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Norwalk Gazette.
Tuesday, October 24, 1882.
Republican state Ticket.
“non GOVERNOR,
WILLIAM H. BULKELEY of Hartford;
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
JOHN D. CANDEE of Bridgeport.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,
STILES T. STANTON, of Stonington.
I FOR TREASURER,
JULIUS CONVERSE, of Stafford Springs.
FOR COMPTROLLER,
FRANK I). SLOAT of New Haven.
FOR CONGRESSMEN,
d'st ic‘-JOHN Ii." BUCK of Hartford.
Sdtdllst—r—ShAMUEL n. ilERw’lN, N. Haven
::-.1 district—JOHN T. WAIT, of Norwich.
4h dist—LYMAN W. 00E, of Torringtonr
FOR JUDOL‘ OF PROBATE,
ASA B. WOODWARD, cf Norwalk.
W‘—
Webstor on Secession.
Among the most interesting incidents at
the Marshfield celebration in. honor of Web-
‘etcr, which the President and his Cabinet
has just returned from attending, was the
production of a state paper prepared by
himself when he was a member of Preslg
dent Fillmore’s cabinet, in 1850. and pre-
sented then, but never published. It gives
his views on the question of secession, and
the ultimate power of the government to
put it down by force. At that time the tone
and language of the Southern leaders were
enough to give warning of their purpose, if
they could not have their way in regard to
the extension of slavery, and to declare as
Webster did, that not only did the Constitu-
tion give the power to put it down by force,
was not only to incur their political emnity,
but to take a step in advance of all the
statesmen of the time. He set forth the
legal argument clearly and tersely that as no
legislature brought a State into the Union,
so no legislature could trike it out, and that
the supreme and final judicial, as well as
executive, authority was in the national gov-
crnment. This was in strong contrast with
the verbal quibbling that urged that while
secession was wrong and illegal, there was
no pcwerto prevent it, and it was a great
o
misfortune, not only to the fame of Webster‘
but for the welfare ' of the country, that so
important and conclusive a paper was pigeon-
holed in the secret archives of cabinet meet-
ings and ;uot published until it was of no
importance except in an historic sense. It
is not likely that any legal argument, how-
ever conclusive. would have prevented seces-
sion, but Webster's great name as acoustitu-
- tionel lawyer would have had a valuable
- effect in clearing away with such sophistries
as those of Judge Black, that the nation had
no authority to prevent dismembcrmcnt,
and relieved the doubt and distrust of many~
minds at the beginning of the war. It shows
that :ebster was a wiser and firmer man
than he was given credit for being in the
closing years of his public career, but that
rather intensifies the regret at the misfortune
that it was so long kept secret and unknown.
Last winter the Boston Congregationalfst.
gave place to the following:
DanielWebster.
er a. w. 13. came-
The centennial of the birth of Webster
has just occurred, and the tone of the com-
memoration oratory that reaches us .from
various portions of the country indicates
that, during the thirty years that have
elapsed since' his death, men have been
enabled .to- look through the halo'that sur-
surrounds his name and estimate his charac-
ter with less panegyric and a truer considera-
tion of its commingled excellencles and de-
fects. Time was when a man might as well
be charged with heresy as to read in the
“great defender of the Constitution ” any-
, thing except virtues of the most'exalted. 'de-
scriptioh, and when the maxrm " Nil d_e
mOrtuis nisl bonnm,” was construed in his
case with so large a latitude as to almostex-
cludc the possibility of _wrong. But time
has taught that all favorites_for the nonce
have failings and foibles which preventin-
‘ discriminate canonization With. succeeding
generations, and bring the demigods of the
past down to the level of ordinary humanity.
In its remorseless crucible all character is
tried, and only the sterling metal survives
its disc‘riminating fire. ‘ .
I believe I need yield to none in my rev-
erence for the many noble traits of Mr.
Webster. 1, too, bowed in the hero-worship
of the. universal North at the shrine of the
“ great expounder.” While in college his
immortal speeches furnished me wrth many
topics for declamation, and an honoraryprize
once rewarded my feeble imitation of his
matchless oratory. But that. “ 7th.of March ”
speech shocked my faith in his infaliblllty,
likoa thunderbolt from a clear sky. My
_ idol of gold had revealed legs of clay; my
peerless star went into sad ccllpsc. The
glamour of his great fame, and my youthful
ignorance of the wiles of politics; precluded
any satisfact ry explanation at tlie'time, and
it was not til years after that the mystery
was cleared by the relation of a friend which
it is the purpose of this article to narrate,
Shortly after the delivery of that famous
speech, and whilcits effectupon the country
was still glowing, I fell in with ayouug
graduate of Williams College who had. just
returned from a sanitary tour in the South.
His father was a man in public life, and had
a somewhat extended acquaintance with1thc
Teprescntative men of the day. To several
of these residing in the 'South the young
man had letters of introduction, and among
them to J udgc Berrien, then one of the U.S.
Senators from Georgia. He arrived at the
judge’s residence a few days after Mr. Web-.
star had delivered his speech, and was cor-
dially received by the senator, who had just
come home from Washington. As was nat-
and, conversation soon turned upon lthe
' great topic of the day, and my informant—_a
true son of the North—could not restrllln
decided expressions of surprise at Mr. Web-
ster's recreancy to his life-long record and
the almost universal opinion, of his Massa-
chu'setts constituency. The judge contrary-
wlse, seemed highly elated at having secured
so important an ally to the “Fugitive Slave
Bill" as the great thunderer of the North,
. and remarked—“ I believe Ican enllghten
. you on this change of base, and am, perhaps
personally more or less nearly concerned;in
bringing it about. The Southern congress-
men were all anxious for thelpassage of the
bill, but knew not how‘ to effect it unless We
could wina portion of the Whig votes of
the North to its support. We expected of .
' course; a greateflort of Mr. Webster against
it, and were confident that could We only
spike his gun or even induce him to fire a
blank cartridge, we should succeed. The
matter 'ustifled an attempt to do so. We
knew Webster’s aspirations for the
Presidency, and the hindrances to their reall—
zatlon from his being too pronounced a
Northern man to unite the Whigs of the
South. We knew, furthermore, that the
Massachusetts delegation in the House had
decided that no set speech on the bill would
be necessary from them, since Mr. Webster’s
expected dellvery in the Senate would v0lce
the opinion of the State With such a roar as
would effectually drown their feebler vol-
. Mr. Webster must be secured or
silenced. . . _ .
