Norwalk Gazette.
1882.
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Tuesday. January 24.
Editorial Letter. ' -
WASHINGTON, D. (3., Jan. 21, 1882.
Dean Gazer-rs :—
Congress has been in session all the week
but atno time since the commencement of
the present seasion has there been less done.
Indeed it is a noticeable fact that this session
has been marked ever since'its convention
by a decided spirit of “donothingism” on the
part of its meritin-rs tin-t is remarkable to say
the least. Unless the present congress does
sourethina- soon that smacks of importance,
it will be in danger of earning for the Capitol
Ce givten‘ by it disgusted individ-
“The Great
the munr‘ em
ual who. characterized it as
American Gas House."
One. thing that may be set to its credit
however, is the passage of- the Census Defi-
cicacy bill, which passed both Houses almost
without a single objection. 'llhc bill now
has only to be signed by the President to
110031118 a law and relieve the wants of many
needy clerks. It appropriates $540,000, but
does not cover applications of superintendents
of the census for increased compensation.
It is further proposed to offer another bill
giving to each clerk one extra month's pay,
to reimburse them for the large discount
that was charged upon their certificates of
service, which many were absolutely obliged
to cash at whichever bank that would take
them. The census ofiice clerks volunteered
' their services last J une,‘at the request of the
Government, in the prosecution of, a work
which at the time could not be suspended or
continued by a new force without great in-
convenience and immense loss to the Gov-
ernment. No provision having been made
for their pay, they accepted Government
certificates of services rendered, which they
were obliged to have discounted at a heavy
loss. It would now be but just, fair, and
reasonable that Congress should compensate
and reimburse them, by allowing at least one
month's pay in addition to what they would
have received had no such emergency arisen.
As usual hundreds of hills have been intro-
duced bearing upon as many different sub-
jects. The following are of interest :—
’l‘o repeal the law imposing a tax on the
deposit and capital of banks. Also repealing
the stamp tax on bank checks and matches.
To provide for a postal card with a flexi-
ble cover to conceal the message.
To make the Agricultural Department an
Executive Department.
To make the term of office of Presidential
Electors four years, and giving them power
to act in case of the death or disability of
the President and Vice President.
To pay bounties to the heirs of colored
troops serving in the late war.
. To establish» a mint in New York City.
To grant pensions to civil ofiicers injured
in the service of the United States, or to
their widows and children.
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First Assistant Postmaster-General Hat-
ton, yesterday made the following order:
“Postmasters will not allow non-subscribers
to take from the boxes. nor will they hand
to them, newspapers addressed to subscrib-
ers, refolded and returned to them into the
general delivery without reliable or positive
permit from such subscriber. A violation of
this regulation will be considered sufiicient
ground for the removal of the offending
postmaster.”
A sub committee of the Committee on
Post Ofiices and Post Roads held a meeting
Saturday and decided to report to the next
meeting of the full committee a bill in regard
to the loss sustained by postmasters by fires,
. burglaries, etc. The bill will authorize the
Postmaster—General to allow such losses,
when under- $1,000, providing, after investi-
gation, he is satisfied that the loss was una-
, voidable and not the result of negligence on
the part of the postmaster. Members of the
committee say that |sucha measure is greatly
needed in order to relieve the committee from
the consideration of a class of petty claims
which are constantly arising from the causes
mentioned.
rnroxrsxr 'ro wouxnnn ransroxuns.
Mr. Carpenter of Iowa, has introduced a
bill to amend the pension laws, which pro-
vides “That all persons who, while in the
military or naval service of the United States
and in the line of duty. shall have lost one
foot or leg or shall have lost one band or‘
arm and been permanently disabled in the
other hand or arm, shall be entitled to spen-
sion for each of such disabilities and at such
a rate as is provided for by the provisions
of the existing law for each disability; pro-
'vided, that this act shall not be so construed
as to reduce pensions in any case."
Pnorosnu new nutmrxo.
The President has forwarded to Congress
the recommendation of the Secretary of War
for an appropriation of $300,000 for a site
and a fire-proof building for the records,
library and museum of the Surgeon General's
ofiice. A new building for this purpose is a
thing much needed and the recommendation
of Secretary Lincoln should receive the early
attention of Congress. The records of the
Surgeon General’s office are by far the most
valuable of any of the government archives,
they being the records of the treattnent'in
hospitals of all the Union soldiers during the
recent war. and upon which pensions are
issued. They are at present stored in Ford‘s
old Theatre, on 10th street, the building in
whichithe lamented Lincoln was assassinated.
The building is nothing but a shell and
should a confiagration once start the loss of
all the records would unavoidably follow.
Such a loss would be beyond reckoning and
the Government should take speedy measures
to provide asuitable and safe deposit for
these invaluable documents. ‘ The National
’ Medical Museum occupies the third floor of
this building and contains valuable anatomi-
cal specimens,the loss of which would be be
. yond restoration These togeth'er with the
Medical Library (which is the most complete
Library of Medicine in the world), should be
moved to a place of safety. The old ’adage,
“A stitch in time saves nine” is peculiarly
applicable in this case.
DANIEL wansrnrt,
One hundred years ago Wednesday was
the birthday of this great statesman, Born
in a humble farm house in the little village
of Salisbury, in the State of New Hamp-
shireche, by his talents and energy so eleva-
ted himself that at. the time of his death no
name than his had attained wider celebrity,
no one had rendered his country more valu-
able and efficient services. Thirty years
have passed since his death and yet to our
discredit, if not to our shame, it must be
said that no memorial of his name or fame
exists in the Capital of the Republic he
honored by his citizenship.
The occasion of the one hundredth anni-
versary of his birth was the occasion of a
meeting of prominent citizens and govern-
ment officers, the result of which was the
determination to rc-ercct a monumental
statue to the memory of the departed states-
man. Mr. Blaine was to have presided, but
on account of a sudden indispositiou at the
last moment was compelled to withdraw and
the Hon. Geo. B. Luring, of Massachusetts,
was selected as chairman of the meeting.
Letters of regret at inability to attend, from
numerous prominent men were read, among
them being one from President Arthur, from
which the following is an extract:
“ It is but tardy justice that now and here,
where Webster's eternal fame was won, we
should speedily erect his counterpart in on-
during bronze, that those who follow us
should know the man as we saw him.
And it is especially appropriate that he
should be thus honored in this city, beauti-
fied beyond all others by monuments to those
who devoted their lives to preserve ‘Liberty
and Union, now and forever, one and insep-
erable.’ ”
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Judge Lawrence, First Comptroller of the
Treasury, in accordance with the request of
the Committee on Printing of the House of
Representatives returned to that committee
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Saturday an elaborate decision in regard to
the question of granting employees of the
Government Printing Ofilce pay for the time
the departments were closed during the obse-
qules of the late President. The substance
of the decision is that the employees should
be paid. The committee has not yet acted
on the matter.
runs. Lrucom‘s PENSION.
In the Senate Mr. Logan has introduced a
bill to pay Mrs. Abraham Lincoln arrears of
pension for the five years intervening be-
tween the death of her husband and the pas-
sage of the act granting her a pension. The
bill has been referred to the Committee on
Pensions. The amount of atzrcarge is $15,—
000, and Mrs. Lincoln is said to be in need
of the proposed relief as, being an invalid,
her physicians’ bills eat up the major part of
the pension now allowed by Congress.
