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Harwell: Gazette.
Tuesday. August :5, 1882.
SMALLS vs. TILLMAN.
Speech of Hon. John '1‘. Wait,
OF CONNECTICUT, IN THE HOUSE 01" REPBE'
SENTATIYES, TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1882.
The House having under consideration the
contested-election case from South Carolina,
Mr. Wait said:
Mr. Speaker :‘The duties which the Com-
mittec on Elections are called upon to per-
form are rarely if ever agreeable. Our
personal or social relations with the parties
in ll. case like the one now pending may be
such that we reluctantly come t9 conclusrons
that compel us to reject the claims_of one or
the other of them to a seat in this House.
But the members of this committee. lathe
performance of their duties act in a judicial
capacity; they are bound not to know the
faces of men and to decide between the cop-
testing parties in obedience to the law and in
the light of the evidence.
In the present contest between Smalls and
Tillman for a seat in this House from _the
fif 1h Congressional district of South Carolina,
a majority of the committee, after full and
careful consideration, believe that Mr. Smalls
was duly elected a member of the present
Congress and as such entitled.t0 his seat,
and that Mr. Tillman has no just or legal
claim to the seat which he now ocmpies.
The issues presented by the two reports
from the committee now come before the
House for us as a. body to pass. upon, and
though there are pleasant friendships existing
between gentlemen here who differ radically
in their political views, yet in our dealsion of
these issues our action should be such as
right and justice and low demand. . .
This Congressional district embraces six
counties, namely, Colleton, Beaufort, Barn-
well, Edgefield, Aiken and Hampton. The
contestee holds his seat by Virtue of a cer-
tificate from the Governor of South Carolina,
predicated upon the statement of the vote of
the district. made by the State canvassers. _
The returns from these counties are certi-
fied by the Governor of the State of South
Carolina as the result of the report made to
him by the State canvassers, and if they
were correct would give the election to Mr:
Tillman, he receiving by these returns 23,320
votes and Mr. Smalls 15,287 votes. I say I
admit that if the returns of the State can-
vassers made to the Governor and the Secre-
tary of State are to be relied upon, then Mr.
Tillman comes here a legally elected member
of this House, and holds his seat by over
8,000 majority. _ ,
Now, the majority of the committee, after
a careful, thorough and impartial examina-
tion of allthe' evidence in the case, could
not assent to the correctness of the report of
the State canvassers, or for one moment ad-
mit the claim of the contestee that he was
entitled to the majority named or to any ma-
jority whatever. For, after subjecting the
evidence adduced on the one Side and the
other to the closest scrutiny,inipelled as we
were by.a determination to choit the truth,
we were left no alternative but to decide
that not only should the 8,000 majority
claimed for Mr. Tillman be entirely Wiped
out, but that it was our duty to go further
and declare that Mr. Smalls, at the_lowest
calculation, was fairly and legally entitled to
membership here by a majority of nearly 1.-
500 votes.
But, Mr. Speaker, I do not. stop here. I
say to the House, without hesitation or: men-
tal reservation, that if there had been in this
Congressional district at that November
election a free ballot and a fair count; if the
supporters of Mr. Smalls had been permitted
to go to the polls and cast their ballots With-
out molestation; if they hadmot been kept
away or driven back by intimidationand vio-
lence; if there had been no tampering With
the ballot boxes in the six counties I have
named, the contestant would have been sent
here, not by the comparatively meagre ma-
jority of 1,500 votes, but the frccmcn of that
district would have triumphantly placed him
in his seat by over 10,000 majority. .
Now, the claim which I make, that if the
election in this district had been a free and
a fair one, Mr. Smalls would haye been
chosen by over 10,000 majority, is not a
naked and idle assertion unsupported by
facts. The contestant claimed, at the bear-
ings before the committee, that the returns
made by the State canvassers do. not repre-
sent the votes actually given to him ;. that he
was entitled to a large number of ballots
which were cast for him but not counted by
the precinct managers; that a large number
of votes were counted for the contestee that
did not lawfully belong to him; and that
polls were returned for him which, because
of this fraudulent count, should have been
thrown out; and, further, that by Violence
and intimidation at various places in each‘of
the counties composing the district large
bodies of men, his friends and supporters,
who were desirous to cast their ballots for
him, were prevented from so deing; and that
for such several causes the votes of many
precincts in five of the counties should never
have been included in the returns. I say to
the House that the facts in the case, devel-
oped by the testimony, sustain the claims of
the contestant. _
There is in my mind the'clearest ev1dence
that in the three counties of Edgefield, Barn-
well and Colleton fraud was premeditated
long before the day of election. These three
counties are reported by the State ofiiCials as
having cast 21,641 votes, and that of these
15,364 were given for Tillman and 6,261 for
Smalls. The census of 1880 shows that when
this election occurred there was in these three
counties a colored population of 80,010 and
a white population of 42,050. No intelligent
and fair-minded man, familiar With the politi-
cal relations of the colored men_of South
Carolina, but will tell you that ninety-nine
out,of every one hundred of them are en-
rolled in the ranks of the Republican party.
So far as the census of 1880 can indicate how
‘the votes in these three counties, with a free
ballot and a fair count,wonld have been cast,
it furnishes the strongest eVidence_ that
Smalls would have received nearly mice as
many votes as Tillman. But the managers
district, who were determined to defeat
Smalls, not only knew the. surest mode to
effect their purpose, but also the proper_
course to pursue to conceal. if possible, the '
fraud.
In this CODDtCllOH Iwouid state to the
House that the laws of South Carolina im~
peratlvely direct that the county canvassers
send up to theGovernor and Secretary of
State, in connection with their aggregated
statement of the vote, the precmct returns,
the poll lists, and all papers appertaining to
the election, to enable the State canvassers
to make up the statement of the vote, upon
which-statement the certificate of election of
the Governor is to be issued. But, mark you,
from these three counties there were no re-
turns made to the Governor and Secretary of
State, as by law required. Hence the State
board of canvassers had no reliable data upon
whichlihey could base the votes of these
counties in their tabulated statement. In my
opinion the county canvassers Willfully and
corruptly neglected to forward these public
documents to their superiors in authority.
At a subsequent period, when Mr. Smalls
called upon the Governor for the poll lists
and precinct returns, that he might examine
the same for the purpose of proving the
frauds perpetrated by the subordinate _of.
flcials,'he was informed by the executive
Secretary that neither of the papers asked
for nor any returns pertaining to the election
of 1880, other than the aggregated statement
of the county canvassers, were then or ever
had been on tile in the executive office.
But? I do not end my arraignment of the
Democratic managers in Edgefield county by
fixing upon its board of canvassers the
fraudulent withholding of papers that the
State required them to transmit to the Gov-
ernor and Secretary, or by provrng that they
willfully and corruptly arrogatetl to them:
selves the right to reject the entire vote of
certain precincts, and by such means change
the vote of the county. I go further and
assert that at this November election lawless-
ness reigned throughout the length and
breadth of this county. At every precinct
within its limits where the polls were opened
violence and intimidation were brought into
requisition to prevent the Republican super-
visors from performing their ofilcml duties
and to drive the colored men from the polls,
the intent being to diminish if not to blot
‘out the Republican vote. _Fraud exhibited
itself in tissue ballots,repeating, box stuffing,
and unfair practices in the Withdrawal of
surplus ballots. 1 will endeavor, in as brief
terms as possible, to present to the House the
gist of the evidence going fully and clearly
to establish the fact that there was neither a
free ballot nor an honest count in any one of
the precincts in Edgeiicld where the polls
were opened. . .