“After consultation With .some of our
most prominent men, a committee of whom
lhad the honor to be one,' wanted on.hlm
and confidentally stated to'hlm substantially
this: “Mr. Webster, it is understood that
you will speak—probably in opposition—:on
~ the bill now pending, which in our opinion,
concerns most intimately the wellfare of the
South and the peace of the Union. We
would not assume to dictate your course, but
only leave with you this suggestion. Next
year occur the Presidential. nominations and
election. You cannot ignorant that you
will be the favorite can ideas of the North-
ern Whigs, and that you Will need the
united party South to insure success. Ydu
are aware that—whatever you do—you carry
the North in your pocket. If only you put
yourself right upon the records as regards
the t it to do so "
' r un .
ls El‘Mlilginiilgebsterymadb little reply, save that
he would consider the matter; but we left
him with some hepe that we had made an
impression. That hope was more than real-
izcd when, two days later, he came out With
that speech which, although it may cost him
many friends, yet secure to us our desire
and lawful rights.”
Such is the account which my informant'
had from Judge Berrien’s own lips.
It is jscarcel‘y necessary to state that the
South, having used the_ great man for all
they cared to do with him, cast him aside,
' the following year, as a tool for which they
had no further use; while he lost the golden
opportunity of his life-the key-stone in the
arch of his famc,'and died stung by a disap-
pointment that11 prnlzedgue or pen ,
— l' S 0 on
T111: Slazfiltrt’oare these; " It mighi have beam?
The above article came under the able and
critical eye of Rev. Dr. T. S. Childs, who
also had known‘Mr."Webstcr in his youth.
Dr. Childs, feeling that a great injustice had
been done the dead statesman. prepared the
South, you are our next President. This _
following reply, which strange to say, the
Congregotfolzalist declined to publish. , At
the time this reply was written, which the
Boston religious paper so unjustly and so
unfairly refused to place in its columns, the
existence of the :“State paper” referred to at
the beginning of this article, was not known
or suspected:——— -
Daniel Webster and the “-7th' of
March ” Speech.
“The reasons for assailing a man who is in
his grave ought to be very strong, and the
evidence of the charges against him unques-
tionable. In common with the author of the
recent article in the Congregatibnall'st on Mr.
Webster, the writer had an early and proe
found admiration of that great man. He
never “worshipped" him, but he regarded
him as among the first of our American
statesmen and' Constitutional lawyers; as
one whose name will be as clo’selylinkcd
with the history of this cohntry as that of
Burke or Chatham with the history of Eng.
land, and in whose great fame every Ameri-
can may havc a pardonable pride. ‘
That he desired the Presidency is un-
doubtedly true. That he had a right to
cherish, that ambition if any man had, is we
believe, equally true. We suppose that his
failure—leaving out rival influences—was
due not so much to the fact that he had
changed, as that the sentiment of the
North had changed. As we have read his
.‘utteranccs, his position throughout was this:
With a personal opposition to slavery, he
_held tenaciously to the Constitution and laws
of his country which recognized slavery.
His pasaionate attachment to the Union
seemed a part of his moral constitution. It
comes out in his “7th of March" speech as
sharply as in the “Reply to Hayne” twchty
years before. The cry of “secession” had
been again raised, but it was “peaceable se-
cession.” The pathetic prophecy of the great
crater—a prephecy so terribly fulfilled ten
years laterewill not have been forgotten.
“Secession! peaceable secession! Sir, your
eyes and mine are never destined to see the
miracle. The dismemberinent of this coun-
try without a convulsion! The breaking up
of the foundations of the great deep Without
milling the surface! * * * Peaceable se-
cession is an utter impossibility. Is the
great Constitution under which we live, cov-
ering the whole :country—is it to be thawed
and melted away by secession ? As snows on
the mountain melt under the influence of a ver-
nal sun,disappear almost unobserved, and run
off? No, sir! No, sir! I will. not state
what might produce the disruption of the
Union; but, sir, I see as plainly as Isce the
sun in heaven what that disruption itself
must produce; I see that it must produce
war, and such a war as I will not describe, in
its two-foul character.”
Now the charge brought against Webster
in connection with this speech is, in sub-
stance, that it was the'result of bribery; that
for the suggestion or the promise of the
Presidential nomination, “confidentially“
made to him by a committee of Southern
gentlemen, Mr.‘ Webster deliberately sold
himself, turned his back upon 'his convic-
Jtions and his friends, proved “rccreant to his
life-long record;" and having thus been used
“as a tool" by Southern politicians was cast
aside as something “for which they had no
further use.”
This is a serious charge. If true it in-
volves the infamy both of Mr. Webster and
the-gentlemen of the committee who bad
part in the affair. Prominent in that com-
mittee. was Senator Berrien, of Georgia,
from whom the account professes to have
been derived. The representation is‘that a
young man from the North, a stranger to
Judge Berrian (except through his letters of
introduction), called upon him, and Judge
Berrien told him fully and freely of this
“confidential" bargain of shame to himself
and to Mr. Webster! Is there not”reasona-‘
ble ground for, hesitation in accepting the
evidence coming to us over an interval of
more than thirty years, and when the accus-
ed have beth been almost as long in their
graves?
If the evidence is accepted, it makes Mr.
Webster as thoroughly hypocritical as he was
unprincipled in making that speech. We
should be slow to believe of any man whom
Massachusetts had honored with its highest
gifts, that he could stand before- _the nation
and with the full consciousness that what he
was to utter was the price at which he, had
sold himself two days before, solemnly say: .
“I speak to-day for the preservation of'the
Union. ‘Hear me for my canse.’ Ispeak
to-day out of a solicitons and anxious heart,
for the restoration to the country of that
quiet and that harmony which make the
blessings of this Union so rich, and so dear
to us all. These are the topics that I pro-
pose to myself to discuss; _these are the mo-
tives, thc sole motives, that influence me in
the wish to communicate my opinions to the
Senate and the country.”
It seems just, not to say magnanimous, to'
believe in the sincerity of this declaration
until we are compelled 'by overwhellnipg
evidence to set it aside. ‘
The writer may be pardoned, perhaps, for
publishing the following letter from one who
wasintimatcly associated WitlLMl'. Webster in
that trying period of the nation’s historyf
It confirms the belief that the author of the
article referred to, has unintentionally done
Mr. Webster injustice. We cannot afford to
sacrifice» reputations that are a part of our
national heritage.” _
80 positive was Dr.‘ Childs of the
injnn‘lce done Mr. Webster and know,-
ing that there, was. at least one living wit-
ness whose opinion was available and who,
if there wasany truth in Mr. Canning’s
charges, would be most likely to know it,
sent the Congregationalism article, with a
letter of inquiry, to Mr. Stephens Of Georgia
by the hands of the writer. Mr. Stephens
was at the time confined to his room at the Na-
tional Hotel in Washington, from a fall
which caused a severe and very painful
sprain of his ancle. Weheard from Mr.