MILOELLANEOUS rrnars.
The executive committee of the National
Board of Health, at its meeting yesterday
afternoon, declared small pix to be epidemic
in the United States. An order was made
directing an inspection of several of the
most important quarantine stations in the
country in order to determine if the rules
and regulations of the board are being prop-
erly enforced. An appropriation of $2,000
was made for the purpose of preventing the
introduction of the disease in the District of
Columbia.
The ninth annual dinner of the Yale Alum-
niAssoéiation of Washington was held at
the Arlington Hotel last evening. - About
forty guests sat down to the table.
The title to the Arlington estate is to be
tried in the Supreme Court here during
Februaryf General Custis Lee is making
the fight in behalf of the heirs. General
Lee was successful in the case when it came
up in the United States District Court in
Virginia. It now goes to the Supreme Court
by appeal. The heirs want to be reimbursed
for the property confiscated by the govern-
ment.
The newly-arrivedChinese Minister, Mr.
Cheng Tsao Ju, with his wife, fourteen sec-
retaries and attaches, and ten servants; are
quartered at the Arlington, where they occu-
py twenty-five rooms. Their meals are
served to them in American style, but in their
own apartments. Mrs. Cheng is accompa-
nied by her m'aid, these two being the only
feminine members of the party.
It is mentioned in praise of Mrs. Yoshida.
wife of the retiring Japanese minister, that
much as she would have appreciated the at-
tentions of a maid of her own nationality,
she has never indulged in one since coming
here, but has employed an American girl in
that capacity, that she might better learn the
language. '
PERSONALS. . '
E. S. Ely, Q W. Ely and F. Wheeler, of
Connecticut, are here, also Thomas Ritch, of
Greenwich.
W. A. Doolittle, of Wallingford, has been
here the past week.
The London War correspondent, Archibald
Forbes, lectured at the Congregational church
here last evening on the“Royal People I have
met.” In describing the white elephant,
famed throughout the world as the special
object of the regal pride and regard of In-
dia’s chief ruler, he said :—“And yet I was
shown a far whiter and far better looking
elephant, only last week at Bridgeport,
tConn., by Mr. P. T. Barnum.” This adroit
and happy advertisement of Mr. Barnum’s
“Only Greatest Show on Earth,” clearly en—
titles Forbes to a season ticket to a Press
chair, under the renowned showman's mon-
ster tents.
Rev. Dr. Childs has been spending several
days here, domiciled at the house of the
Misses Rossiters.' Last Sunday evening
week, he assisted Rev. Dr. Paxton in the
conducting of his church services.
Dr. Paxton of the N. Y. Avenue Presby-
terian church has received a call from an
up town church in New York with a salary
of $12,000. His people here pay him $6,000
and furnish a parsonage estimated at a fair
rental to be worth $3,500 more. This is in-
tended to silence the “loud" call to New
York, but it is feared it may not prove effec-
tual, as the rest involved in the opportunity
to occasionally run in an old sermon, has its
weight with the Doctor, who is a hard
working parson, and idolized by his people
here. He is conceeded to be the most bril-
liant and eloquent pulpit sermonizer in
Washington. As Ever, B.
Coal Direct from the Mines.
In the Gaznr'rn of the 10th inst., we in-
formed our readers of the first shipment of
coal received in the lower portion of the
state direct from the mines, without break-
ing bulk, via the Pennsylvania, Central and
New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
roads, by the way of Jersey City, thence by
floats to the Harlem Branch of the Consoli-
dated road at Harlem, thence to South Nor-
walk to Danbury & Norwalk Railroad and
by them, taken to Daubury. We predicted
at that time that the new movement was
likely in the near future to mume large
proportions, along the line of the Consolidat-
ed and connecting roads. We now learn that
the success of the experiment has been com-
plete, and that five hundred tons more coal,
by the same line have passed through Nor-
walk for Danbury. during the past week,
thus proving that the coal dealers, and con-
sumers, have more than one string to their
(coal) bow.” By computing the distances
from the coal fields where first quality of
coal is mined, we find them about equal by
this new line as comprrcd with that of the
New England Road to Danbury, and towns
lying east thereof, while the grades are large-
ly in favor of the lower line, and we feel
confident that this is to be the favorite mode
of coal shipment and receipt, all along the
line.
New Railroad Station.
It gives us great pleasure to congraulate
our East Norwalk friends on the success of
their petition to the directors of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
company, for a passenger station in their
growingdistrict, and we are sure that the
accommodation thus afforded them, will be
fully appreciated, and that it will greatly ac-
celerate the already rapid growth of their
place. The particular point where the sta-
tion will be located, we have not learned, but
suppose that it will be near the east East av.
cnue‘crossing.
Rev. C. R. Trent’s Course of Leo-
tures.
Those who heard the lecture in the chapel
of the First Congregational church, on “The
Rhine,” will be pleased to learn that Mr.
Treat has engaged to give four lectures on
Belgium, Paris, &c., in Lockwood’s Hall.
They will be illustrated, as before, by views
made vivid by the stereopticon. The date
of the first lecture will soon be announced.
Borough Meeting.
At the special Borough Meeting held on
Saturday afternoon last, it was voted after
some discussion to lay a 10 mill tax, the same
to be due and payable J unc lst.
The next sociable of St. Paul’s church will
be held Tuesday evening at the house of Mr.
George R. Cholwell, on High street. One
feature of the evening will be the sale at auc
tion of one pound packages brought by each
guest. -
Conductor Hanford, who was in charge of
the ill-fated express train which met with
the accident at Spuyten Duyvil, intimates
that rum was the cause of the disaster. A
lot of politicians and “ statesmen " returning
from Albany, had been drinking and carous-
ing on the way down,tind he thinks one of the
crowd must have pulled the rope and stop-
ped the train. This hardly accounts, how-
ever, for the train remaining standing on the
track so long, some passengers saying that
they must have stopped as much as fifteen
minutes before the crash.
Representative Cowles evidently does not
believe in leaks. He has had his residence
thoroughly ,regshinglxl.
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Railroad improvement.
We are glad to learn that the directors of
the Consolidated Road are about to make
important improvements on their line of road
from its junction with the Harlem Railroad
to New Haven, and to stone ballast the en-
tire line from the Harlem to Springfield.
The grades are to be reduced to about 40
feet to the mile, and numerous curves are to
be entirely taken out, and others greatly
improved, so that the road will be what it
ought to be, first-class in every particular,
thus allowing much greater speed with safety
than is now possible. u .
The stone ballasting will do away with the
clouds of dust now so annoying to passen-
gers, and so destruct’ve to their clothing;
and this change alone will, we‘ think, greatly
increase the travel on the line, and lessen
that on the steamboats, now competing for
eastern and western passengers from Boston
13nd New York.
It isa well-known secret, that when the
line from New Haven to the llarten Junction
was constructed, that through the kindness
of a cornplaisant chief engineer, _ and an
equally complaisant majority of the board
of directors, many changes were made in the
surveyed and map line of the road as con-
tracted for, and that a small clump of rock,
or a very__ moderate cut, or fill, was sufficient
-excuse for acurve. and that in numerous
instances grades were raised ostensibly to
hasten this time of completion, but really to
put money in the pockets of the contractors
and their official associates. _
We are sure the action ofthe present board
of directors in thtrsimproving the road will
be duly appreciated by the traveling public,
and that they will receive the thanks of all
that have occasion to ride over the road.
