb-
of virus, causing healthy secretionsmllays inflam-
mation, and irritation, protects the membrannl
lintns ot‘flle head from additional colda,complclely
heals the sofas and restores the sense of taste and
smell‘ Beneficial results are realized by a. few up-
plrcafrons. A thorough treatment nsdfrectcd Will
cure Catarrh. As it household remedy for cold in
the bend and snuflles it is unequalled. Tho Balm
is easy tome and agreeable. Sold b 'druggfsts at
50 cents. On receipt of 50 cents wil mail a pack-
nge, Send for circular with full information.
ELYS" CREAM BALM (30.. Owego, N.Y.
For sale by the Norwulk Druggists, and by
Wholesale Druggists generally. 50 e o w ly
l”TEA
Po;- M ova"!
, patterning“
spawned;
HA
WANTED, SALESMEN.
.To canvass for the sale of Nursery Stock, Un-
ertunfled facilities. N 0 experience required. Sala-
ry and expenses paid. 500 acres of Fruit and 0r-
namentul Trees, Shrubs, Roses. etc.
4‘” WI & TI SMITH. G GIGYB. HI I-
THE
Ml SI. »
Announce to the public that they have on 'hand a
fine assortment of
Fall and Winter
Mi llinery
INCLUDING
Novelties in Velvets, Plushes, Rib-
bons, Ostrich & Fancy Feathers,
Birds, &c.
All the Leading Shapes in
BflllllIlISli IIIlIlIlII HIIIS,
For both Ladies and Children.
‘ A fine assortment of
Mournong Goods
Constantly on hand, and orders executed at short
notice. Particular attention is ivcn to the pur-
chasrng of Grape. They are cur. led to ' sell very
low as it is boughttn large quantities and at the
lowest figure.
Ladies are invited to calland examine the valu-
able_lmpro_vement effected in renewing Ora c and
making it rmpcrwous to dampness by the atent
Process. Their Stock of
Fancy Goods
includes all the latest novelties.
their stock of
Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, Hair
Goods, &.c.
Agents for the
Universal Perfect Fitting Patterns
. . Acknowledged the best in the world.
Orders received for the
Nor-walk Dyeing Establishment.
MISSES ST. JOHN,
33 Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
Fall and Winter
MILLINEHY.
Mrs. J. B. BETTS,
49' Main,Stree.t, Norwalk,
Has always on hand a large and well selected
Millinery Goods
IN ALL THE NEW DESIGNS
AND STYLES.
MilliueryNovelties
Also
Please examine
Of all Descriptions.
Bittericf’s Paper Patterns and
Permflcals.
Agency for the
Staten Island Dye Works.
Goods received and forwarded to the above cs-
tablrsbmcnt at the same prices as charged at the
principal office in the city. A new assortment of
Scrap Pictures,
Birthday and
Holiday Cards
01’ all kinds and prices.
The Standard Sewing Machine and
Hand Needles for sale at
Mrs. J. B. Betts,
4.9 Main Street.
CIT YIlIIR HOUSES
Thoroughly
Economically I
And to do so buy your
"Parlor Stoves
HEAE‘ERS
J A Q UI.
Largest Assortment,
Lowest Prices.
Crown Jewel, The King of Base
Burners, Good, Luck, Royal,
Elegant, Windsor, Elite,
Como, Boom, Argus,
Triumph,Laurel,
Broadway,
TEE
Pnlurlluhlefleaters
Radient Light, Elegant and Anti-
Clinker.
And if in want of a Perfect and. Durable
R A. N G- E
’ SEE '
Crawford, Archer, and the New Hub
with patent Reflex Grate, a beauti-
ful worker, the Bunker Hill with
patent Reflex Grate, Sure Worker,
also the King Bird with Wrought
Iron Oven that does not crack, and
Waverly with same, Boom, Marvel,
Nugget, Glendon, Windsor, Serene,
Sam, Thames.
Best assortment of
s 'I' o v E s ,
such as
Electra Cook,
Chief Cook,
Parole Cook,
Dover Cook.
111E WOOD STO VES
Oakland and Plow Boy.
ALSO
Cylinder Stoves, Sugar Loaf Stoves,
&c., and the
RENUWNEI] all RELIABLE
Time Triedand Fire Tested
P 'k k
Boyuton Furnace!
No Experiments. Satisfaction guaranteed or
no sale. All kinds of REPAIRS furnished
for the some, at Manufacturers’ New York
prices; and at short notice. Also
CROCKE B. Y
purchased of first hands ;' the prices will
demonstrate this. N o middleunen’s profits to
pay. See our Stock of
L:A=MsP=S,
Nickle Student, Nickle Leader, Library,
' Parlor, and Hand Lamps—Cheapest at
J AQUI’S, Norwalknfif
Comatock Bras
srrcut NOTICE.