Stephen’s lips, the mo‘Et emphatic denial of
the possible truth of the above charge. The
venerable statesman narrated to us hisinti‘
macy not only with his then colleague, Judge
Berrien, but with Mr. Webster as well, and
ridiculed asmost’ preposterous the possibili-
ty of any such narrative as that givenby the
Uangregationalist having a shadow of foun-
dation in truth. find any such project even‘
been seriously entertained by Judge Berrien,
be (Mr. S.) was certain that it would have
come to his knowledge and as it did not, he
did not hesitate to pronounce it all an entire
fabrication. Aside from the statements of
Mr. Stephens being of impOi‘tant historica
interest to us, our interview was made doub-
ly gratifying by the enthusiasm with which
the Georgia statesman inquired of our own
early and steadfast friend and of his then
associate in the Senate, Hon. Truman
Smith of Connecticut. He gave us many
most interesting incidents—narratives of the
exciting political era when Mr. Webster’s
7th of March speech was delivered, and
coupling” the name of Mr. Truman Smith
with his own, in connection therewith.
some future time, we propose to give
several of these incidents to the public. For
the present we are content to append Mr.
Stephens’ letter, replying to the inquiries of
Dr. Childs :- \
NAT. HOTEL, Washington, May24, ’82.
PROF. T. S. CHILDS, Wooster University,0.,
MY DEAR Sim—Your kind letter of the
17th instant, was handed to me this morning
by our mutual friend, A. H. Byington of
Connecticut, with the enclosed slip fromthe
Congregationalial of Boston and both are
now before me. / 7
In reply to your inquiry touching the facts
set forth in that slip. I can only briefly say I
do not think there is a word of truth in it
from beginning to end so far as relates to the
.-
mous reporter.
I was as 'falniliarwith Mr.*Webster‘s
views and purposes in his 7th of‘ March
speech in 1850 as any man living; and noidne.
more patriotic motives than he was"~ in the
delivery of that great speech. Th idea that
Judge Berrien should have intima to him
a support for the Presidency in .1852 in case
he should make that speech and that Mr.
W cbster was influenced in his action by such
intimation, is no less unjust to the memory
of Judge Berrian than it is to that of Mr.
Webster. In my judgment it is simply pre-
posterous, Years truly, »
ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS,
« M. C. of Ga.
At.
interview with Judge Berrien and the anon- '
in my opinion was ever actuated by higher or '
Hon. Lyman W. 000.
re-nomination for Congress, our district con-7-
vention most wisely selected one of Litch-
field county's most popular icons, if not in-
deed the most popular and well beloved of
all her noble sons, With Lyman Coc in the
field, Mr. Seymour, the democratic nomi-
nee, is going to have no “ walk-over" in bi.
race for Congressional honors. Coe’s candi-
dacy, while it means a gentlemanly and up-
right contest in its best sense, means also, a
vigorous. well organized and ,courageons bat-
tle for the success and maintenance of Re-
publloan Principle, as well as to Republican
candidates. All hail friend L.W. Coe. our
next Congressman from the Fourth Congres-
sional District.
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Congratulations.
We have received many hearty congratula-
tions from our exchanges and from our per-
sonal friends. _ The most substantial one,
however, comes from the public’s friend and
servant, Benj. Barroclough, so long with that
first-class clothing house of Barnum & Co. at
Chatham Square, New York. He sends a
$25 advertisement with his congratulations.
Harry S. Barnes sends us cash for two years ;
D. F. Hollister and several others . for one
year, thus giving a substantial and practical
turn to their kind Wishes. Our old partners
are also receiving congratulations, many and
sincere, that they have escaped the drudgery
and thraldom of newspaper slavery. -
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Our J udge’bf Probate.
ward, was one eminently fit to be made, and
is one that could not be improved upon,,for
as our .Probate J udgc, he has abundantly
proved that he is the right man in the right
place. .
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Special Town Meeting.
A special town meeting will be held at
the Town House, on Thursday, at 8 p. m.,
to hear the report of the committee on the
South Norwalk draw bridge, and to make
the necessary appropriation.
Registrars” Sessions.
The Registrars’ hold two public meetings
this week for the revision of their voting
lists. The printed lists will, soon be\eircu-
.latcd, and it behooves every citizen to examine
the same and see if their names are properly
enrolled. Report all errors. See Official
notices.
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Republican Convention. ~
' The Republican Convention for this Pro-
bate District .was held at the Adams House,
on Saturday afternoon 'last, and throughout
was very harmonious. Judge Wm. S. Bou-
ton, of South Norwalk, was chosen chairman
and G. N. Ells, Norwalk, Secretary. Messrs.
F.’ St. J. Lockwood, Henry E. Chichester,
and John E. Whitney, were appointed a
committee on credentials, and reported the
following delegates present: -
Norwalk, F. St. John. Lockwood, Charles
Olmstead, Wm. S. Bouton, Fred S. Lyon.
Wilton, Henry E. Chichester, Samuel B.
Fancher. __ -
New Canaan, John E. Whitney, C. S.
Benedlat, Jr. .
Messrs. Fred. S._ Lyon, 0. S. Benedict and
on Resolutions. . _,
A motion was made to proceed to a ballot
for candidate forJudge of Probate, but a
substitute motion to nominate the present
incumbent, HON. Asa B. Woonwsan,‘ by
acclamation, prevailed without a disenling
voice sacrum nomination was so made.
The Committee on Resolutions reported
the following, which ‘ were unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That we heartily approve the
nominations for State Ofi‘lcers made, and the
platform of political principles enunciated,
at the late Republican Convention at New
Haven.
Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to use
all proper means to procure the election of
the Hon. Lyman 'W. Coe, to Congress, *
l ~, Resolved, That we recommend Hon. Asa
B. Woodward. the nomlnee of this conven-
tion to the suffrage of the votes of this Pro-
bate District, and confidently pronounce him
the "right man in the right place.” ‘
Messrs. S. B. Fancher and C. S. Benedict
were appointed a committee to wait upon
Judge Woodward and inform him of the
action of the convention. In response Mr.
Woodward appeared in person, and accepted
the nominatiou in a brief but appropriate
address. '
Henry E. Chiehester, of Wilton, was ap-
p6intcd at committee to call the next conven-
tion. A
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New Voters, Attention.
The Selectmen and Town 'Clerk hold
their first meeting for the making of free-_
men, on Wednesday, at their rooms, Bor-
ough; at 80. Norwalk on Friday, and'inl
the Borough. again next Menday. Goon.E
' Wednesday, if possible—next Monday is the
last day. , ‘ -
OBITUARY.