Iwiil first call attentionto the tendons
showing the condition of things at Ldgefield
Court House, the most important precmct in
the county. A prior formed purpose to dis—
regard the law, in order to defeat the rights
of the majority, was‘ boldly carried out.. A
crowd of mounted men attired in red shirts,
armed with pistols or other weapons, rode to
and fro through the streets,
arms, yelling, and resorting to other meth-
ods calculated to intimidate the colored
voters. The poll was held upstairs in the
court room, and one of the double doors was
securely closed, while the other, eighteen
inches wide, was watched by_a Democratic
guard, so that those Republicans who suc-
ceeded in forcing their way through this
crowd of Democrats were subjected to every
form of insult and personal abuse. Every
hindcrance was placed in the way of_these
men when they attempted to cast their bal-
lots, and the garments of some of them were
torn from their persons. . _ .
An arbitrary line was established in front
of the court house, on the inner side .01
which the redefiirtcrs paraded, armed wrth
pistols and guns. The evidence, coming
from the mouths of many witnesses, is con-
clusive that from 2,000 to 2.500 colored
cisc the elective franchise, and yet when the
poll was closed 763 ballots were counted for
the contestee and 11 ballots only for the con-
testant. Pistols were presented at many of
the Republicans when they advanced toward
the court house. the lives of others were
threatened, and the great mass abandoned all
attempts to vote and returned to their homes.
At this precinct a military c’ompany was
placed in a hall opposite the poll, and the
Republicans retired when it became evident
that they could not cast their ballots without
bringing on a conflict, which would inevita-
bly terminate in bloodshed. -Witnesscs tell
us that at the Mount Willing precinct simi-
lar scenes of violence were enacted; that
from 180 to 190 colored voters were kept
away from the poll, and that several of these
men, in attempting to exercise their rights.
were beaten with clubs.
House precinct the supervisor, who was a
Republican, was not allowed to act in his
office, struck three times over his head,one
of the Democratic leaders at the same time
saying to him that he would “ smell hell be-
fore niuhi." ,
At George’s Cross Roads Democrats
crowded the doorway leading to the ballot
box, and would not let Republicans enter
the room where the votes were being re-
ceived, and, presenting pistols and threaten-
ing personal violence, forced great numbers
of Republicans to retire without voting. At
Cheatham's Store a Democrat took the su-
pervisor’s commission from him, saying at
the same time to him that he should not su-
pervise that day. Pistols were fired. by
Democrats, and Republicans were driven
away from the poll. One man was beaten
and his life threatened unless he changed his
ballot, and to save himself from bodily in-
jury he consented to do as hidden and voted
the Democratic ticket. At Talbot’s Store
the entrance to the room where the votes
were received was crowded by Democrats
in such manner as to prevent Republicans
from entering, and the supervisor states that
twenty-five colored men only voted, one
hundred and fifty being deterred by threats
from making the attempt. At Red Hill the
Republican supervisor had his commission
forced from him, and he was told to leave or
a hole would be put through him. We
learn from the testimony of the supervisor
that at Landrum‘s Store seventy-six more
ballots were found in the box than there
were names on the poll list, and to prevent
an investigation the-supervisor’s poll list was
forcibly taken from him. At Johnston’s the
Republican supervisor remained till nearly 3
o‘clock, when he was seized by a red-shirter,
who, with profane and threatening language,
compelled him to leave the precinct. It was
at this poll that Democrats were riding up’
and down during the day, waving clubs and
swords and discharging pistols and guns.
One colored man was shot in the head and
kliled, and out of the seven or eight hundred
colored men who came to this precinct to
vote, not over thirty of them were permitted
to cast their ballots. ~ ‘
The evidence, Mr. Speaker, shows beyond
questionthat in this county the whiths were
Democrats, and that the colored men were
voting or attempting to vote the Republican
ticket. The great effort of the Democrats
was to keep the colored men from casting
theirhallots; and over 3,000 of them in this
county were driven from the polls. I will
now call the attention of the House to evi-
dence drawn from the census, which pours
a flood of light upon the true condition of
political parties in Edgefield county. The
Secretary of State certified that this county
aggregated for the 'crintestee 0,467 and for
the contestant 1,046 votes. The census,
taken the year of this election, shows white
voters 3,590, colored 5,648 ; _ colored majority
2,058. N ow, if every white man, twenty-one
years of age should have voted for the con-
testant, he must also have received the votes
of 2,877 colored men. No one who is at all
familiar with the history of political parties
in South Carolina during the last ten years,
will for one moment believe that any such
number of colored men as the figures of the
Secretary of State indicate, or even one-tenth
part of that number, residents of Edgefield
county, ever cast their votes for a Democrat.
They have not forgotten and never can forget
the atrocities committed at Hamburgh in
July, 1876, when ten unoffending colored
men were shot down in the streets and lgts
of that village. The riots at Ellenton, in
September of that year, and the ruthless
slaying of their friends and kinsfolk that
followed, are imprinted in the memories of
the colored men of E gefield county as if
burned in by fire. T e record which that
county made on the two occasions referred.
to, is one of which its honorable and fair-
minded citizens have ever been ashamed.
Mr. Tillman. Allow me to correct the
gentleman. Both of these riots cccurred in
Aiken county.
Mr. Wait. But does ,not Aiken county
abut on Edgcfieldcounty; and did not Ellen-
ton originally belong to the last named
county? -
Mr. Tillman. There are six counties in
the district; and Ellenton was never a por-
tion of Edgefield county. It is in the extreme
southern boundary of Aiken county.
Mr. Wait. My friend of course under-
stands the geography of his own State better
than I do. I had the impression I was right,
but stand corrected and cheerfully say I was
wrong. I am willing I) do justice also to
Edgefield; for that county has offenses
enough for which to§snswer without being
made responsible for the bad deeds of Aiken.
The gentleman I presume will not deny that
these outrages and atrocities were committed
by Democrats who were residents of the fifth
Congressional district and citizens of South
Carolina.
I will now, Mr. Speaker, step over from
Edgefield into Aiken and pay a little atten-
tion to the constituents of my friend, [ML
Tillman,] who reside there. I have not the
time to give an extended statement of the
lawless course pursued by the Democrats in
this county at the election of November,
1880; but I can say without fear of contra.
diction that the same spirit of violence
reigned that prevailed throughout the county
of Edgefield, and the same glaring frauds
discharging fire--
were practiced. At Aiken Court House 'Re-
publicans were beaten, out with knives, and
in some instances driven from the polls by.
having cayenne pepper thrown in. their,
eyes.
The Palmetto Rifies, carrying arms, were
marched to the polls, and a cannon was
trained upon a body of Republican voters.
At this precient an aged colored man, when
attempting to vote, was brutally {stabbed in
the breast, and the scar is still there from the
wound which was made by the rcd-shirter's
knife. At Summer Hill fraudulent ballots
were stuffed into the box, a Republican
speaker beaten by the crowd, and but one
Republican permitted to vote. At Windsor
the life of the Republican ballot vender was
threatened; he was compelled to leave, and
no ballots were allowed to be distributed.