The points where the heaviest portion of
the work will have to be done in lowering
grades will be from the junction with the
,Harlem Road to Mount Vernon, through
portions of the town of Greenwich from
Riverside to Stamford, from the eastern
portion'of Stamford to Noroton, and from
Five Mile River to South Norwalk, and from
East Norwalk to Westport drawbridge. The
moderate curves to be taken out, are to be
found all along the. line between East Nor-
walk and Rye Station, while the sharp ones
that will have to be essentially changed and
eased,are those at Portchester,South N orwalk
and Bridgeport, where a vast amount of
cutting and slashing will be necessary to bring
the line into proper shape.
Another Nuisance Abated.
The New Haven papers are authority for
the statement that trade dollars will hereaf
ter be taken and paid out by the Consolida-
ted Railroad. '
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Borough Taxes.
The Borough Board of Assessors announce
in another column when they will receive
calls from their constituents for the purpose
of making out lists of their real and personal
property, in the Borough subject to taxation.
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The Danbury Republican has taken several
“ new departures." In the first place they
have put in a press and print their own pa-
per. Secondly, they have adopted a new
engraved heading, but if novelgin design it
can hardly be said that the ' paper has a
“level head" even if the editor has. Thirdly,
the editor has taken Charley Warner's advice
and brought it out in pamphlet form, three
short columns to a page. After they get used
to the novel innovation subscribers may like
it, and it is certainly a very convenieht form,
for the publishers because when crowded
with reading matter or advertisements they
can easily add additional pages at slight cost,
and when business is dull they can cut out
the pages usually occupied by advertise-
ments. It will be interesting to watch and
see if the new style meets hith favor and is
copied by other journals.
A Mr. Wheelock, of Stamford, while walk-
ing with Mr. Ritch, also from Stamford,from
the Grand Central Depot in New York,across
to Sixth avenue, yesterday morning (Mon-
day), suddenly dropped down dead. Heart
disease supposed to be the cause,
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Our ice dealers are all ready and anxious
to commence harvesting. An attempt was
made yesterday, on one pond, to get in ice,
but the wind was so strong and cold that. the
men could not work. Probably, if the
weather is not “too utterly ” icelandish, the
fight will commence all along the line in real
earnest to-day.
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Personals.
Mr. Geo. W. Cram has arrived home from
New Orleans.
Miss Baker, of Nantucket, is spending the
winter in South Norwalk.
Mr. Charles E. Churcb,who has been living
in Hartford for some years past, has recently
located at Cleveland, Ohio.
Capt. Charles H. Lougstreet, Superintend-
ent of the Iron Steamboat Company, was in
town last Friday. Com. Perkins of White’s
Line was also in town that day..
Commodore D. P. Ely and two daughters
' escaped this “ blizzard ” by starting for the
“ sunny South ” last week. ’ A few boxes of
“Florida Russets ” circulated ' sarong his
friends here would give them an excellent
idea of the climate down there.
The Union Band are to give a Concert at
the Opera House, on Tuesday evening, Feb
21st ; assisted by Profs. Gibson and Guilford.
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Michael Strogofi‘.
The Boston Theatre Companywill present
this great play with the full acting campany
of forty-eight people, with all the original
scenery”, properties and mechanical effects, at
Music Hall, next Saturday night. This will
be the greatest dramatic eventthat was ever
attempted in Norwalk, and we trust jhat
"Manager Knapp will be rewarded with a
"packed” house. The Co. bring their own
orchestra, and the audience will have all the
advantages of hearing the original music
written for the piece.
The Worcester Spy has the following :-
“The theatre was packed throughout last
evening, Michael Strogoff drawing one of
the largest audiences ever gathered there.
The new scenery, mechanical cfi’ects and
enlarged orchestra adding materially to the
success of the piece, and the management
kept all its promises. “Michael Strogoff"
fully deserves the success it has won, for it
is full‘of interest throughout and is admira—
bly presented by the Boston Theatre Com-
pany. - The applause was generous through-
the entertainmtnt. .
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The New York Tribune has the following
concerning the marriage of Woodbury G.
Langdon who has a handsome summer resi-
dence, at Half Mile Island, East Norwalk.
, “Miss Sophia Elizabeth Montgomery, daugh-
. ter of Henry E. Montgomery was married to
Woodbury G. Langdon in the Church of the
Incarnation, at 3:30 o’clock 'p. in. Wednesday
by the Rev. Arthur Brooks. Matthew Wilkes
was the best man. Thenshers were James
3. Montgomery, James H. Jodes, Nicholas
Kane, Arthur Jones, Charles Emmett and
Wm. H. Brown. The bridesmaids were Miss
Adelaide H. Montgomery, Miss J ulia Lynch,
Miss Lucy 'I‘uckerman, Miss Susie McKim,
Miss Mary Mason Jones and Miss Regina
Seabury. They wore costumes of nun's veil-
ing and carried boquets of roses. The bride
wore a costume of white silk and damasee,
trimmed with lace, and a tulle veil caught
with orange flowers. A reception was held
at the house of the bride’s mother. No 49
East Forty-fourth street." . A lar e number
of the elite and fashionable of evv York
were present and the whole occasion was a
crost brilliant one. '
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The Baptist Tabernacle folks propose pay-
ing off the mortgage of $1,000 on their
church edifice, and to start a building fund
with a view of erecting a more commodious
building. To aid this cause they propose
giving a series of public entertainments, the
first of which will be by Helen Potter's
Pteiades on the evening of Feb. 4th.
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“Nails are advancing," as the hardwear
dealer observed when he ,saw the taper
fingers of his heart’s idol threateningly thrust
forward.
out, and the audience was fully satisfied with _
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Gospel Temperance Meetings.
The first of a series of temperancesermons
was preached at the Second M. E. church,
Shnday evening, by the Rev. Mp. Wright, of
the First Baptist church, who made a favor-
able impression. at this, the first Union meet-
ing he has.addressed in Norwalk. These
meetings are not held under the auspices of
any organization, but by agreement of the
pastors of the Congregational, Methodist and
Baptist churches. May they be the means
of accomplishing much good in the commu-
nity.
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A Selleck Boy Receives Honors at
Oxford. England.
The many friends of the Rev. Mr. Selleck,
principal of the old established school of
Norwalk, will bear with great pleasure that
John W. Williams, who was‘for many years
a pupil there, and who graduated in ’74 to the
class of ’78 of Trinity College Hartford, has
had the degree of Bachelor of -Arls confer-
red upon him at the University of Oxford
England. The London Daily News of Dec.
19, 1881, says:—«‘-In a congregation llUldIu
0n the 17th tilt . presidul over by the Vice
Chancellor, the Reverend Dr. Evans, Master
of Pembroke, the following degrees were
conferred :‘i-Bachelor (flirts, John W. Wil-
liams. Mr. Williams was known during his
residence at the Selleck School as "Honest
John” soubriquet bestowed, for his careful,
steady work. He has after a course of severe
study received this signal recognition of his
talents, a similar instance of the honors
given to an American, being unknown to us.
We heartily congratulate the principal of his
alma mater, and trust that the great distinc-
tion will serve as a stimulus to the present
boys “to go and do likewise.”
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Sunday morning was bright, clear and
mild. Before night, however, a bowling
storm of wind came from the north west,
piercing cold, and continued all night, and
through Monday, with fair prospect of bold.
ing on through Tuesday. It makes open
air exercise very disagreeable but wonder-
fnlly improves the prospects for plenty of
ice next summer.