Col. E. D. Brockway. "
Ebenezer D. Brockway, who for the last
twelve years _has been a quiet, yet greatly
esteemed resident ‘of Norwalk, died -ou
Thursday the 10th inst. at his ressdence on
Arch street. Col. Brockway was . Born in
Lyme, New London 00., (lo, and at an early
age engaged in active,bus’iness in the village
of Hamburg, in that town. This be 811000ng
fully conducted till impaired health in 1868
required, him to relinquish it. He, was a
member of the Legislature as representative
from the town or Lyme in 1858, and again in
1866, and in 1867 he was elected State Sena-
for from that district. For several years he
was Assistant U. S. Internal RevenueAsses-
sor, and in his youth-was elected Lieutenant-
Colonel of the local militia regiment, from
which, the military title by which he was
all the relations Of life, be was a most up-
right, lovable man.,_ To'know him casually
was to respect and esteem him; to know him
ntimately, was to love and reverence him.
About six weeks since 'he was stricken down
wtih typhoid fever, from which he never
rallied. He bore his, sufferings uncoml
plainingly, and entered into rest in the full
hope of a blessed immortality.
Mrs. Fanny Lockwood, mother of Wm. B.
Lockwood, Esq, widow of Jacob Lockwood,
deceased, died at her . home, last week at the
great age of 81 years. ‘ Mrs. Lockwood was
amost highly esteemed; and probably the
best known and oldest resident of Middle
Five Mile River.
Mrs. Eliza Snediker,who died Down Town
last Tuesday, was a sister of Mrs. John Sey-
Esq. She was the last but one (MrI.Sey-
mour) of thirteen children, and for many
years drew a pension for her,hnsbaud’s ser
vices in the Mexican war... . . , :
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LAUNCH.—Oapt. Bell’s launch of his three
masted schooner was most successful. She
slid off into her native’ element .Withoutfa
hitch Amid the shouts and‘pl'audits of the
attending multitude; She is an exceptiona-
bly beautiful craft, and no wonder Capt.
Bell has proposals under consideration for
building another.
,..Ex&Postmastcr}General LThonias._:L. James
was in town yesterday. ‘
at Starr's. grocery store. ' .
Mrs. H. J. Grumman, who has been visit-
ing in Philadelphia, has returned home.
. Mr. G. S.\Grumman has gone to Philadel-
pain to. atlend.the grand mlebratlon.
Err-Senator Roscoe 00nt passed down
the Danbury read last week to New York.
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Dr. Baldwin is out again after a week's
sickness, during which time he was under
the care of Doctor Emily Pardoe. In opera-
.ting upon a patient the DOctor was innuen-
lated with blood poison, the result being a
badly swollen arm and several days of se-
vere sickness. ‘ '
Hon. Fred. Miles having declined-another 7
The re-nomiuatioz of Judge Asa B. Wood-"
S. B. Fancher, were appointed a committee
always ~known and called, had its origin. ' In _
mour, ands‘an aunt of Henry Seymour,"
Frank D. Ladton has accepted; position
A Dellghttul Pa rty. '
On Wednesday last, the children Of the
venerable Mr. and Mrs. Eli B. Bennett pre-
pared a most enjoyable and remarkable
“dinner party" for their aged’parents.~ It
was intended somewhat as a surprise as well
as a delightful gathering of a goodly number
of the friends of the parents, youth, who,
although of great age, are still remaining
with us. Among those present was the
venerable Mrs; John S. Sammie and mother
of First [Selectman Sammie, who at 95, W s
as bright of eye, quick of intellect and am ,
of limb, as a girl in her teens. Mrs. Samuel,
Daskam, bright and cheerful, and active in
mind and body, came next at 89 years.
MrsJudge Stephen Smith and Mrs. 001.
Rodgers al 86; Mrs. Wm. Clark. 82 and
Capt. Joseph W. Hubbell at 82, completed
the number'of guests. Mr. Wm. S. Lock-
wood, aged 85, Dr. J. A. McLean, 84, and
Mrs James Mallory, aged 80, we understand,
were expected, but were unable to be [pres-
eat.
'The host, aged 90. his estimable spouse,
Mrs. Anah Eversley Bennett, aged 88, did
the “honors" of the occasion and entertained
their venerable guestsht table,and:during the
delightful afternoon's“‘vislt" with a zest
and vivacity, equal to any in the heyday of
life, . .
Rev. C. M. Selleck called iu'the afternoon
and before his departure, most |fervently
invoked . God’s richest blessing upon
his aged servants. A beautiful. boquet
of cut flOWers, the thoughtful gift of, Miss
Nellie, and Eddie and Charles Curtis, grand-
children of Mr. and’ Mrs. Bennett, decorated
and made fragrant the' parlor, where all
were so enthusiastic and cherry. One of the
prominent subjects of conversation was the
great changes in Norwalk. Capt. 'Hubbell
said it was fifty-three years last July, since
he came to Norwalk and Went to work in
the "old mill” at the Bridge. Then Norwalk
Was a little hamlet of only about‘ a half
dozen indiferentbuildl'ngs, about the centre
of the present borough. . ' A
. The changes from then to now, is indeed
most wonderful, and cannot be fully com-
prehended by any of the present generation.
In fact, the changes which have _ taken‘
place in Norwalk during the past 80 to 40
years, areso really marvelous, that if de
tailed with accuracy they would stagger the
belief of every one whose life and memory
does not run back solar. From the few Old
wooden stores and tumble-doWn rookeries,
about the “bridge” of forty years ago, we
- now see a thrifty, teeming and almost
metropolitanbusiness centre, with blocks of
stores, elegant residences, factories,‘work—
shops and hives of human industry, ‘on ev-
ery hand, Yet with all this material growth
in wealth and population, there is no. other
so precious legacy of the past, continuing
down to us, as these our venerable and
most worthy native citizens, now in .such
good health and spirits, grandly rounding
out almost a full century of existence. It
reaches up to the morally' sublime, to see
these aged servants of the beneficent Father,
‘ joyonsly and healthfuly descending so far
‘down'life's western hillslope, that their set-
ting sun,still warm and radiant, must to their
eyes of hope and faith, even now gild and-
glorify the not far" distant “other shore. "
May the 301111 Father continue to snccor, sus-
tain and comfort them till they shall pass to“
His glorified presence.
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Amusements.
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Music Hall. -
The Boston Miniature Ideal Opera Com-
pany gave'a very enjoyable representation
of “Patience,” last Thursday evening, at
Music Hall. The characters were well en-
acted and the taking music of the opera
given a fine rendition. The girls seemed
from ten to fifteen, and the boys were all ap-
parently in their teens. The audience en-
thusiastically applauded the little perform-
ers.