At Hankerton’s Store the box was stuffed
with fraudulent ballots, and the clerk, who
war keeping. a list was dragged from the
poll and whipped with switches till he bled.
At Creed’s Store the lives of colored voters
were threatened and fraudulent votes put in
the box. At Kneece’s Mill a Democrat took
from a Republican supervisor his poll
list and destroyed it. At J ourdan’s Mill
the Republican supervisor was not per-
mitted to see the box opened before vot-
ing commenced. I ask the attention of the
House to this piece of testimony, because I
am led to believe that it was not an isolated
case. Now, the law of South Carolina re-
quires that the box shonld be publicly op—
ened, too, in- the presence of the supervisor,
who goes there to protect the rights of the
minority; or, in this case, perhaps. to protect
particulroly the rights of the colored voters;
so that if there should be any attempt to
crowd the box with tissue ballots or
fraudulent votes, as was done throughout
the district, the supervisor would have an
opportunity to observe and guard against
such fraudulent practices of that kind. But
here a witness testifies that in his opinion
there were at least fifty fraudulent votes‘put
in the box prior to the supervisor being per-
mitted to be present and watch the proceed-
ings of his associate officials.
I recognize the fact, Mr. Speaker, that my
time is limited, and that I must occupy but a
few moments in speaking of the lawlessness
that prevailed and the fraudulent manner of
conducting the election * in the counties of
Hampton, Barnwell, and Colleton, The
majority of the committee determined that
the returns from five voting precincts in the
first named county should be rejected,and
the evidence sustains them in their decision.
It was at Bronson precinct, in this county,
that 588 ballots were put in the box against
350 names on the poll list. At EarlyBranch
repeating and box stuffing, the discharging
of pistols and heating of voters, rendered the
election in that precinct a farce. At Beach
Branch the Democrats took from the Repub-
lican messengers 1,200 ballots,and not asinglc
Republican was permitted to vote. At Law-
tonville one colored man was cut with a saber
,many were beaten, and three were shot. At
Varnsville there was an excess of 229 b lots
over the names on the poll list, and av 80
Democratic and 2 Republican tickets con-
tained duplicate votes. What reliability, I
ask the House. can be placed upon returns
from this precinct? I must call the attention
of gentlemen to the fact that the canvassers
certified that 4,165 votes were polled and
counted in this county of Hampton. The
census shows that there were only 3.828 males
over twenty-one years, of whom 1,381 were
white. while 2,590 votes are certified for the
contestee, and this too when the friends of
the contestee were resorting to violence in
every form to prevent colored men from com-
ing to the polls. I can easily believe that box
stufiing and repeating gave to the contestee
returned by the county canvassers.
In the county of Barnwell, Allendale pre-
cinct was the only one rejected. and that be-
cause the cvidence sustained the claim of the
contestant that the violence and intimidation
Republicans assembled at this poll to cxer-.
At the Meeting
the 1,209 votes required to make up the 2,590
at this poll drove away Republican voters
and prevented them from casting their ballots.
In Colleton County, although the testimony
shows that the mode of conducting the elec-
tion on the part of the Democratic managers
was most unfair, yet the only changes recom-
mended by the committee was to add to the
number of votes returned for the contestant
the votes of two precints which were illegally
rejected by the county and State Canvasscrs,
and give 90 votes to him in another precinct
which had been improperly credited to the
contestee. Thamajority of the committee,
after a careful examination of the testimony
presented to them by the parties, changed
the vote of the district as they believed jus-
tice demanded, and gave Mr. Small 1,489
majority. ,
1 now appeal to this House, to gentlemen
on both sides of this all who desire to act
impartially and pass fairly on the issues he-
twocn the contesting parties for this seat,
whether in the light of the evidence that has
been presented they can for one moment be-
lieve that in the absence of violence,intimida-
tion, and fraud the result of the election
would have been as it is claimed by Mr. Till-
man ? In no Southern State is the color line
in politics more strictly drawn than in the
State of South Carolina. In every county in
that State the colored people are recognized
as Republicans. In the fifth Congressional
district there were 14.394 whites and 27,262
colored males who were twenty one years of
age and over. Herc Was a clear majority of
12,968 in favor of the contestant. Not one
spark of testimony was produced before the
committee to show us how, by any fair and
legitimate means, that could have been
changed into 8,038 majority for the contestee.
An examination of how the vote in each
county in a division on the color line would
have stood shows that in no one of them did
the contestee hav‘c the slightest chance with a-
free and fair election to secure a majority.
In Colleton County there was an excess
over the white vote of 769; in Barnwell Co.
there was an excess over the white vote of
2,291; in Edgefield County there was an ex-
cess over the vote of 2,877; in Aiken County
thfsg was an excess over the white vote of
p I
Every source of information which I‘have
examined gives me irrefutable proof that to
secure the election of Mr. Tillman the Dem-
ocratic manages and the Democratic officers.
who controlled the precincts in five counties
in this District, resorted to the most unbri—
dled lawlessness and unblushing fraud.
‘_ As evidence to sustain this assertion I must
be permitted to go back for a moment and
speak of a' statement made in regard to fraud
practiced at Edgefield Court House. A wit-
ness swore that he sat near the poll where he
could distinctly see what took place, and that
he noticed different men who came up and
voted Democratic ballots from one to seven
times.
Those electors were rendering‘prctty valu-
able service to my friend (Mr. ' illman) who
sits in front of me; and I certainly recognize
the gentleman from South Carlina as a friend
for no other than pleasant relations have ever
existed between us. The electors who did
this work for the contestee have a demand
upon him for gratitude if not for something
which I think they would value more than
his gratitude.
The whole evidence shows that the judges
of elections throughout the entire county of
Edgefieldcountenanced bull dozing, connived
at fraud, and resorted to any means,howevcr
corrupt, that would aid to elect the Demo-
cratic nominees.
In passing upon the questions in issue be-
fore us, I believe that it is the desire of every
member of the House to decide the same, as
I said in the opening, in accordance with
sound legal principles and in the light of the
evidence presented. I think that we should
be guided to some extent at least by the fact
that in former elections this district has given
a very large Repulican majority. What, I
ask, has happened recently to change the po-
litical character of the district? What has
been done to induce the colored voters of
South Carolina to sever old party ties and
rally around the Democratic standard ?
Nothing, so far as we can learn from the ev-
idence. , When lawless men at Hamburgh
and Ellenton reddened the soil of South Car-
olina with the life-blood of their fellow-cit-
izens who were guilty of no ofiense what-
ever, unless to receive at the hands of God a
black skin is a crime, they did more to per-
petuate the color line than ever had been
done before by the united efforts of - all the
Republican leaders in that state. Now, I say
to my friend who sits in front of me, [ll/fr.
Tillman,] if he has wrought this wonderful
change through his own personal influence
and efforts, he must have exhibited an elo-
quence in his appeals hardly surpassed by
that of Paul when he spoke to, the men of
Athens. But there is an entire failure of
evidence in both of the reports before the
House to show any such miraculous conver~
sion of the colored men of South Carolina to
the Democratic faith; and although the con-
testee evidently searched throughout his dis-
trict as with candles, he has only been able
to prove that here and there a solitary black
man cast a Democratic ballot.