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Another Supper.
The ladies of the Congregational Society,
city, announce a Supper for Wednesday
evening, at Music Hall. The ladies may be
trusted to provide. an abundance of provi-
sions, for the occasion, and a number of
novel features are hinted at for the further
entertainment of the audience.
The Bigelow Battalion Enter—
tainmcnt.
The'ladies and gentlemen who are to take.
part in the Drama “ Enlisted for the War”
and the Farce “Who do they take me for i”
are actively engaged in rehearsing their
parts, on the Athenaeum stage, which has
been kindly loaned for the purpose by Mr.
Morison. All of the arrangements are in
the hands of competent committees, and
everything seems to indicate that the afiair
will prove a pronounced success. The pro-
gramme will be issued this week giving the
cast of the play and full particulars. The
diagrar'vill be open at the store of H. S.
Belts, Borough, and Hoyt’s Pharmacy, City,
on Wednesday morning at 8 o’clock. The
wise will secure their seats early.
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. Gov. Bigeldw, in honor of whom the Club
was named, has been invited to attend and
has given assurances that he will be present
if his duties will permit.
The promised entertainment for the bene-
fit of Pioneer ‘Hook and Ladder Company
will take place at the Opera House, Feb. 8th.
The programme will embrace a concert by
the Union Band, vocal music by several local
amateurs, a laughable fame and a tableaux.
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Jonn Lycett, the potter, died on Saturday
last, aged 61 years. His funeral will be at-
tended this afternoon. St. John’s Lodge, of
which be was a member, will bury-him with
the customary masonic honors.
It is rumored that the Danbury &Nof-
walk Railroad company will kill two birds
with one stone by reducing the steep grade
between the bridge and Winnipauk and
using the gravel from the same to fill in the
low places betwaen South Norwalk and the
Sound, when they extend the road. The
grade is a troublesome one and the road will
be greatly improved when it is removed.
‘ AnnasraD—On Friday morning last, offi-
cers Sullivan and DeForest, of the Bogougb
force, went down to Springwood and arrest-
ed'Robert Powers, his wife, son and daugh-
ter, and Mrs. Fitzgerald and her daughter,
charged with complicity in {the stealing
and keeping of Michael Phalon’s money.
They were brought up town and taken :be-
fore Justice Andrew Selleck for examination
On Saturday Nellie Powers, a girl about
fourteen years of age, and her brother aged
18 or 19 years, were tried on the charge of
stealing the money and convicted. The
charges against the other parties were drop-
ped for the the time being with the under-
standing that a civil charge would be pre-
ferred against them. It being rather late to
send the boy and girl to jail that night, they
were taken to the lockup over Sunday and
their friends givena chance to bail them out.
No bail being offered they were taken to jail
on Monday, one to Bridgeport and the other
to Daubury. -So far but little of the money
has been accounted for. ’
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A little too fresh for comfort.
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The Danbury Railroad charter amendment
passed the House last week without opposi-
tion. .
Eli Beach has moved his shop to the base-
ment under the store formerly occupied by
Earle & Smith,Wall street,where he will have
excellent accommodations for his business.
He has just completed fitting up a suite of
three rooms in Gazarrn Buildiyflor Messrs.
J. B. Hurlbutt and B. J. Sturges, and is now
engaged on another for Mr. A. Relyea in the
same building, which are very creditable
specimens of work. -
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“Boss” Kelly is reported' as very ill. He
is in his sixty-first year. He has been high
sheriff of New York and a member of con-
gress. As the chief of the Tammany society
he has been a loan of great political influence.
While comptrpllcr of New York city he was
regarded as a man of the strictest integrity.
He is a man of rugged constitution and may
recover.
.r-.
The mid-winter number of The Century
appeared last Saturday. The new cover by
Elihu Vedder is homelier than an old-style
almanac, but otherwise the magazine is a
splendid number, filled with beautiful en-
gravings and choice reading. Among the
leading articles are poems by Longfellow and
Steadman, novels by William D. Howells
and Mrs. Burnett, an essay by Emerson, the
text of Mrs. Burnett’s new play, “Esmeral-
da,” a paper on F. W. Robertson by the late
Dean Stanley, an article on Lawn Tennis, a
Tile Club Paper, a sketch of the picturesque
Moravian settlement at Bethlehem, Pa.,a
paper on Sculpture, etc For sale by A.
Selleck.
0
Mr. D. W. Bartlett of Connecticut, will
continue as American secretary of the Chi-
nese legation under the new minister.
This country rejoices in the possession of
21,000,000 dogs. If every one of them is to
have his day, some of them will have to wait
a long time for it.
“What is that, mother ?"' “It is the legis-
lature, my child.” “What does it do,
mother!" “It repcals acts passed by the
legislature my child 2’”
A portrait of President Garfield, painted
on porcelain by Herr Sturm, a Dresden artist
has been sent from Germany as a Christmas
gift for Mrs. Garfield. _
James Gordon Bennett is a special favorite
with the steamship stewards. They say he
never crosses the water without distributing
£20 or £30 among them.
We are sometimes so impressed by a fel-
low man’s estimate of his importance that we
tremble at the mere suggestion of what might
hhve been if the Lord had" forgotten to make
at.
r
Clarkson N. Potter died in New York
yesterday.
Be specially Ehreful of your fires during
this cold snap.
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Engineer Banks expects to start for the
West again to-day.
'———.—v.
Representative James T. Hubbell will
please accept our thanks for documents.
0
Hev. W. H. Boole is again in affliction.
His wife died last Tuesday,in NewJersey.
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Will Bailey of South Norwalk, was an-
nounced to speak in'New Haven, Sunday.
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'l‘hc corpOrators of the Fairfield County
Savings Bank hold a meeting tc-morrow af-
ternoon. ‘
- H__.
The National Board of Health has declar-
ed small-pox to be epidemic throughout the
country.
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Gov. Bigelow and staff attended the "Old
Guard" ball, in New York city, last Thurs-
day evening. ‘ '
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The Lockwood Rifles hold another invita-
tion reception, at Lockwood's Hall, Wednes-
day evening.
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A sociablc was given in the trimming room
of Palmer 85 Co's hat shop, city, last week
Monday evening. _
. 9.61..—
The new National Bank at South Norwalk
is to be named “ The City,” and is to have a
capital of $100,000.
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The annual meeting of the stockholders of
are Norwalk Lock Company will be held on
Wednesday, Feb. lst.
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tise for proposals for keeping the catch basins
clean'during the year.
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P. W. Bates is completing an addition to
his long frame building in "the yard of his
Granite and Marble Works.
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The Lockwood Rifles marched to South
Norwalk last Friday evening and joined the
Burnside Guards in Battalion drill.
O
Furniture dealer, Wm. Lockwood has
bought a fine building lot on Elm street, on
which we understand he proposes to erect a
residence. .
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The opening of Ackert’s Hotel, at Five
Mile River, takes place next Monday. Good
sleighing is all that is needed to make the
event a perfect success.
‘1 ~—-——-———-+ -.~—. ._._._.
The Reform Club cleared expenses and
had some $40 or $50 over for their treasury,
=-y the supper given at their rooms on Tues-
day and Wednesday evenings last. 1;
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Mr. and Mrs. S. Van H'bosear were the re-
cipients of a “surprise” visit from a. large
party of friends last week Monday evening,
at their beautiful residence on West Avenue.