Mr. Gibson's next recital takes place‘next
Tuesday evening, when Miss Delia R. Scott
will be the vocalist. '
The M. E. Church Entertainment. ‘
The promised entertainment to be given at
the Opera House by the 2d M. E. Sunday
School and Church, is to take place on;Tues.
day and Wednesday evenings of this week.
The leading features .are Recitations, by
Miss Anna Lancashire, who'is well known
here as a pleasing reader, vocal and instru-
mental music by local talent, and refresh-
merits of various kinds'. We give below
the programme for each evening: ‘ '
’ ‘ TUESDAY EVENING.
l. “Soldier’s Chorus"—Gounod‘s Faust
Chorus—Misses Selleek, Crabbe, Poyvez. Nicker-
son, Mrs. Richards and Mrs. Magnus,Mesnrs.
Hoyt, Holmes, Price, Comstock, Youngs and “1 ar-
ren. . .
2. Reading—“Money Musk”—Taylor.
Miss Lancasbiro. .
3. Piano Duet—Overture—“Paragraph Dial"—
F: B.Suppe.
Mr. 8. Gibson and Miss L. F. Selleck.
4. Beading-“Irish Philosopher;"—Anon.
1 ‘ W “Miss Ifiilieashlre. -
5. So 0— ‘ ai 'ng ‘-— lard.
' . Mrs. S. Richards“ '
6. Male Quarteete-“ pring’s Deli hts"—Mullor.
Messrs. Hoyt Price, Warren an Comstock.
7. Reading—“The Young Gro Heod”-—Anon.
‘ Min Lancer .
8. Chorus—“Belfrey Towar"-—Hatton.
orus.
9. Reading—“A Cure for Rheumatism.”
Miss Lsneashlre.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
l. ncading—" What they say about Cupid."
, MlssLancashire. . .
' 2. Male Quartetto—“ Even Twihght”—Hattou.
- Messrs . Hoyt Price. Warren and Cpmstock.
8. Solo. 'Mrs. . .Hoyt.
fit Beadin ~“How Tom Sawyer got his fence
whitewashe ."—-Mark Twain _
M in Lancashire.
5.. "Tramp Chorus."5glishop.
orus.
6. Reading—"The fall-of Pembortou Mills”—'—Eliz-
abet t Phelps. ~ .
Mlss cashiro. .
7. —"Cheerfulness’L-Gumbei-tt.
- Mrs. S. H. Richards and, Mrs. EB. Magnus.
8. Beading—“How _wc hunted a Mouse.‘
Mills Lancashire. , ; ~
9. Chorus—“0, Praise the Mighty GOd"—Emer-
son. Chorus.
Obligsto by Misses Crabbe. Selleck and Mrs. Rich-
Evéry act in .the play of “Esmeralda"is
embellished by scenery which the company
transport from their home theatre—an evi-
dence of their determination to give fine
performances. ’
Knapp has prdvided still another rich
treat at Music Hall for Friday evening of
this week. ’ ‘
onnn‘s Ornrin'rro Mmsrnnns. -- The
high reputation with which. Mr. Sam.
Hague‘s British Operatic Minstrels came to‘
Montreal has been if anything more than
sustained, and there ’ was only standing
room in the Academy last night, when they
ave their second entertainment.——Montreal
erald. ' ’ '
Only one night of “Esmeralda. " Next
Saturday. Secure your seats at Spencer's.‘
St. Mary's Fan commences this Week“, and
will monopolize the Opera House" for a fort-
nightor more.
Don’t fail to_-'go andsee Joe JeffersOn, and
be just as sure. to take all the children. It
will be the richest treat ever enjoyed in Nor-
Wfllk. I __ l "‘ :
Knapp has secured that wonderful specta-
cular play called the “ World," which semi
New York agog for more than a your, and
will put it on theboards at Music Hall Wed-
nesday, Nov. 1. The Boston ‘Dai'ly Adver-
tiser of March 22, 1882, says: ' -
“ TWO of the scenes are especially fine and
realistic. One is that representing the deck
of a great ocean steamer, which, with its
bridge, its smoke-stack, escaping steam,
masts, rigging, and the reality is remarkably
complete; and the sensation of the explosion.
flames, panic of passengers, and general
in .
eagles next after. Here thewator effectd; ...
perfect as anything evol- seen here ongtlie
stage,_and thG’banW-Iofled raft, with its
starving freight, isndmirably managed. The
sky efiects, including a sunrise at sea, and
the distant vessel, add to the vividness of the.
picture. One other scenic contrivance is,
however, eflectivc—tbnt which shifts from
the yard of the lunatic as lum to. its exterior,
on a river bank. The ape'Town scene at
the beginning, and all the interiors are new
and good. 0
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[Commodore Fred. Perkins was in“ town
several days last week, looking after-his
steamboat interests‘and trying to get Burr
Smith to vote right at theeoming election.
Hie steamboat work was a success and the
Americus beat everything on the'sound last
week, but we fear all his efforts to save Burr
.f‘were loat.’—l
.f directors to manage its affairs the ensuing
‘ sorry condition so far as the Stockholders are
, the great bargain he had made by saying he
- have not heard that Mr. Hyatt has made any
breakin -up‘of the ship lathoroughly thrill: ‘5
The ‘othor is the raft enue,-Which
RAILROADS. I
New Railroad Connectlons.
At a meeting of stockholders of the Bee'-
ton aw New York Air Line Railroad, held
at Middletown, Conn, on Wednesday. the
lease of that road to the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company for
ninety-nine years was ratified by an almost
unanimous vote, the result showing 30,150
shares in favor of, the lease and only 1,819
against it. By the terms of the lease the
New Haven Comprny, besides paying all
taxes and fixed charges of the airline road,
guarantees regular dividends of four per
cent ”per annum for ninety-nine years on the
preferred stock of. the Air Line Company.
The New Haven Railroad having no bonded
debt this guarantee becomes an obligation
ahead of its own stock._ The Air Line road
extends northeast from New Haven about
midway between the Shore Line and the
Springfield division of the New Haven
Railroad, and it is said that the name of Air
will be changed at an early date. so that it
will hereafter;be known as the Central divis.
ion of the New York, New Haven and Hart-
ford Railroad Company
Frolght Train wrecked. A Brake-
mau Killed.