‘6 “ 6‘
6‘ 6‘ ‘6
(6 l5 6‘
6‘ 6‘ .H
We will this day afier Men’s} Diagonal Wor-
steds at the following Prices : .
Walking Co‘at a‘l‘ld Vest, at
Prin‘ce Albert Carat and
$2 50
4 5O
“ - 5 50
r: 6 60
9 50
Vest, 2 50
“ all wool 6 00
cc All. W001
VERY FINE. 8 5O
W—
‘
Five Cases MEN’S STIFF HATS, at
25 Cents each.
Four Cases CHILDREN’S HATS
each.
10 Cents
Men’s Extra. Size CARDIGAN JACKETS,
at 50 Cents each.
Comstoek Brothers
45 Main Street, Norwalk,
Insurance Block, 80. Nor-walk.
The Norwalk Dye Works
ARE now in successful operation. Ladies’ and
_ Gents’fiarments Dyed, Cleaned or Secured
in best possible manner, wrthoutjniury to cloth.
Any shade of color produced which may be dcé
sired. Work well done and rices reasonable.
Goods can be left at the Mi liner and Fancy
Store of the MISSES ST. JOHN. 33 ain St.,Nor-
walk, or at MR3. H. KREIGER’S Millinery. 39tl
aoonponsn FOB sums.
Enquire of STARR. BROTHERS” Store.
«53%.
war-mum 1....
l
:- LOI‘C Ill‘fllll l.\'.' '1 “‘2
{a waste, use ltop ,
lf'you‘nre young: and g7 suffering {rum I): In-
} discretion or tilssipll r'tion; il' ,\':. m:.r~
' c single. ( hi or 5, ottf:',:,.~uu‘erm;,: from
1. . rhcultlf m‘lnnmfish c, mt: on u. had of sinis-
rcly on H o p :2 Bitters.
't
'"TJ-nu‘ LL " iguagipfuz ini-
er 5: on are. .- Thousands die on.
‘ r you feel ’ l lllll-II)’ from some
Ill‘ system i 5' form of K Id t‘. 5 y
l " ' .f. '
- ‘ (list-use flux: 1 4
... 'fi whavo lig'cn pron . 1..”
J, ‘ by ulnnuly ">2va
Iv“ ‘ Hchlttcrs
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l valmuru'hili’l {YUP .4 mu. lf’x'e' :I-
. m, . '~ ' ’ Illin- vu r .
1‘3‘ blood, fl! 1 T n‘r-mlusm s,
urucrf'es 1 l . ‘
. .gt,. .
$525.11...
«7| , .
You will from“! ; 1- f- “,h 'cc
cured ”)0“ us ‘I ' ii narcotics. ’
. Hop Bitters .. I , g}
lfycunrcsim- 1' { -, Suldhydrum
. push. .‘icuiifur
. ~iy We :1 I: and .
iI-nvaidritcd, try: A,. .
~ == t mam; ...
3‘ save yourgt, "0" ”"515
1' life. it has;
:l'l-“G m., .
1; saved hun- a; final-cater, a'. Y. .
I _—-—-— ——~ I sk'l'nrunrn. ()nl. ' ~
. '?753s;_"e7;‘:-=;.,ssnm 1c "
nlur'.
Carriage Making
..u, AND ..~.‘;
3 E P A I R ING .
AT:
E: . '1- :I; 1.. 1.. "Y = is ,
Main Street, South Norwalk, 0
Coupe Roe :1 cod order, for-sale.
, Stuarts.
Dr. FITOE’S
familynfllaylclnnl
For Boys.
THE Fifteenth Your will commence Sep-
tember but, 1 881 . . Pupils received at
any age over six. Young Ladies arealso admitted
to the Da Department. both In the Primary and
Advance Course. Sessrons arranged to accom-
modate pupils wishing to commute on the can.
Penmanship and Bookkeeping, a specialty,
taught by teachers of large experience. Free
Hand Drawing and Painting also taught. Young
Ladies and Gentlemen fitted for College..
Circulars and references will be furnished on
application to the Principal.
DR. J .C. FITCH Norwalk, Conn.
. NIIRWALK LATIN SCHUIIL,
Belden Ave. 'near West Avenue.
MALE DEPA RTMENT at 8:30 a. m., (limited to
25 pupils.) Terms Slo per car; extra stud-
ies—Latin. Greek, German, an Higher Mathe-
matics, 87.60 each per year.
FEMALE DEPARTMENT at 9:00 a. in. Terms
810 per year without extras. Specml terms for
boarders and young children on application.