- 0-4.» —o-
The Connecticut Telephone Company are
to soon issue 3 Telephone Directory contain-
ing a list of subscribers names on all of their
lines ; a limited space is to be devoted to ad-
vet tisements. '
9—.—
Richard Disbrow, hailing from Norwalk,
was arrested in Bridgeport last week,cbarged
with stealing $3, a knife 'and clothing from
the captain'of the vessel on which he had
been employed. '
C
“All the Rage,” at Music Hall, Tuesday
evening, was well attended, and gave ex-
cellent satisfaction. The minstrels next
night were greeted by a full house, and gave
a good performance.
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The Arctic regions ought to be quite com-
fortable just now, judging from the quantity
of cold air which is blowing down upon the
U. S. at, present. There cannot be much
left at the starting point.
(or—‘———I-—-
The Hartford Post has issued its customary
supplement containing portraits of State of-
ficers and brief biographical sketches of
members of the Legislature. We copy sev-
eral sketches of local interest.
.4...
Maj-Gen. Silas Casey died in Brooklyn.
on Sunday, aged 75. H is first campaign was
on the Indian frontier. He served through
the Mexican war, and commanded a division
in the battles before Richmond.
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It is very evident from the papers of last
week that Daniel Webster “ still lives .”' The
Centennial anniversary of his birth has
brought out floods of anecdotes and reminis-
cences of the great orator and statesman.
«Q»..-
A very forcible discourse was delivered in
the Selleck School Chapel, yesterday after—
noon, by one Of the school assistants, a
clergyman of the English church and an old
Rugby man, from the words “What d.est
thou here?”
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walk in front of Chas. E. St. John’s resi-
dence, last Tuesday evening, bumping his
nose, which bled quite freely. The blood
stains caused talk next day and nearly forced
an “ awful mystery " upon this quiet and in-
nocent community.
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err’moor'r's Macazrzva for February opens
with an illustrated article, the first of two,
on the Gulf Coast. The information is novel
and interesting. Dr. Felix L. Oswald has
another article on Animal Peta, enlivened
with anecdote and charmingly illustrated.
“The Capture of Derne,” by Charles Burr
Todd, revives an episode in American histo-
ry,— the expedition against Tripoli under
General William Eaton. "An Afternoon in
Rome,” and a frontier sketch, “For Life,”
by Helen Campbell, are highly readable pa-
pers. As usual a largo amount of space is
devoted to fiction. “Grant's Luck,”by Mary
Etta Smith, is a powerfully written story,
showing, an intimate knowledge of life in
Panama. “A Vicar in Ebony,” by M. A
Cgllins, and “Bummer and Lazarus,” by Mar-
garet Hosmcr, nrashort‘and lively, while the
second instalment of “ Stephen -.Guthrie”
awakens strong interest.
by Rose Terry Cooke, Carlotta Perry, and
Charles L. Hildreth, and many interesting
papers in the editorial departments. '
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Banks are to be placed in the Gazette on-
trance for the accommodation of loungers.
Meals will be served three times a day so
that the loafers will not fail to obstruct the
passage of any person who enters upon bu§i-
hem—Democrat.
a...“
A and account is given by the Tribune
of the condition of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln.
She is now in New York, taking medical
treatment for complaints of the spine and
the eyes, and is obliged to spend the time in
a partially darkened room, deprived of the
solace of reading, and unable to get up and
down stairs without assistance.
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The Central Congregational church of
Brooklyn has a body of 50 Chinamen under
its care. The recent Christmas festival in
which they participated was a novel and in-
teresting affair.
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San
Francisco has taken steps to establish a semi-
nary in that city for evangelizing the Chi-
nese. Twa or three young priests have been
sent tOICh‘ina for special training.
Mr. Beecher, one Sunday expressed disbe-
lief in the doctrine of eternal punishment.
His doctrine is this: “ Penalty so long as it
ceases to do good; then annihilation if you
believe it; but eternal punlshment never.”
. -
The Best Book for Business Men.
The editor of the Tribune, in repl to a
young man just entering business 1i e who
asked advice about the books most likely to
help him, wrote: “The best single treatise is
the New Testament; next to this is the Book
of. Proverbs of Solomon. The best business
man we have ever known memorized the
entire book of Proverbs at twenty-two—car-
edition in his vest pocket and committing a
half-dozen verses daily ; and when he became
an employer gave a copy to every employe,
with a friendly inscription commending it as
an admirable business guide.”
The Borough Committee on Sewers adver--
A little boy slipped and fell on the side-'
There are poems-
rying the American Tract Society’s ten-cent'
I
Hartford takes the Banner.
The clerk of the weather who “ tempers
the wind” for the region about the State
Capitol, gave the newly elected members a
slight indication of his power on Wednesday
morning last, by forcing the mercury down
' to six below zero,and judging from the num-
ber of “blue—noses" to be seen then and
there, one could readily imagine that they
wet! attending a- winter session in the cold-
est portion of Nova Scotia Some of the
hardened members of the House determined
to try it another day, btrt the Senate turned
wand fled.
m:
Masonic Grand Oflicers.
Tire officers of the Grand Lodge, F. and A.
M., elected at Hartford, are as follows:
Grand Master, James McCormic of Windsor;
Deputy Grand Master, Fred H. Waldron of
New Haven; Grand Senior Warden, Dwight
Waugh .of Stamford ; Grand Junior War-
den, A. C, Golding of, Norwalk: Grand Sec-
retary,‘ J. K. \thclcr of Hartford; Gra’ud
Treasurer, John G. Root of Hartford ; Grand
Senior Deacon, Henry H. Green of Daniel-
sonvillc; Grand Junior Deacon, John W.
Mix of West Cheshire; trustees, Nelson G.
Hincklcy of Hartford, Edmund Tweedy of
Danbury, and William R. Higby of Bridge-
port. -
u—n—uul.
@On this Tuesday evening, Jan. 24th,
Prof. Gould will commence a second quarter
of ten lessons in dancing, at $5 per quarter,
at Lockwood's Hall, and cordially invites
the attendance of all those who from any
reason were deterred from attending the fall
term. On the same day frbm 2 to 5 p. m.
the juvenile class will hold their quarterly
Reception, when general dancing will be par—
ticipated in by all present. The ball will be
darkened and decorated with Japanese lan—
terns, which together With the Children‘s
varied toilets and graceful movements
will create a scene of beauty which none of
their friends should fail to witness. Tickets
at 25 cents may be had from the scholars or
at Mr. Betts’ drug store.
__.___ .
Messrs. W. B. I-Iall &. Co. are now making
a great sale of sealskin cloaks.
continued warm weather has left them too
many, and it would pay the ladies to buy for
the next season. We clip from the Bridge-
port Farmer the following in relation to this
live firm: _ -
Messrs. W. B. Hall 85 Co. have already ac-
quired an almost national reputation for ele-
gant and good fitting sealskin cloaksl As
their large stock has been reduced to a small
number they make a. wonderful offer to close
the balance. One of the features of this
establishment is their semi-annual. sale of
short ends of their fine goods. They also
make economists a wonderful proposition in
their underwear department. .