Sunday morning. one“ mile and a half east
of Green's Farms depot, on the New Haven
railroad, an ext” freight ci'a Harlem branch,
met with a singular accident. The train
was running at the rate of 25 miles an hour
when one Wheel of a freight car broke. It's
axle thus set free disarranged‘ the truck to
‘Which it was attached and caused a jolting
which had the effect to displace a piece of
shutting on a platform car and throw it be-
tween the cars to the ground .into which it
was instantly imbedded. The car which it
had left struck this iron breaking the train in
two and six cars were thrown from the track
and either capsized and piled upon each oth-
er or crushed. Thomas Martin, I brakemnn,
was at his post, and when the crash came
fiwas thrown ten feet into the air, coming
,down' between ‘the can. ‘His head was
causing instant death. A young man nam-
ed AmosBurdell', whowas on the car with
Martin, received serious injuries. Another
brakeman, named Searie,‘was badly hurt.
The cars contained grain, heavy machinery
and merchandise. A gang of Wreckers were
Sent to the scene, and‘ at 9 O’oclock Sunday.
evening'the tracks were clear, enabling trains
to run regularly. '
Railroad Examinations.
' The Railroad Commissioners. made their
fall examination of the Danbury & Norwalk
railroad its' branches and extension, on Fri-
day l , and found the road in its usual
first-class condition. TWO new bridges to
replace the bridge at Winnipauk, and the
bridge at Still River, near Danbury, are 'to be
put up this winter, the timber now'being on
the way here from the south. The Commis-
sioners expect to complete their examina-
tionsof the 1'de in this State this week,
the last ride (We hope it will be last only for
this season) being Overathe “ New York a
New England” road,- its branches and leased
lines._ The putting off of this examination
until the last shows a thoughtful care of pub.
’lio welfare, for which the Commissioners
ought to be commended. for if, by chance,
any accident should happen them While' on.
this read, other roads, or those who ride over
them, might have suffered for the want of
the Commessloner's' Oversight.
Onaofhthe Commissioners being “inter-
viewed" On the conclusion of their examina-
tion of the Danbury, railroad, as to whether
they had made any discoveries by means of
which they cbiild tell Whether or not the
“scalpers” of whose purposes the a‘ir_ is so
full of rumors, were going to be able to car-
ry out their scheme of casting President.
Hyatt, replied that the only discovery they
had made was that the condition of the road
showed very "plainly that no such'change
was required for the best interests of the
company. '
The examination of the New York at
New- England Railroad, by the Railroad
._Commissionerodakes place this week, and we
are inclined to believe that our recommenda-
tion made is few weeks. since, that the Com
missionersshOuld interview one or more life
insurance agents bgfore taking the perilous
ride, has been heeded, for we hear that
“the businessfimemberof‘ the board proposes in
astrictly business-like manner to insure the
lives of his associates, and let them “ go it
alone,” while he remains at home, in order -
that he may be on hand to attend to any
business matters that turn up. ,Evidently
there was no mistake made when the busi-
ness member of the board received his ap-
pointment. ~
Nouwuar, Oct. 22, 188°-
En. Nonthx Guam: ,
. Inasmuch as myself, and other victims of
the-Norwalk and Danbury R. R., will been-
titled next Thursday, to vote for a board of
year, I desire space in your columns to call
lhe attention of my fellow sufferers through
its present executive management to a few
pertinent facts before they vote.
We all know that its affairs were conduct-
ed honestly while Mr. Flower conducted
them, although he did not have sufficient
time to personally supervise them, but since'
Mr. Hyatt purchasedtwo slums of the stock
and imposed himself upon Mr. Flower and
the rest Of us, our afiairs been ina
cOncerned. ~ . - ,
,. 'One of his first acts after securing the
Presidency wag to-agrandizc himself by the
purchase of a new locomotive with the
name “James W. Hyatt” painted in mag-
nificent letters on its sides, for, this splendid:
9ngfne,~he says he paid $16,000. At the-
next meeting of the directors he boasted of
had been offered $18,000 for'lt; one of the
directors did not swallow this “taffy ” and
oflered to duplicate the “ James W- Hyatt '
for 310‘000; which was not accepted. This
director then made inquiries respecting the
value Of engines and found that the same
company that built this, were building en-
gines similar to it for the Lake Share R. R.,;
for $10,000 each. . ’
This looks very strange to us, poor Stock-4
holders, nevertheless, it may be a custom of
R. R. Presidgnts,.but his a poor rule to ap-
ply to ,CounecticutLpeople. Icould ”call at-
tention to many similaraets npoua- smaller
scale during the pastyear, but I think this
should be sufficient to open our eyes. I
charge for "cloning snow from the track last
July or Awash-but from other things I have
seen, had he done so I would not have been
more surprised than the stockholders of the
Norwalk H‘ Rafi... were me years ago.
, ‘ _In justimtfiugfizzendent, (Mr.
Sandifortb), I ought to-‘say arI do, that I
have never heard a wordvbut that of praise
respecting his portion of the management.
But we do think that our President should
.be it man who has a pecuniary interest in our
company greater .than two hundred dollars,
.or two shares which is all Mr. “ President "
Hyatt ever owned. '
I am _sorrowfully,
A Warm. '
.
.. , The Schools.
' Thejolnt Boardsbf Selectmen and School
Visitors, have made appropriations-to the va .
.ri'ous districts, for' wages of teachers, cost of
fuel, and§incidental'expeneos, for the present '
scbOOl year (forty weeks) as follwsl‘ ' ' '
OvchRiver District .... .... .... .. $4,090 00
,genm5,jiliq€iict.,. .f... .._.. ..-‘ gist) co .
noun West Dla‘t‘ricewmnlpnik" L106 00
South Norvvalk District. . . . .... 8,000 00-
Down ToWn‘Dritric'tav..." 2,762 25
Five MugRlver District........ .. 1,100 00' ’
MiddleElvalllildnivernmnct... , .420 00
.West Norwalk District.... ... .saa-oo
North East, (Cranberryl’lains) Dis. 425 00
Broad River District.... ......... 600 00
m
Total.....l.......... ...-”cases: 26
crushed and- nearly severed from» the body, '-
.Mass.,has been engaged to
North Center Dietrich... .. . . .348 ’00 ’
_ incipient Riot.
The bridge Was the scene of a most-dis-
graceful rOW Sunday evening, growing out
of thy attempt of officer Gehebo to arrest
Henry Dugan, alias “Silver,” for being
drunk and disturbing the peace. Before the
officer could secure Dugan a mob of nearly
two hundred. it is said, surrounded him and
threatened him in the most violent manner
and rcfusing‘bim a'id. At one point in the
fracas, a rush was made toward the dock,
carrying Gchcbe With it and the infuriated
villlsns yelling “‘kilkthe ,d—d Dutchman.”