Third Year, Second Quarter, Novem-
ber 15 , l 8 8 l.
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, A. 11., Principal.
E. BEACH,
House and Sign Painting,
Paper Hanging and Kalsomining, ‘
Shop-Corner Wall and Water Streets. L
Residence—Lewis Street.
nonwanx, - - - - come.
All work entrusted to me shall be promptly.
reasonably and well done. A share of the public
patronage solicited. 33st
FURS!
If you wish your Furs. of any description.
Made Over, Cleaned, or Colored.
into the latest styles in the neatest manner, call
on
MRS. C. J. TAYLOR.
51 Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
Banking Dep’t of Yale Business College,
New Haw-en, Conn.
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Young Men by a Thorough and Practical Course of Commercial
Training are prepared for all Business Pursuits and EVERY DEPARTMENT OF MER—
CANTILE LIFE. Au able corps of» Teachers and Assistants in the various departments.
SPACIOUS AND ELEGANT HALLS AND COUNTING ROOMS
For Instruction in Banking, InsuraneepRailrouding, Steamboating, Manufacturing, General
Merchandising, Brokerage, Exchange, &0. Call or send for Catalogue giving full particulars.
B. C. LOVEBIDGE, New Haven, Conn.
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MJIIUIIHIIJIJIIIIII
. ' ’ " In
C E ‘, mmIIIII “If
\fu
Granite & Stone China Ware,
Majolica, Liverpool ‘Wure,
Plain and Gold Band
Dining Sets,
Golf Band & Decorated Tea Sets,
Best C. C Yellow and Ro '
. ckln -
ham Stone J ugs, Pitchers, clef:
flafsWanlln Wan,
Granite and Agate Ware,
WIlIlI] AND WILLOW WARE,
Plated Ware and Table Cutlery
at. Greatly Reduced Prices,
Table and. Tea Knives, Carvers, Butcher
Knives, Mincfng Knives, Knives and Forks,
Dinner and Breakfast Casters, Spoons, Forks,
etc. Bfrd Cages, Clothes Wringers, Shears,
Scissors, Sad Irons,Hatchets, Pocket Knives,
Celery Holders, Lantern Globes, Chimneys,
Lamps, etc.
E..K.Lnekwuud
float
Your House’s! ,
gill Luna..."
own. IMPnov ED
Wrought Il‘flllFllfllfltfl
Is the most Complete. Efficient, and Economical
Furnace in use. Hundreds are in use an give
universal satisfaction. Come and see tb m at
our Factory. Both Portable and Buck Set.‘
S. E. Olmstead & Co.
We also manufacture and sell the
GRUSMER PURNAGE,
The But [last Irn Furnace
KNOWN TO BE MADE.
BOTH PORTABLE and BRICK SET,
s. E. OLMSTEAD a. co.
RANGES,
Some patterns of our own designs.
At our
USUAL LOW PRICES.
S. E. OLMSTEAD & CO.
Parlor Stoves;
um SPLEN'DID,
'rms xnwuromr,
ALDINE.
counncrrou'r,
FAIRFIELD.
AT
an; S. E. Olmstead & Co’s.
Notice.
HE subscriber would announce that he has
disposed of his well-known Livery Stable
and equipments to his son Horace L. Dunn. who
wnl hereafter run the establishment himself.
Grateful and thankful for the long continued
patronage bestowee upon him by the public. the
subscriber would request. a continuance of the
same to his successor, feeling confident that he
will merit and don erve the confidence of'the pub-
lic generally.
WILLIAM E. DAN N.
Norwalk, Oct. “11,1881.
Go to Spencer’s
EYE ensiis a
suntan,
First-Class.
Andfgot'yonr sight ro erl fitted b
’ - orcr’dnbrrl . ”In"
L91A$;;e’s
Rncf Crystal & Acme in than
J. Spencer,
MAIN STREET, NORWA LK.
Meettfe‘famanf!
A very large line of the latest and
best designs in
ADVERTISING CARDS
can be found at the
Gazette Office.
The choicest designs of the‘I’lfil-
:u‘lelplria, Boston and New York pub-
lishers furnished at. very ln-i rates.
'I lie assortment curl-races good de-
signs in Illa-xi. nndeolorul inks, at
low prices, as well as the more cost-
ly‘ and brilliantly illuminated Chro-
mo Cards. Something for every-
body. Prices according infidelity.
Don’t give orders to ,dr-um'meis‘and
have your cards spoiled in printing
but “support your owp,” and thus
...—...
imsrse hgme industry -
IIIIIIIIKEIIYI ,
Porcelain & Parisian Ware; ' '
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