The colored men of the South remember
that the great Republican party made them
free, and bestowed upon them all the rights,
privileges, and immunities which they now
enjoy; that this party placed the ballot in
their hands, and, to protect them in the right
to vote, declared by an amendment to the
Constitution that suchright should not be
denied or abridged by the United States ,or
by any state on account of race, color, or for-
mer servitude. -
We are now in duty held to protect them
in the enjoyment'of all the rights which we
have bestowed upon them: to see that in all
legitimate ways they are educated, cleyated,
and advanced; and if a majority of the free-
men in any Congressional district South see
fit to send a black man to represent them on
'the'floor of this House, we are bound- to ad-
mit him and place him” in the seat to which
he is entitled. Mr. Smalls was legally elect-
ed a member of this House, and as such he
should at once he recognized and received.
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fellows, .who seem to be hollow all the way
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that of Mr. J. 8, Beach, of Stone Bridge, Ul-
ster 00., N. Y. Mr. Beach had suffered since
October 18th, 1874, from the presence of Cal-
culus or Stone in the right Kidney. No less
than seven phyeicians were employed at dif-
ferent times, to whom Mr. Bench paid hun-
dreds of dollarsforimodioal treatment, with
only temporary relief from his agony.
By the urgent solicitations of his friends
he was induced to try Dr. David Kennedy’s
“Favorite Remedy"—experienced a- marked
improvement from the first day he began to
use the medocine; on the 15th of Séptember
lie voided a stone as large as could be passed
through the natural channel.
Mr. Beach concludes a. long letter to Dr.
Kennedy by saying: “It will .always afford
rue pleasure to recommend the “Favorite
Remedy" to those who may be suffering from
difficulties of the Kidneys and Bladder, or
any disorders arising from an impure state
of, the blood. The “Favorite Remedy" sold
by all druggists. The Doctor's only address
is Rondout, New York. 40.31
P. W. BATES
AT 1113
Marble 103111001,
On: Water Street.
HAS NEW DESIGNS In
Bead Stones. Monuments and
all kinds of Memorial Work.
CALI. AND SEE THEM. '
c. E. CRABB‘E,
105
Painting and Paper Hanging in all
branches, executed promptly and
on reasonable terms. Shop corner
Wall and Water Streets. Office at
A. Selleek’s Book Store.
Norwalk. April 24th, 1882.]
Howard S. Bette,
Pharmacist, '
P u. r e I) r u. g s .
Prescriptions a Specialty.
Toilet and fancy Articles,
—AT- ~
GORNEB. DRUG STORE,
Hal ,Bal ill-
Lumhai ' Yard
PLANING MILL,
MANUFACTURERS 0“
3m]?
Doors,
‘ sashes,
Blinds,
Mouldings,
Window Frames,
Packing Boxes, &c.
80. Nbrwalk. Conn.
0
-—AT—-
' . Jewelry Store,
you will find a large assortment of
I
Fine Gold Watches and Chains,
French Clocks & Bronzes,
R o g er s ’ Statuary,
Soldid Silver &
. PlatedWare
Faience Vases and Lamps, Musics
Instruments, Opera Glasses,
&'c. Also, the celebrated
Glasses,
In Gold and other Frames.
Mill &. Office foot of Marshall St,
- in question. It interests the public, consist-
sprucsa’s
Rich Jewelry and Precious Stones,
1
flock Crystal Spectrales and Eye
No. 3 Main Street, Norwalk, Ct
.185. h N
w.
“f, i
iM‘llSl‘ll-‘fé
Store with A. W. Austin,
Jeweler.
' ‘ DWEDmNGs
AND
_ Buildin'gLots.
, cnt portions of
sale at reasonable
. ricer.
outside of no rou
Bubnlre at this Dulce.
3 new and in complete running order.
elicit if a licdlor soon.
pAddrgls’s EDEN CUTTER. Nomalk. Conn.
... - --. .g...
J. M. PTTEB.
HAS REMOVED me -~
“To Opera. House Block,,‘in
H SEVERAL dvrellln humou- prices in differ-
orough, either to let or for
,Also severnl places
, iimlto—onc in Winnipaiik
Ambient-a1 Bail rig lots im‘and onto: Borough
01: SALE AT A BARGAINS—A 10 horse
power Wood a; Mann Poi-tame Engine. near-
Just the
ing for cider or grist mill. Can be bought very
. tion already chartered and organized, I should
TEMPERANCE.’
Contributodby Ladies of Norwalk Temp.Union
The Christian Union wants to know why
we cannot have a sensible crusade against
tobacco smoking—not against the: right of
any man to smoke. but against his right to
smoke others. The case is well put:
The average smoker on being remonstratcd
with for smoking where it will annoy others,
Will say, “Well, I guess I've got a right to
smoke; it you don’t like it, you can emi-
grate." That is his standpoint—that he has
arlght to smoke. But has he a right to
smoke his neighbor too? Has any man a
right to poison and vitatc the common air
for the sake of his own enjoyment? Have
mcn any more right to points the atmosphere
of Murray Hill with the smoke from poi-
sonous weeds than they have to pollute it
with the noxious odors of a sludge-acid
factory? Ilava men any more right to puff
out tobacco smoke in acrowd than they have
to throw around vitrol in a crowd ? We
grant that a man has a right to smoke ; but
he has no right to compel others to take his
smoke. In his pursuit of happiness he has
no right to infringe on that of another man.
If it man must smokc,let him doit in private
and not where he will annoy and injure
others. Public opinion ought to compel
this; if it is not powerful enough to do it
unaided, ought not the law to aid? If not,
why not 7
—='—
Rights or the Press.
In deciding the case of Edward Crane
against the Boston Advertiser in the United
States Circuit Court at Boston, Judge Lowell
Overruled the plaintiff: demurrer in these
terms: For the purpose of deciding this de-
murrer it must be assumed that the plaintiff
had conceived and began to carry out a plan
for making a railroad from Boston to New
York by the consolidation of certain shorter
lines and otherwise, and that it was a part of
his plan to obtain control of the New York
and New England Company by electing di-
rectors favorable to his scheme; that the
publication of the article complained of in.
'terfered with this plan to his prejudice, and
that the statements were not true, but were
published in good faith. without express
malice, and were upon reasonable inquiry by
the defendants, believed by them.to be true.
The contention then is. on the part of the
defendants, that the subject-matter is.onc in
which the public has an interest, and that in
discussing a subject of that sort, a public
speaker or writer is not bound at his peril to
see that his statements are. true, but has a
qualified privilege, as it has been called, in
respect to such matters. The modern doc-
trine, as shown by the cases cited for the dc-
feudants, appears to he that the public has a
right to discuss in good faith the,public con-
duct and qualifications of a public man, such
as a Judge, an Ambassador, etc., with more
1'. .odom than they can take with a private mat:
ter, or with the private conduct of any one.