“Shove him of! the dock,” and “drown the—-
_ _ 1»
Monday “Silver" was tried before Justice
Selleck and found not to be melting-leader
in the resisting and abusing Of the oflcer and
was let off with a fine of a dollar and _costs,
in all about $7._ It is expected other arrests «
will be made of those more criminally im-
plicated. It was amost digraceful and in-
excusable outrage of public décency on the
Sabbath, and as usual, rum was at ' the bot-
tOm of it. '
The Daft Derr‘ocratic “Organ.”
The Democrat, in attempting to get away
from its “ black-list,” wherein it has its own,
candidate for Secretary of State, artlcssly
says he means Senator Northrop of Newtown.
Well): Senator Northrop being aDemocrat,
may be open to the Democrat's charge—
“That the members of the Géueral Assem-
bly who voted'agaiust‘it (the Palalle!) did so
for a commotion.”
We won'tthlis harshly judge him, but how
does the Democrat get around the fact that
he not only has Senator Northrop thus held
up to public scorn and derision, but down at
the foot of his list of “ black " representatives
he has the name of Mr. Northrop, ofMiddle—
sex 00., who is none other than the veritable
Democratic nominee for Secretary of State:
whom the Democrat exhuberantly said would
add " strength" (i) to their ticket! What
kind of, strength ? Come, neighbor, pull
down your black sign-board; 'Own up or
shut up. I
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Mr. Wm. K. Lewis had a narrow escape
from a very serious accident in New York,
on_Wednesday. He was crossing at the
corner of 18th street and Broadway, when a
reckless Jehn drove his team upon him at a
break-neck speed, one of the horses
striking Mr. L. in the chest, knocking him
down and quite seriously injuring him. The
driver was pursued and captured and Mr.
Lewis urged to prefers charge for reckless
driving, but as the witness is generally the
one detained in New York and the culprit
let go free, Mr. Lewis declined to prosecute
the rascal. .‘
Borough clerk Wo'odbury,
friends in the old Bay State.
The State Teacher’s Association Willbe
hold at New Haven the last three days of
thisweek. ,
“Our Boys,".‘is the play selected by the
Bigelow Battalion for their coming enter-
tainment. ‘
Rev. 0. S. Wing is expected to speak at
the Sunday School Convention, which is to
be held in So. Norwalk next week.
The Grand Division S. of T. will be in
session at Daubury, on Thursday. -Most
Worthy Patriarch Jewell, of Mass, will be
.present. . -
_ The 2d M. E. Church Choir will’sing at a
concert in East Bridgeport for the benefit of
Rev. Mr. Wing’s church, sometime next
month.
A convention of Sunday School workers
is to be held at the First M. E. Church, next
week Wednesday. Rev. W. E. Craft will
occupy the evening service.
Hon. Ellis Phelan, Secretary of state, for-
Alabama, and Miss Mary A., daughter of E.
L. Frisbie, of Waterburry, were married in
Trinity church, Waterbury, Thursday after-7
noon. ’ ' '
Thomas Lyddy, of Bridgeport, aged 20,
is visiting
years, has been arrested for outraging two
little’girls, one six and the; other four yea’rs
of age.— He enticed them into his confec-
tioner’s store.
Rev. Edwin Johnson preached ~two able
sermons at the First Congregational church,
last Sunday, Rev. Mr. Illing, of Enfield,
supply the pul-
pit’ncxt Sunday.
Hanford do Osborn’s store, down East av-
enue, was entered by thieves Sunday night
-aud robbed of money and goods to the value
of $30 or $40. The thieves entered the attic
window, by means of a ladder.
Mr. Fred. A. Taylor, the genial “Fritz" of
the Republican, was married on Wednes-
day cvuning last, to Miss Nellie smith, of.
this place. The happy pair have our best
wishes for futgre prosperity and happiness.
Messrs. I. N. Doty & Co., of Newark, had
an “opening". of their new store last Thurs-
day evening. They now occupy four stories
and the basement of one _of the finest build,
ings in Norwalk. ' Glad to._see them psosper.
The Sentinel says that John L. Tnttle ac:
cidentally stumbled upon several burglars
who were dividing their spoils, last Wednesi
day night. They ran and he followed until
stopped by a bullet. in one, of his legs. The
thieves left over $200 worth of ladies’
napped bats.
m
Political Notes.
' The Massachusetts Democrats are sub rooa
humming the refrain :-- ‘
“Of all and words'of-tonguc‘or pan.
The Iadoentare-theseT-we can’t shakeBon.”
The mistake the Hartford Times made was
in not shboting so as to bit if it was a Re-
publican deer, and missibTif it was a Demo-
cratic chin—Hartford ‘Oourant. ' _
The Democratic party, in its declaration;
is opposed to monopoly,'and yet its leading
candidates are or have been the paid servants
of the great railroad Corporations of the State.
-—.Danbury Republican. .
“In the interest Bf reform " how would
the Democrats meet a suggestion that it
would be proper for them to refuse to profit
by the subscriptions which are being solici-~
ted from the keepers of low groggeries. in aid
of the Democratic ticket—Hartford Cour-
ant.‘ . ' .
Hon. William E. Dodge, of New York
the well known prohibitionist and philan-
thropist, having been nominated as a prohi-
bition candidate for ~ mayor,- declined to run
for the following reason, which will com-j
mend itself to all practical temperance re-,
formers: . . , , ., . ,’ ’
’ I, have a strong conviction that it will be
better for our temperance cause to cast our'
votes at the coming election for such candi-
dates as will'be most likely to carry out the
laws now existing, regulatinglthe sale of in-
toxicating drinks, and those in favor of the
Sabbath, rather than by running an indepen-
dent ticket to secure the election of a man
who,will 'e‘ome into ofilae by the aid of the
liquor sellers. " _ ,,
Mr. Barnum on the Temperance
; Question. .
A representative of-the Standard aske
Hon. P. T. Barnum yesterday whether he
favored a separate State temperance ticket.
Mr. Barnum replied, “ No, sir, I have been=a
teetotaler about thirty-five years. I once
stumped the Statcdn favor..oflthe Maine law
—we got it and it was free rum, as it always
I
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prohibition. The Democratic party always
rejoices over an independent State temper-
‘auce ticket, because. all its supporters are
, drawn from the Republican party. We have
a‘ very good license law _iu Connecticut.
Those who sell liquor are thus obliged to
help support the paupers made by the traffic,
and that is the best that can be expected un-
til bapily, publicsentiment'becomes strongly
in favor of abolishing the evil altogether."