' ——o———
IE‘ Comstock Brothers have taken the
agency for the Pequonnock Steam Laundry
,of Bridgeport, Conn. '
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AN _AGREEABLE DRESSING FOB :rrrn' Ham,
that will stop its falling, has been long sought
for. Parker’s Hair Balsam, distinguished for
its purity, fully supplies this want.
—.._—
@- Comstcck Brothers have taken the
agency for the Pequonnock Steam Laundry
of Bridgeport, Conn.
____._
The empress of Germany has given $600
to the Garfield fund. ,
Norwich has a bride of thirteen years and
a groom of nineteen. ' -
All of the $20,000 of stock of the Hartford
Electric Light company offered on Monday
was taken in three hours.
The total value of the exports of provis-
ions, fallow and dairy products for 1881 was
$133,329,251—a falling off of nearly $10,500-
000 from the preceding year.
During the past month a band of thieves
have stolen 1,120 bushels of oysters from one
bed in Pawtucket, R. I., river, and from an-
other bed they bave stolen $1,800 worth.
I
Importantto Travellers.
Special inducements are offered you by the
Burlington route. It will pay you to read
their advertisement to be found elsewhere in
this issue. tf46
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FOR DYSPEPSIA and Liver Complaint,
you have a printed guarantee on every bot—
tle of Shiloh’s Vitalizer, It never fails to
cure. Morison Hoyt,agent. tf
—__.—_._—
What produces worms in children is a
mooted question. Doctors disagree about
the cause, but all unite in giving to The
Peerless Worm Specific the foremost place
as a safe and speedy remedy for these pests.
Only 25 and 50 cts. H. S. Betts, agent.
__.__.___
SHILOH’S CURE WILL immediately re-
lieve Croup, Whooping Cough and Bronchi-
tis. Monson Hoyt, agent. tf
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At Helenwood, Tenn, two fifteen cent
dogs got into a fight. A twenty-cent man
tried to part them, when a five-cent loafer
came along and shot him dead. This is the
atest commercial transaction in that state——
Free Press. ‘
He slipped quietly in at the door but
.catching sight of an inquiring face over the
stair rail, said: “Sorry so late, my dear;
couldn’t, get a car before.”_ “So the cars
were full, too,” said the lady; and further
remarks were unnecessary—Boston Commer—
cial Bulletin. '
Probably the youngest telegraph operator
in the country is a little boy, 9 years old,
named Beverly Dabney Benson, whose father
is the agent and operator at Hanover Court
House Station, on the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad. He isa skilled operator, and reads
messages from sound as readily as his father
cam—Indianapolis Journal.
In Hartford Tuesday the furniture of the
house recently occupied by the Chinese mis-
sion was sold at auction. Aside from that
of the reception room, all the furhiture was
of domestic manufacture and of a. cheap qual-v
ity. The Chinese iron-wood parlor set brought
$360 selling in pieces, but most of them go-
ing to one buyer. .
Aman named Charles Adams, died in Fair
Haven last week. In a pocket of his overcoat
was found a dirty white woolen bag contain-
ing a cartridge shell covered with verdigris.
Coroner Bellman told William H. Augur to
throw the shell away, but Mr. Augur inves~
tigated and found four greenbacks, one of
$1,000, one of $500, and three of $100 each.
A tramp who wondered about the eastern
counties of Connecticut was remarkably ugly
and apparently 60 years old, his hair and
heard being streaked with white. He was a
successful beggar,his hideous appearance ex-
citing pity. One day a woman at Preston
refused to give him a dinner, and be angrily
assaulted her, throwing off his air of feeble-
ness and knocking her down with great vigor.
Being arrested, washed, and dressed in clean
clothes it was found that his.hair was artifi-
cially whitened, that his dccrepitude was all
assumed, and that his age was not over 30.
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A NASAL INJECTOR free with each bot-
tle of Shiloh’s Catarrh Remedy. Price 50c.
MODBOII‘Hnyt, agent. tf
In a. recent cow-boy fight at Caldwell,
Kansas, over three hundred shots werefired,
and the only man killed was one who took
no part in the affair. It is safer to be in a
Kansas fight than out of it.—-Detroz't Free
Press.
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A good Baptist clergyman of Bergen, N.
Y., a strong temperance man, suffered with
kidney trouble, neuralgia, and dizziness al-
most to blindness, over two years after he
was told that Hop Bitters would cure him,
because he was afraid of and prejudiced
against “ Bitters.” Since his cure he says
no need fear but trust in Hop Bitters,
————.—‘.e—.—-—- '
Henry W. Richardson, the; local Metho-
dist minister nnd carpenter, of Sea Cliff, L.
1., whose elopement with his wife’s sister in
February, caused no little excitement at. the
time, has been heard from in Fort Scott,
Kansas. ‘
The New York Sun has been investigat-
ing the provision made of various railroads
of implements likely to be useful in case of
a wreck and finds that on the New York,
New Haven and Hartford every baggage car
carries an ax, pail, chain, hawser and drag
rope and other tools.
0—.
A little over fifty years ago,myself and my
younger brother, Frank, were attending
a country school in Clark county, Indiana,
and one day the doctor called at our house
and vaccinated both of as. Mine didn’t take
but Frank’s took well and a nice scab formed
Frank was quite a hero among the children.
and one day he concluded to play doctor.
We were all barefooted, and be vaccinated
every child in school on the big toe. It broke
up the school. It took in nearly every case,
and made the children so sick that'they had,
all to go to bed. For two or three weeks
there wasn't hardly a child in the neighbor-
hood‘that could Waltz, and they had the big—
gest big toes you ever sa.r.—“ Uncle Billy ’
Cross in Louisville Courier-Journal.
The long -
IE“ .Comstock Brothers. have taken -the
agency for the Pequonnock Steam Laundry
of Bridgeport, Conn. , _
. -.\__—..‘-_'—'_.— .
@I have opened the New Lo
.of 5,000 yards of Hamburg Edge-
iugs. and insertings from 30 yard
to 750. F. B. SRIITH, Wall street.
. l . 0...,
Define Seraph. Don’t know unless its
that stuff in the bottle that cured dad’s Cold.
It read Hill’s Peerless Cough Syrup. Only
50cts and $1 per bottle. H. S. Betts, agent.
...__*.. '
Horse-racing, says a western preacher, is
an ulcer. No, sir, you are mistaken. it is
-srmply a runarouud.#Pltiladelp/zz‘a Chronicle
Herald. , _
A Cincinnati woman, 84 years old, makes
up so that no one judges her to be much over
40. And yet it doesn’t afford her much hap-
piness. In fact its about as bad to be over
40 as over 80.~Bostou Post.
— +..9.4,__....__
Thd‘Daugers of' the Stock Market
‘A man may be incredulous enough to risk
his money in the fickle'mysterics of a mercu;
rial stock market, but when he gets the Itch-
ing Piles, he goes straight for ‘Dr. Swaync‘s
Ointment. Unlike the Bulls and Bears of
the Stock Exchange, who clean you out of
hard earned Cush,it returns your money with
interest, in the way of alloying the intense
itching and insuring sweet repose. 413
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One share of the New YorkJS'unl, of a par
value of $1,000 sold in New York for $4,100
at auction last week. .
*QH—
Patti wears a fur coat the late empress of
Russia gave her that is worth $5,000.
~.o~-‘¢.—.--v.
0]: Thirty Days Trial.