In such discussions they are not held to
prove the exact truth of their statements,
and the soundness of their inferences, pro-
vided they are not actuated by express inal-
ice, or that there ll reasonable ground for
their statements or inferences, all of which
for the jury. Some of the affairs of a rail-
road company are public and some are pri-
vate. For'instance, the honesty of a clerk
or servant in the gflice of the company is a
matter for the clerk and company only. The
safety of a bridge on the line is a subject of
public moment. The public, in this sense,
is a number of persons who are or will be
interested, and yet who are a present un-
ascertainable. All the future passengers on
the road are the public in respect to the
safety of the bridge, and as they cannot be
pointed out you may discuss the construc-
tion of the bridge in public, though you re-
fiect upon the character of the builder. If
this definition of the public is a sound one,
the Commonwealth, considered as a stock-
holder, .is not the public, for its interests are
intrusted to certain officers, who are easily
ascertained; nor would the interests of the
shareholders become a public matter merely
by reason of their number, unless it'Wcre
proved that it would be virtually impossible
to reach them individually. If therefore,
the question were merely 'of the effect of the
scheme upon the shares of the New York and
New England Railroad Company, a corpora-
doubt somewhat whether it would be of a
public nature ; but, inasmuch as the projec
was one which affected a long 'line of road‘
partly built, and the consolidation of several
companies, it assumes public importance.
Perhaps the right of legislative interference
may be taken as a faintest of the right of
public discussion,siace they both depend upon
the same condition. The Legislature can-
not interfere in the purely private affairs of
a company, but it may control such of them
asatfect the public. It cannot apprehend
that the Legislatures. of Massachusetts and
Connecticut would have power to permit or
prohibit, or modify a scheme such as', is now '
ing of the unascertaiued persons who will be
asked to take shares in it and those through
whose lands it will pass, or whose business
will be helped or hindered by it, that such a
line should be honestly laid out, built, and
carried through. For this reason the char-
acter of the plaintiff as a constructor and
manager of railroads seems to me to .be open
to public discussion when he comes forward
with so great and important a project, affect-
ing many interests beside the share holders of
one road, and that, therefore, the defendants,
or any other persons,have the qualified privi-
lege which attaches to the discussion of pub-
lic affairs. The distinction is that when a
railroad is to be built, or acompany. to build
it is to be chartered, the question whether it
shall be authorized is a public one ; when the
company is organized and the stock isissued,
anything which merely affects the value of
stock is private. The demurrer to the an-
swerjs overruled.
#
The Macon (Georgia) Telegraph believes
that if the Democrats are to control the next
national House of Representatives the gains
will have to come elsewhere than from the
South. the outlook being favorable for the loss
of at least a dozen members from that section.
‘TlltlllflllllszOF Militias
“Wei. 0 ME
got only for its PIIBITY. but because of its SU-
mo [TY i
w1§iiiiis ounmrs.
”It I- warranted the BEST LAUNDRY
SOAP In the world. ,
"Superiority" is our motto and it peculiarly chan-
acterizes all of our Soaps. For sale b} all “1'“
class Grocers.
iGllllTlS DAVIS 81. 60.,
‘ EOY'JP’S '
Execlslor Tickets!
Milkmen, Restaurants than, to.
These Ticketmor Checks. lately introduced. are
round in form, about the line of a silver quarter,
and the edges are completely protected by a brass
rln . They are printed on one or both sides as
this ed, then vanished to protect them from
Water or fluids. They are very convenient to
PM?“ ""3. "sm'i’uguadé'krthsr
oon eepsrsan 0 sum -
spline spam. Also printed to order, the ordinary
s y as o - .
‘ Milk 0hecks,Restaurant Cheeks.“
A. H. BYINGTON £5 00..
u run
new York ,
CONVEYANCES
\.-\./\/~./\/\I\1\IV\I~J\IV\I\/\/uu\/\/\/\/\/\/\/1
—'AND—- .
, Ngrwalk.
FARE ONLY 35 CENTS.
Excursion Tickets to N. l.&|lelum
Fifty Cents.
THE POPULAR AND SWIFT STEAMEB,
\\\\
“133331.31,”
llas commenced her Regular Daily Trips leav-
ing New York from Pier 27 E. 1t., near Peck Slip,
at 2:45 p. m., and from foot of {list Street,
It. R... at 3:00 p. m., connecting surely with the
Train for Danbiir lenvrng at 6:03 p. m., and New
Haven trains fort in east. Lcavc South Norwalk
every morning (Sundays cxcepted,) at 7 :50
o'clock. on arrival of the Danbury and the New
Haven trains.
Passengers can procure Single and Excursion
Tickets for all Stations on the Danbury Railroad
at the Captain’s office on the Boat.
Passengers and Ba gage conveyed to and from
the Depot at Scuth orwalk, Free of Charge.
Refreshments served on board at all hours.
WHITE’S PROPELLEIIS
Willc'ontinuc to make regular tripsbctweenNor.
walk Bridge and New York.
' Freight received from and delivered at the
freightdepotof theDanbury tilt N orwalk Railroad
for all stations, also the Shepaug Railroad.
H’Specialarrnugcments forfrcight to and from
DANBURY a; NORWALK I! . ll
. SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing J ans 5, 1882. '
DAILY TRAINS
Leave Norwalk Bridgefor Daubury.
9 28 a. m.l\Iail.
2 22 p .m.,Accomrnodatlon.
5 00 p. m,N. Y. Express:
6 08 p. m..Mail.
9 47 a. m:. Sunday Accommodation.
Arrive at Norwalk Bridge from Danbury. -
7 34;n.m.,Mail. ' .
8 48 a. m.. N. Y, Express
1 08 p. m., Accommodation.
5 08 p. m , Mail.
9 00 p. m., Sunday Accommodation.
L' W. SANDIFORTII. Supt.
N. 11., N. Be a: ll. RAILROAD.
Trains ic'avc South Norwalkfor New York :
12 47 Wash. night exp. 11 45 a. in. Local ex.
4 56 a. m., Express, 1 20 p. m. Accom’tion
5 18 “ Boston ex. 2 56 " Express
5 28 “ Adams ex. 4 30 “ u
' 5 50 H S. N. special 445 -' Accom’tion
6 2o " Aceoni’tion 5 15 “ Newport ex.
_7 05 “ “ “ 6 55 “ Accom’tion
7 25 “ Local ex. 9 37 “ Express ,
7 45 “ “ ‘- 9 47 " Milk train
3 52 u “ " . Sunday Ac. 6 03 p. in.
935 “ Accom’tion “ Milk, 9 42 "
10 37 “ Local ex. , -
Leave South Norwalk for New Haven:
6 52 a. m. A'ccom’tion _ 6 05 p. m. Local 03.
7 54 “ Milk train 0 52 '- Local ex.
8 56 -‘ Accom’tion 7 00 “ Accom’tion
9 23 “ Boston ex. 942 " Accom’tion
10 48 “ Accom‘tion 11 01 " Adams ex.
1211 p. m. Boston ex. 1127 " Boston ex.
1 .13 “ Accom’tion 11 47 “ “
2 ll “ Newport ex 2 01 a. in. Wash. ex.
4 20 “ Local ex. Sundays 8 00 ii. iii, Milk
4 52 “ “ “ " 9 37 " Ac.
5 06 “ Prov. ex.
EW YORK & PHILADELPHIA NEW LINE
BOUND BROOK ROUTE
FOIL TRENTON AND PHILADELPHIA .