We will send Dr. Dyc’chlcbratctl Electra-Vol-
tarc Bolts and Electric Appirarn-cs on trial for
thirty days to young men and older persons who
are afiltcted with Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality,
etc . gaurztntectng Speedy relief and complete res-
toration oiyigorand manhood. Also for Rhett-
mattsm, Neuralgia, Paralysis, Liver and Kidney
difiicultrcs, itupturcs,'and many other diseases.
Illustrator! pamphlet sent free. Address Voitaic
,Bcit 09.,Marshnll, M1ch._ 1315
“Iain!“ Lent Hair Restorer.
It is entirely different from all others. It is as
clear as water,and, as its name indicates, is a per-
ihct Vegetable flair Restorer It wrll immediate-
ly free the head from all dandruff,rcstore gray
hurt to its natural color, and produce a. new
growth where it has fallen off. It. does not in any
mpnncraucct the hcztlthnvhicb Sulphur, Sugar
of Lead, and Nitrate of silver preparations have
done. it will change light, or faded hair in a. few
dhys to abeantiful glossy brown. Ask your drug-
st for rt. Each bottl. is warranted. Chas N.
‘rrttendon,New York,and Gco.C. Goodwin &
00., Boston, Wholesale Agents. ly38
MARRIED.
VVVWN\I \IVWVV\N\JV\/\N\I\J\r\
In the Church of Incarnation, New York,
by Rev. Dr. Thomas W. Peters, assisted by
Rev. Arthur W. Brooks, W oodbury G Lang-
don and Miss Sophia Elizabeth Montgomery,
all of New York.
_In South Norwalk, J an. 19. by Rev. Arza.
H1“, 01111 S. Youngs and Miss Esther E.
Gregory, of South Norwalk.
In So. Norwalk, Jan. 17,’ by Rev. Dr.
Spehcer. MatthewsJ. Butts, of Ohio, to Miss
Emily Frances daughter of the late Ebenezer
Smith, formerly of Huntington, L. I.
In Norwalk, Jan. 18. at St. Mary‘s church
by Rev. Father Trainer, William Riley and
Miss Mary Fagan, both of Norwalk.
In Westport, Jan. 17, George W. Jones, to
Miss Corah B. Kemper.
In Jersey City Heights, Jan. 15 b the
Rev. Chas. L. Newbold, of Hoboken? Mr.
George M. Hall of Portsmouth, R. 1., to Miss
Lucy Merrill, daughter of Chas. Merrill, of
Jerseyr City Heights; and grand-daughter of
Thomas Merrilt, of Norwalk.
In Dnnbury, J an. 11, William C. Repel-
yea to Miss Hattie Chase. Jan -11, Frederick
S. Blackburn to S. Elizabeth Hgsmilton.
At Long Ridge, Jan 11, Mr. Charles F.
Waterbury to Miss Annie 5. Lockwood.
In Bridgeport, Jan. 18, Lester C. Hunt, to
Amaretto Crossley.
DIED,
u\/\/\I\/\I\J\I\I\ I\/\/'\/\I\I\ r\.-\r\ [MAMA/\n
In Westport, Jan. 23d, Zalmon Sanford,
aged 47 years.
@ The funeral will be attended from his
late residence on Wednesday, 25th inst., at 2
o'clock p. m.
In Norwalk, Jan. 21, John Lycet‘, aged 61
years, 1 mo ,6 days.
'3‘ Funeral Tuesday, from his late resi-
dence Plymouth Ave. at 2 p. m.
In Norwalk, Jan. 16. Cornelia Comstock,
aged 82 years.
In Norwalk, Jan. 10, Eric Anderson aged
53 years.
In Norwalk, Jan. 16, Cornelius Coley, aged
81 years.
In Norwalk, Jan. 16, Patrick Coleman,
aged 8 mos.
In Norwalk, J an. 17, William J. Fox,aged
51 years.
aged 27 years.
In South Norwalk, Jan. 19, Miss Mary E.
Downs, aged 23 years, 11 mos. and 7 days.
In Sparta, N A" Emily F.. wife of Rev.
W. H. Boole, formerly of So. Norwalk.
In Wilton, Jan. 17, Patty Sturges. relict
of Governor E. Sturges, aged 84 yrs. 10 mos.
In Wilton, Jan. 16, Elizabeth Duffy, aged
70 years.
In lVilton, J an 20, Isaac N.
69 years. . _
In Bridgeport, Jan. 15, Joseph \Vard, aged
84 years. J an. 14, Patrick Caufield, aged 37
years.
In West Stratford, Jan. 14, Mary A. Bull—
man, aged 56 years. ' '
In New Canaan. Jan. 18, John T. Fenn.
In Southport, Jan. 19, Anna. B. ’l'horp.
In Pleasantville, N. Y , Jan. . 18, Rev.
Philip Lockwood Hoyt, in his 73d year. In-
terment in Stamford.
In Greenwich, Jan. 16, Richard Carpenter,
aged 70 years.
In Bridgeport, Jan. 17, W. Henry Thomp.
son, aged 57 years. J an. 19, W. Aldrich,
aged 65 years, Jan. 19, Thomas R. Crutten-
den aged 53 years. J an. 15, Elizabeth Fuller
aged 6 years. J an. 17, A. A. Pettingill,
aged ’7 3 years. J an. 18, Johanna Wedin, aged
27 years.
Benedict, aged
Lune-.. 9-“ u— H;
ANT‘ED.—To Rent. a Piano, in good con-
dition, to be used in a private family.
Enquire at this Office.
Notice
Fun-field County Savings Bantu}
Nomvamr, ( osxq Jan 2ist. 1882.
A MEETING of the Corporators of this Bank
' wjll be held Wednesday, January 25th, 1552,
at their Banking Rooms, at '2. o’clock, p. m.
1.. S. COLE. Treas.
it‘llp
Sourrr Nonwxmr, Jan. 23. 1532.
HE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders will
be held at the office of the Company, on
Wednesday, Feb. lst, at 2 p. m.
E. BEARD, Secretary.
Wanted.
WELL CURED ()0 RN STA LKS,
In large or small quantities, at
LEDGEWOOD FARM, Norwalk.
. W.AB§“T.‘ED.
GOOD CARPENTERS
0x,xnw BUlLDiNGS.
Apply to WILLIAIVI WEBB, Foreman,
At the Buildings of the
YALE LOCK MANUFACTURING 00..
Stamford, Conn.
11.3
For Sale or to Rent.
A House and One Acre of'Laud, on Prospect
Hill.
May be bad on reasonable terms. App}
E. “1.5T ART.
Norwalk, March 10th, 1881. Pitt
For Sale.
a, .
COTTAGE containing eight rooms, at Wilton,
Conn., on Dunbnry in Norwalk R. 12., six
miles from Norwalk. 1}; acres of land, Carriage
and ice Horrses.flnc Garden,Sliadc and Fruit
Trees; near churches and schools. Apply to 182
Congress St., Brooklyn, L. I. Price $2,500. 2L4
to
Notice.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received until
' Feb. 2d, 1852-. by the unrieratgned for keeping
clean the catch Basins of the sewers of the Bar.
ough of Norwalk, for £110 year 1552, and leaving
the same in condition at the close of the your.
The undersigned reserve the right to reject any
or all bids not deemed for the intcrcst of the
Borough. GEORGE B. ST. JOHN,
Chairman of the Commrttcc on Sewers.
Dated Norwalk,Jan.23d,1ssz. 2L4
Borough Taxes.
ASSESSORS’ NOTICE.
OTIOE is hereby given to all persons liable
to ay taxes in the Borough of Norwalk to
give to t to undersigned, or to either of them, on
or before the 73d day of February, A. D. 11532, at
the Town Clerk’s oliicc,Savtngs Batik Building,irr
said Borough. lists of all property liable to be
taxed in sard Borough, belongrng to shut persons
respectively on the met day 01 January, 1882. with
tho particulars of all such property, Real and
Personal. One of the Assessors will be in at-
tendance at said place, (Town Clerk’s office.) on
Thursday, the 26th lust and (0 and including the
23rd day of February next, for the purpose of re-
carving said Lists.
JOSEPH B. 151.13,
D. WARREN FITCH,
'\ Assessors of
; Borough
BURB SMITH,
Boronzb of Norwalk, January 23, 1888.
In Norwalk, Jan.21, Robert F. Hannah, ‘ \
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Skating Rink.
sEAsor-r mt 1882,
Military Hall.
The management take pleasure in announcing
that the above hull wrll be opened to the public for
Roller Shut up; on
Tuesday Evening, Jan. 37th.
And on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday after-
rroons and evenings of each week thereafter, un-
til fu_rl.lrcr notice.
Winslow’s Vineyard Roller Skate, the most ac-
ceptable before the public, will be used.
A most delightful wartime, which has already.
become tho most fashionable recreation through-
-out Europe and the principal cities of this coun-
try, thcrc being at the present time no loss titan
one hundred rinks in the cities and towns of New
England.
. Assistantswill be in attendance day and oven-
mg, who Will give their personal attention to
teaching the art, to ladies, mis.~es and gentlemen.
All the arrangements have in view the pleasure
of our patrons, and no—occurrcncc will be allowed
not: inaccorduncc with the most refined vtcws of
propriety. The management, in belrali'ot' patrons
reserve the right to r'clusc admission to any ob-
jectrouublc persons. ’l‘lrc mattrtgcnrcnmlcsire that
parents may feel sure that. no injurious influences
are at all possible for their children while at the
rink as a constant: watch is kept. over the skating
surface and the skutcs,
_ :csstons, afternoon from 2 to 4:30; evenings from
t:_-.»0 to 10 o’clock. Admission 15 cents :, evcnings
2:) cents. Package tickets,aitcrnoons eight for $51;
evenings, live for SI, Use of skates afternoons. :3
cents; evenings, 10 cents. 2L3
THE LADIES 535-” 'é’l'iffi
flhllGiiliGllTillllAL SEUEGH,
Reception
and Supper,
AT MUSIC HALL,
Wednesday inning", in. 25th.
Admission. to the Hall, 10 Cts.
Music filial},
F. M. KNAPP, - - MANAGER.
1
ONE NIGHT ONLY,
Saturday Evening, Jan. 28,
TOE‘IPKINS :5: K-llLL’S
Boston Theatre do.
In Jules Verne’s Famous Remancc.
_M:sssst
srsessrr.
' Which has completed the unprecedented run of
three months at the Boston Theatre, where it was
witnessed by 300,000 persons. The Drama. will
have all the advantages of the great cast W ich
includes Messrs Will. REDMUND. D.J. MA
GUINNISS. JOHN 1:}. INCH, GEO. R. PARKS,
J. ’1‘. CRAVEN, H. E.CIIASE, S. E. SPRlNGER,
Mrs. THOS. BARRY, Miss RACHEL NOAH,
Miss ANNIE E. PROCTO it, and -ma-rry other fu-
vorites: and the services of ti-‘tle AliALLi
LEPRI,thc eminent Spantsb Dauscuscdheb‘rantl
Ballet and Auxiliaries. SPLEN DID SCENEltY,
.BRILLIANT COSTUMES, and SUPERB AP—
POINTHENTS.
Sale of Seats at Spencer’s Jewelry Store.
Reserved Seats 75c.; Admission 50c.
Begins at S.
Doors open at 7:15.
Opera. House,
GRAND
Gala infantile 1
BY THE MEMBERS OF THE
Wednesday Eve,
February I, 1882,
Moslc LDBAMA! FARGE!
A Dramai in Three Acts, entitled
Enlisted sir are War.
To be followed by the Roaring Farce, in one not,
entitled,
like tie liter leis tile. for?
The diagram will be opened at Betts’ Drug Store
and at IIOyt’s Pharmacy, South Norwalk, on
Wednesday, Jan. 25th, at S a. m.
,TICKETS 50 CENTS,
' Carriages may be ordered at 10:15.
' ‘ [a , Experienced Slrirt
“Sill” ”mills n’Elllls . makers can have
plenty of work at good prices by calling at. John
Cooper’s,No.8 Chestnut st. near Union School
Norwalk, Ct. itpho
lg:
close, outthe entire
stock of the Annex
Store, 5‘55 10 cent
Counters. Now is
the time to secure
all the goods you
want at a low price
as long as they last.
Do not delay, but
call at once and
“make your selec-
tions. ,
E. if. isolated.
Black Enameled Sari Bnari,
hernias ssar else for Faster sari
a a. syringe a so.
tu-
as
of Norwalk.
33% i
leave decided to
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UNIQUE
Blended-Wining
lllllll Genuine vitiuthaie-i’iatl.
Fall Weight sustained] withrut
the heritage.
Why these Teas are Preferred
to all others.
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Because they are the best and cheap-
est TEAS ever offered in Ameri~
ca.
Because they are always. the same
and never disappointing.
Because they suit every taste, how-
ever fastidious, and every purse.
however humble.
Because they are adapted to the
wants of every locality, and to
the particular water of every (lis-
tricl.
Because they are absolutely pure
and uncolorcd, and every leaf as
‘ natural ”as when on the tree.
Because they are soothing to the
nerves, and invigorating to the
system.
Because every package serves the
Same purpose as a caddy, and
Because they will keep fresh for
many months in any climate.
importers and Jobbers Tea.
and Coffee (30...
N E W Y 0 It K .
AGENTS:
RAYMONB dc NICKERSCN, Norwalk.
'BRO‘WN a: “i ILCOX, South Norwalk.
To Rent.
PART oira house consisting of four rooms,
right in center of Village. Apply at this
ofiice.
To Rent.
BUILDING either, as a barn or shop, in the
rear of'No. 13 North avenue. ltp
To Rent.
TWO STORY HOUSE on Fair Street.
Apply at GAZETTE os‘rrcn.
Howard S; Bette,
Pharmacist,
P u. r e D r u. g s ,
Prescriptions a Specialty.
Toilet and Fancy Articles, .
carats shits gross,
Norwalk, Conan.
' Notice.
HE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of
The Lounsbuty {it Russell 00., will be held
at the office of the Company, Tuesday, Jan. 24th,
1582, at 10 o’clock, a. m.
1 . E. L. BOYER, Secretary.
Wrnnrpauk, Jan. 9th, 1852. 3t2
Come to the Great
titling-ill Sale.
My testis.
' Chasers.
011 cloths»,
Mattings, &c.,
A '1‘
ill
29 Main Street, Norwalk.
We have leased the Store, No. 3
Gazette Building, Wall Street, next
door to Gazette Entrance, and we
will offer our
little that at first.
The Goods must be sold. We
mean business.
Scaffold sh ilayt,
29 MA STREET, NORWALK.
Norwalk Chronicler