Commencing June 26. 1882.
New York can be made with this line 10 percent.
less than by the railroad.
Produce sold free of commission and returns
promptly made at the highest market rates.
IZ‘ All persons areforbid trusting any of the
employees ofthe boatspf this line on account of
the owners thereof.
“ ‘ Meeker’s
I. I N E I
Schooner JOHN G. PERRY, Capt. Byxbce, will
hereafter make regular weekly trips between N or-
walk and New York. stopping at South Norwalk,
leaving Meeker Brothers’ Wharf, Norwalk. every
£g¢lflayfln1¥h8£ Brficight glkcfi' onyliorird atrlfir
. .,000 u er t. ew or onMO -
vars aud‘TUESDAgYS. ' , ' ’
The Higher" Market Rate- Puld for
Ray. Straw and Farmer’s Produce. by
' A. J. MEEIER a: Bill).
N orwalk. April,1880.
Money to Loan.
Enquire of O. E. WILSON, No. 3 Gazette Build-
ing. Norwalk, Conn.
66:: woekin your own town. Terms and 85
outfit (rec. Address ILHALLETT & Co...
ortland, Maine. lyll
Leave New Yorkt’rom station 0.1:. R. of N .J.,
foot of Liberty St.,for Philadelphia.
Ninth & Green- Streets, at 7:45,9:30,11:15 a.m.
1:30. 4, 4:30, 5:30, 7, 12 p.m . On Sunday at 8:45 a.
in. 5:30, 12 p. m.-
For Third a Berksstrects,at 7:45.11:15.a.m.1:30,
4:30, 5:30. 7, p. m., 0n Snnda at 8:45 a. in.
ForTrenton, Warren and ' tickersts., 7:45.930.
11:15 a.m..lzao, 4:00, 4:30. 5:30, 7:00, 12, p.m. Sun-
day 8:45, a.m., 5:30, 12 p. in.
Return trainslcavePluladelphia for New York:
From stations Phila. & Reading Railroad,
Ninth & Green 8th.. at 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 11, a.m., 1:15
3:45. 5:40,6:45, 12 p. in . On Sunday at 8:30 a. m.,
5:30, 12 p. m.
From Third it. Berks streets, 5:10. 8:20, 9:15 a.m.,
21:31:), 5:20. 6:30, 11:30 p.m. On Sunday at 8:15, a.m.
: . p.m.
From Trent-an,Warrcn and Tucker streets, 1:25.
6:20. 8.03, 9:05, 10:08, 11:34 a. in. 2:00. 4:25, 6:24, 7 28,
p.m. 0n Sundqy 1:25, 9:18 a , in. 6:15 p. m.
Tickets for sale at foot 01 Liberty St.,239.261.
401,944,957, 1323 Broadway,and at the principal
hotels: Nos. 2 and 4 Court St. and Annex office,
Jewell s Wharf, Brooklyn.
N cw York'Transfer Company will call for and
check baggage from hotel or residence to destina-
tion.
ALL BAIL LINE sou LONG BRANCH,OCEAN
GROVE,ASBURY PARK. POINT PLEASANT
Leave foot of Liberty street, N. 11., 7:45, 9:00, 11:00
a. m., :30. 3.30.4. 4:30, 6 p.m
II. P. BALDWIN. Gcn.Pass. Ag’t.
0.11.11. of N.J.
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Being the Croat Central Line. affords to
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WHO IS UNACQUAINTED WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF THIS COUNTRY, WILL
SEE BY EXAMININO THIS MAP, THAT THE
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CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND &. PACIFIC R’Y,
travelers, by reason of Its unrlvaled goo-
graphlcal position, the shortest and best route between the East, Northeast and
Carriage Making
Main Street, South Nor-walk, Ct.
southeast, and the West. Northwest and Southwest.
It Is literauy and strictly true, that Its can
of road between the Atlantic and the Pacific.
By Its main line and branches it reaches
nectlons are all of the principal lines
4‘
Chicago, Jollet, Peoria, Ottawa,
La Sane, Caneseo, Molina and Rock Island, In Illinois; Davenport, Muscatlne,
Washington, Keokuk, Knoxville. Oskaloosa, Fair-field, Des Molnes, West Liberty,
Iowa City, Atlantic, Avoca, Audubon, Harlan, Outhrle Center and Council Bluffs,
In Iowa;
worth and Atchlson in
Intermediate. The
Callatln, Trenton, Cameron and Kansas Clty, In Missouri, and Leaven-
Kansas, and the hundreds of cities, villages and towns
“GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE,”
As it Is famillarly called, offers to travelers all the advantages and comforts
lncldent to a smooth track, safe bridges, Union Depots at all connecting points,
Fast Express Trains. composed of COMMODIOUS, WELL VENTILATED, 'WELL
HEATED. FIHELY UPHOLSTERED and ELEGANT DAY COACHES; a line of the
MOST MAGNIFICENT HORTON RECLININO CHAIR CARS evenbuilt; PULLMAN’S
latest deslgncd and handoomest PALACE SLEEPING CARS, and DININO CARS '
that are acknowledged by press and people to be. the FINEST RUN UPON ANY
ROAD IN THE COUNTRY, and In which superlor meals are served to travelers at
the low rate of SEVEN'l'Y-FIVE CENTS EACH. ,
THREE TRAINS each way between CHICAGO and the MISSOURI RIVER.
TWO TRAINS each way between CHICACO and MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL,
via the famous
t
- January I, 1882,a new line will be opened,
Newport News. Richmond, Clnclnnutl. Indianapolls and La
ALBERT LEA ROUTE.
via Seneca and Kankakee, between
Fayette, and Council
Blufis, St. Paul, Minneapolis and intermediate points.
All Through Passengers carried
on Fast Express Trains.
For more detailed information, see Maps and Folders, which may be obtained, as
well as Tickets, at all principal 'l'lcket Offices i
., R. R. CABLE,
Vlco-Pres't a. Oen'l Manager,
n the United States and Canada, or of
E. ST. JOHN ,
Cen'l T'k't a Pass'r Ag’t. ,
CHICAGO.
I.
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REPAIRING. -
' .a'r’ ’
E. TILLY’S.
47
Sewing Machine.
Best, Easiest Running, & Cheap-
For bonut ofstitch.arid rapidity of motion 1
sunequale and reigns supreme king over all
:evging Machines. The Compan
or
1 on and. Repair-laminae at reasonable rate.
is Machine on exh
corner Plymouth Avenue-
' Bllcl Enameled Cali Burl,
Carmine and Blue for Fancvifloil
Gazette Job Printing 01““; 'i a. n. annexes a‘ co.
THEITE
est in the
World.
(LA. MULIJNGS,
l. hesitant 60.,
Drug'gists,
21 Main” St., N orwalk, Conn,
io .
,
YOU WILL FIND
Strictly Pure
Drugs and M‘edicincs,
At Reasonable Prices.
Prescriptions carefully compounded.
: Mullings' Bros...
Carriages b Wagons
MADE TO ORDER.
Repairing in all its Branches.
J. S.MULLINGS
give a warrante
£1811 with each Machine. applies constant—
ition at 178 Main street,
JOHN H. AIKEN, Agent.
if you are n
1! oil are Amati _ 0
of unfunny -' mail of ice-
oned by the strain of terstoillii ’OVGI‘III ..
night wor , to res-
- tore bruinnervoauii
waste. Ilse flop B-
huttorlii from any in-
tion: 1 youurciiiar-
cling, suffering from
n orl a lied of lick-
oui- duties INOIII
stimulants and III.
Hop Bitten.
II on are on
allegation zi- d nsipa
fled or slughaold on
poorliealtliorlnn iilsli
C
new. rcl! on on B tters.
.Whocver you are — Thousands the un-
whenever you as niially from some .
‘ ‘ form of
“In your system Ly ‘ discuss tIfn'tdii'i‘ighvt
JOHN E. SMITH,
‘FLORIST.
EAST SIDE or MAIN STREET ,sou'rn
or RAILROAD,
ity of South Norwalk, Conn.
Plants and Flowers at all seasons
Flowe rotor Funeral- furnished and
lastel‘ullyurrangcd to order at short
notice
needs cleansing. ton-
In or stimulating, ;
wiIhoutfnfaz-icafiug,
2 ml: 0 H o p ‘
Bitten.
If we and a. .
pgla,’ki'dn'£v ' /
orurium- com- . E‘
r' 3 have been prevented -
, bye tlnicly iisoof
HopBlttors
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I is an alisoliite
liver ornermf ‘ - ‘
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curcdifyouuse i
Hop Bitters "
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Tax Collector’s Sale.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
under and by virtue of a. certain tax war-
rant dnly executed and signed by proper authori-
ty and directed to the undersigned commanding
him to levy and collect of
CHARLES E. SCOFIELD
and other persons named in the rate Book on the
list to said warrant annexed, their several pro-
portions of the sum total as therein stated,said
sums being a tax or assessment agreed upon by
the inhabitants. or legal voters, of the Borough
of. N orwalk. regularly and legally assembled; to
Wit. on the 27th day of .January. A. D., 1881. met
for the gunman of prOViding for_thc indebtedness
of said orough list of 1851,1cVies upon and will
sell at public motion. at the premiseslhercinai‘ter
described, on the 25m day of September. A. D.,
1882, so much of thesfollowing described real es-
tate of Charles E. cofield.situated in said Bor-
ough of Norwalk, being building lot on West
Main Street, and bounded as follows :—Northerly
on land of Geo. S. Gregor '. easterly by West
Main Street, southerly by and of B. S. Blascer,
westerly by land of the Danbury 8. Norwalk Rail~
road Company, as Will raise thesum of‘ Three and
20-100 Dol are, ($3.20] that being the proportion of
the said Charles E_. Scoficld, of the sum total in
and list together With the charges of levy. sale,
32-. added.
ELBERT CURTIS, Collector.
Dated at Norwulk, July 19th, 1882. 3t10
WHENCE COMES THE UN-
BOUNDED POPULARITY 0F
Allcooli’s Porous Plasters?
Because they have proved themselves
the Best External Remedy ever in—
vented. They will curc asthma,
colds, coughs, rheumatism, neural-
gia, and any local pains.
' Applied to the small of - the back
they‘- arc infallible in Back -Ache,
Nervous chility, and all Kidney
troubles; to the pit of the stomach
they are a sure cure for Dyspepsia
and Liver Complaint. .
ALLCOCK’ S POROUS PLASTERS
are painless, fragrant, and quick to
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Adams Bros. - Market
Adams Express,so. Norwalk Office
Adams Express 00° at S. K. Stanley’s
Adams, Leroy Market
Baker, R. L. Livery Stable
Baldwin. A. 11.. M. D. - Residence
Bank, Fairlield Co. Nat - .Ofiice
Beard, E - - - Residence
Beatty. J. P. 8'5 Bros. - Office
Bette. H. S. - - Druggist
Birdsail House. New Canaan
Bohannan. Dr. C, G. ,- Residence. S. N
Bronson. Dr. residence New Canaan
Burke, W.C.,M. D. - - 01116::
B ington, A. 11. 5‘. Co. - Gazette Office
C arke, E. 0., M. D. - - Residence
Cole, Lester, - - - Residence
Comstock Bros. - — Norwalk
Comstock Bros. - South Norwalk
Comstock. S. - - - Residence
Crot'ut 86 Knapp. - Upper Oillcc
Crofut .iii Knapp. Lower Office
D. 85 N. R. R. - - Freight Office
D. .2 N. R. R. - - Coal Dock
Dunn, Horace E. - - - Stable
Donovan Jerry - - - . Store
£arle.W.H. - - - ReSidcncc _
Fair Grounds.
Ferris, J. H. - ‘~ - Residence
Ferris, J. n. - Coal, Upper Office
Ferris, J. H, - - Coal,Lowcr. Office
Ferry, Mrs. O. S. - - Residence
Fitch, Henry R - - Lumber. lard
Gibson, A. S. - - Residence
Gregory Bros. - - - Stable
Gregory, J. G., M. D. - Residence
Gregory. J. G. .1; Co. - - Driiggists
Grummon Bros. - Soda Water ltstab’mt
Hatch. Bailey Ni Co. - Pinning Mill
Hat Formin Co. - - . 111cc
Higgins. R. ., M. D. - Residence
llill, E. J. - - Lumber Yard
Hitchcock. D., M. D. - Residence
Holmes & Keelcr, - - Grocers
Hoyt, I. M. PAY OFEICE - Druggist
Hoyt, Monson, - - Druggists
Hyatt. J. W. - - - — _Ofilce
Hyatt, J. W. - - Residence
Jaqui, F. W., Jr. - - _ Storo
Keefer, E. O. - - - Residence
Kcndall,J. G., M. D. . - — Residence
Leonard, C. T. .v, Son. - Conl.Ea_st side
Lockwood, W. A.. M.D - Residence
Lockwood. F. St. J 0hr: - Residence
Lockwood, Wm, ~ - Store
Lonnsbiiry Jr Bissell Co. - Office
Mahackemo Hotel. - - _0fiicc
Many. C. W. - - Residence
Mead, Fred. - Confectionery Store .
Miller, George E. - - Residence
Mitchell. W. St 1). - Meat Market
Morison. T. H. - - - Residence
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Nolan. R. G., M. D. - - Residence
North. G. S. - - - Gallery
Norwnlk Gazett - - Ofilce
Nor-walk Hour - - - Office
Norwalk Iron Works - - Office
Nor-walk Lock Co. . ‘ - Office
NorwalkMilis - - - Ofilco
ltorwalk Savings Society - . Bank
Palmer, E. M. 00. - - 001cc
Pardee. E. V.. M- D. - Residence
. Phinney, L.N. M. D. - Residence
Perfection Scale Co. - - N cw Uanoan
l’laistcd, G. B. - - Dmggist
Post OBICOJ‘AY OFFICE, - Noroton
Propeller Dock - - Norwalk
Prowitt, J. T. - Hardware
Prowm, J. T. : - Residence
Randlc, J. 0.. Par oil-Fran, - Store ‘
Raymond a. Nickerson - - Store
Raymond, G. W. . - Residence
Raymond Brothers - Upper Ofiicc
Raymond Brothers . - Lower Office
Beadfiugh, Paper Box Shop, 8. Norwalk
gandiforth, L. w: - - Residence
SelleckBrothers, - - Grocers
Sherman, S. 'J. - .. Residence
Sherman, S. J, . - - Stable
Smith. J- 11- - Florist ,So. Norwalk
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Stanley. 8. 1f. . - . Cigar mg.
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Starr. Brothers - : Store
Steamboat Dock - SouthNorwalk
811118011. G. C. - - Druggist
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Western Union Telegraph,South Norwalk
Wilson, S. B. Builder. Residence
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SCIENTIFIC _liIStELLlNY.
Dr. Wood, of Bishop’s College, Montreal,
has reported numerous _ cases in which
rheumatism has been cured by fasting from
four to ten days. The patients were allowed
to drink freely of water and lemonade, but
no medicines were given. Dr. Wood is in-
clined to believe that rheumatism is simply a
phase of indigestion, to be cured by giving/
rest to all the viscera.
M. Toussaint has shown experimentally
the serious dangers of eating meat nearly
raw as is now so generally done. If the
meat is unsound, the germs of disease must
pass into the system. The most frequent and
dangerous malady with which animals
slaughtered for food arcfiafllicted is consump.
tion, and even if the animal is _only slightly
affected persons eating the uncooked meat
are liable to infection. The raw juice
pressed from a slightly affected cow’s lung
was used to inoculate rabbits and young
pigs, and all the subjects died in a short time
from the disease. The experiment was re-
repeated with a portion of the juice which
had been partially cooked, and the result
was the same. Thorough cooking of the meat
at a temperature of 150 or 160 degrees is re-
eommendcd as a precaution unsafe to neg-
ect.
It is reported that in grappling for a cable
in the Pacific off the Central American coast
great masses of trunks, roots and branches
of trees were drawn up from the depth of
800 fathoms. If the report proves true the
discovery is an interesting one. Neither
history nor Indian tradition refers to any
great convulsion or submei'gcnce of 'land
which could account for the presence of the
trees at the place where they were;found.
Prof. E. L. Larkiu has demonstrated
mathematically that the fall of the largest
comet to the sun could only be observed by
the most powerful telescopes and spectro-
scopes, while only the most delicate heat-
measuring apparatus could defect any in-
crease of temperature upon the earth as an
effect of the collision. Far from hastening
our :destruction, whatever heat may be ad-
ded to the sun by the continued fall of com-
etary matter from space must tend to pro-
long man's existence upon an expiring
planet whose poles are already frozen in
death. ,
It is quite cemmonly believed that in,run-
ning a man descends at each stride upon the
ball of the foot, as that the arch of the foot,
may serve as a spring to break the shock.
In his instantaneous photographs, however,
Mr. Muybridge shows that either in walking,
running or, jumping, man—like all other
animals so far observed—alights upon the
heel. ‘
Besides the transit of Venus observations
in December (fforts will be made to deter-
mine thc sun’s parallax byother methods.
Arrangements have already been madejfor
observations of the minor planets Victoria
and Sappho when at opposition on August
24th and September 24th respectively.
House-flies are found to be very frequently
infected parasitic worms, which suggests the
possibility that they may also carry about-the
germs of infectious diseases, .
De. Vries believes that the true function
of thc resinous juices of plants is to serve as
a balm for wounds, and that the resins are
not therefore excrementitious matter as some
have thought. ‘ i
The celebrated rose-bush at Hildesheim,
in Hanover, reputed to have been planted
by Charlemagne and therefore to beImorc
than a thousand years old, has borne more
blossoms this season than ever before', and is
an‘ object of. much curiosity. The branches
of the bush extend to about three feet eight
inches in height and three feet and four
inches in width. '
From observations with the spectroscope
and polariscopc since 1858, M. Prazmowski
concludes that comets are formed of a con-
densed portion,which constitutes the nuclncs
~ surrounded by an incandescent gaseous at-
mosphere, which contains carbon and reflects
the light of the sun, and of a swarm of loose
material which is not controlled by the comet
but moves in obedience to universal attrac~
tion.
A paper in the London Medical Record,
on the poisonous properties of quinine men-
tions a case in which complete temporary
blindness and permanent injury to the
eyesight were caused by taking twenty-eight
grains of quinine in about twenty one hours
to relieve an attack-I pneumoniaIn another
case the death of the patient is attributed to
the action of ,only twenty-eight grains of
quinine taken in two days, but in this in-
stance it seems to be quite probable that the
fatal result may have been caused by the
intermittent; fever with which the patient
was suffering rather than by the drug. .
The microscope shows that crystals of
minerals frequently contain air or liquid
bubbles. Quartz crystals have been found
so completely full of minute cavities, partly
filled with liquid, that the astounding
number of 4,000,000 has been estimated to
exist in a cubic one-twenty-fifth of an inch
square. ' I
A Toad’s Cunning.
(From the New Hampshire Gazette.)
Charles White of New Castle has a brood
of chickens which have the run of a portion
of the yard, the old hen being kept shut up.
The chickens are fed with moistened meal in
saucers, and when the dough gets a little ,
sour it attracts large numbers of flies. An
observant toad has evidently noticed this,
and every day along towards evening he
makes his appearance in the yard, hops to a
saucer, climbs in, and rolls over and over‘.
until he is covered with meal, having done
which he awaits developments. The flies,
enticed by the smell, soon swarm around the
scheming hatrachian, and whenever one pass-
es within two inches .or so of his nose his
tongue darts out and the fly disappears; and
this works so well that the toad has taken it
up as a regular business. The chickens do
not manifest the least alarm ,at their clumsy
and big mouthed playmate, but seem to con-
sider it quite a lark to gather around him
and peck off his stolen coat of meal, even
when they have plenty more of the same
sort in the saucers.
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Awful Warnings.
At one of the Thomas concerts in Chicago“
the other evening the electric'lights suddenly
went out, leaving the audience in perfect
darkness for a few minutes. This was,
thought glorioustby some of the young cou-
ples present, and over in the southeast cor-
ner of section 13 some one was heard to say
in a‘ suppressed undertone: "Je—whillikens
Susie, what the deuce have you got in your
mouth ?” Just then the light blazed up again
and a young man was noticed holding his
hand over his mouth. A stream of blood
was trickling through his fingers, and the ex-
pression on his face touched the observer’s
heart. His girl took something out of her
mouth and put it in her pocket. looked pain-
ed and guilty. She led him quietly to the
door and they passed out. Young ladies
should not wear their hairpins in their
months. It is not the place for them, and a
wound in the side of the jaw made by coin-
ing suddenly and painfully inzcontact with a
cruel two-pointed hairpin at a time when his
heart '_is set on a moment of ecstatic bliss
might result in a coolness on the part of the
young man which would be heart-break-
ing.
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“An Odd Street Scene.”
He was seen in front of the office rubbing
himself against the telegraph post like a flea-
bitten dog. “What is wrong 2” We ven-
tured to ask. “Gotem, gent," he said
laconically; have ’cm every Spring, small
lumps form about the rectum; sore to the
touch; they itch like blazes; “a telegraph
pole’s like an oasis in the desert to me."
Here then, was poor humanity suffering from
a complaint which a few applications of
Swayne’s Ointment for Itching Piles. would
have thoroughly medicated.
Norwalk Chronicler