I!” WALL Puma—Closing out sale of this
year’s patterns at nearly One-half the actual
value, to. make rOOm for the new palternsfpr
next‘Spring. Sale to cgmmencc Saturday,
the 21st. J. T. Brown), 47 Main street. 3
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The success of Esmeralda cannot be doubt-
:ed. It is a charming story, touchiugly and
skillfully narrated. and it is dramatic in the
purest, nay, highest louse. Every.,llné ill
telling, andttlielnterest in the fortunes f
the people is not allowed to flag for an i -
stunt. ' The narrative is like all that Mrs-
Burnett has written. _Pure, simple. and
frcighted with humanity. , The heart strings
are touched firmly, and with a certain hand.-
.....A,play that young folks can see and en-
joy with‘impnnlty and profit. . . .It ll” actéd
by skillful and conscientious artists.--Eoen-
ing Telegram. ~ '
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is:
h . .
will be when the public sentiment is against '
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
The Republicans of Norwalk are request-
ed to meet at the Town Houseon Wednes-
day Evening, N by. 1, at 8 o’clock, for
the purpose ~ of nominating candidates fof
Representatives to the next General Assem-
bly. Per order, G110. N. Eats,
‘ ‘ Rep. Town Com _
Norwalk, Oct. 28, 1882. _ . .
Women with pale colorless faces who feel'
weak and discouraged, will receive both
mental and bodily vigor by using Carter’s
Iron Pills, which.arc made for the blood,
nerves and complexion; sold 'by J. G
Gregory &. Co. '
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W 200 pair of] plain band and ’Dado
Shades just received at J. T. PnowrrT’s, 47
Main street.
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@- o-Button Mousqnetaire Terra Cotta
Kid Gloves, $1.25, at Flinn B. Smrn's.
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W. B. Hall do 00.,. of Bridgeport, do a
very extensive , cloak and silk business.
Their store is particularly noted for special
bargains in all silk goods. The Bridgeport
Standard of Oct. 14 thus speaks of this firm:
themselves ull_.cxcellcut reputation for good
wearing black silks and good fitting cloaks.
They have now made a purchase of an im-
mense quantity of the' celebrated iapissicr
silks that were placed on the market greatly
under price. The manufacturers guarantee
them not to crack or wear glossy. This firm
claims to offer unusual bargains in brocade
silks and saline. In the cloak department
many novelties are being introduced and the
custom department is in the hands Of one of
the most experienced and popular cutters in
the city. It will pay to spend considerable
timewith W. B..Hall & Co.
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Those who have been dosed with quinine
and experienced its injurious effects, should
tryCarter’s Liver Bitters, a sure cure for
malaria; sold by J. G. Gregory & Co.
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@‘ Don’t fall to attend the closing Out
sale of- wall paper at J. T. Pnowri'r's, 47 Main
street. '
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I had severe attacks of gravel and kidney
trouble; was unable to get any medicine or
doctor'to cure me until I used Hop Bitters,
and they cured me‘ in a short time.—A Dis.
TINGUISHED LAWYER or WAYNE Connrxélzé
. l
W Abargain in Plushes and Velvcts,
Ottoman Silks, at Faun B. Stan's.
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Commas: AND Comm—A young girl deep-
ly regretted that she was so colourless and
cold. Her face was too white, and her hands
and feet felt as though the blood did not cir-
culate. , After one bottle of Hop Bitters had
been taken she was the rosiest and the health-
iest girl in the town, with a vivaclty and
cheerfulness ' of mind gratifying tozhg
1
friends. ,
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Pain'from indigestion, dyspepsil andtoo
hearty eating is relieved at once by taking
one of Carter’s Little Liver Pills immediate]
after dinner. Don't forget this; sold by .
G. Gregory &. Co. .
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On Thu-y Days Trial.
We willsend Dr. Dyc'eCelebratedElectro-Vol-
taichlts and Electric Appliances on trial for
thirty days to young men and older crsons who
are adhered With Nervous Debility ostVitality,
etc.,guuranteeings eedy reliefan completeren-
taxation of vigor-an manhood. Also for Rheu-
matism, Neuralgla, Paralysis,Liver and Kidney
difficulties, Ruptures,and many other diseases.
Illustrated pamphlet sent free. Address Voltaic
Belt 00.,Murshall, Mich. . 1y45 '
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Pcr-uvlun Syn-u cures Dyspepsia, General
Debility. LiverComp aint, Boils. Humor-s, Chron-
ic Diarrhea, Nervous Afr’ections, Female Oom-
spaints, and all diseases originating in a bad
lists of the blood.
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. . Walnut Lear Hair Restorer.
' It is entirely difierent from all others. It is as
clear as water, and. as its name indicates. is a per-
fect Vegetable Hair Restorer. 2 It wrllimmediatc-
1y free the head from all (landminrcstore gray
hair to its natural color, and produce a new
growth Where it hasfallen off. It does not in any
.manner affect the healthewliich Sulphur, Sugar
of Lead, and Nitrate of Silver preparations have
done. It will change light or faded hair in a few
days. to u'bfllflltll‘lll glossybrown. Ask your dru -
st for it. Each bottle is warranted. Chas. N.
rittendon, New York,a.nd Geo. O. Goodwin &
00.. Boston.Wholesalc Agents. » 1y38
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Emory’s Little Cathartie Pills, best ever made.
only 15 Cents. Standard Guru 00., 114 Nassau St.,
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1V1 A R R I E D .
In Norwalk, Oct. 18, by Rev. B. B. S.'Bis-
sell, Fred A. Taylor and Miss Nellie A.
Smith, all of N orwalk.
We extend our congratulations and best
wishes to our sprightly friend “Fritz.”
In Fleet street M. E‘ Church. Brooklyn,
on Wednesday, Oct. 18, by the’Rev. John
Pegg, of Danbury,, Charles C. Luckey, to
Mamie J. Murray, daughter of Theodore
Murray. . - ' . .
In Westport. Oct. 18, Albert E. Platt<and
Miss.Minnie F. Banks, of Weston.
In Westport, Oct. 17, Stephen Richards to
Miss Katie Emerich, both_of Westport.
‘ DIED.
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In Middle Five Mile River, Oct. 19, Mrs.
Fanny Lockwood, rolict of Jacob Lockwood,
.in the Slst year of her age.. .
In Trenton, N. J., Oct. 9th. Henry .Gar-
side, agedfiS years. Formerly of Norwalk,
Interment at‘Bloomin'gton, N. J. . v
In Norwalk, Oct. 18, Mrs. Elixir Sn_edicar,_
aged T5 years and 8 months. ’ ’
In Norwalk, Oct. 19, Ebenezer D. Brock-
way, aged 66 years. ' A .
In Wilton, Fanny Betts _Loder, aged 82
years and 6 months. '
@Funeral Wednesday, at 1 o’clock, at
the Congregational church Ridgefield. '
In Norwalk, Oct. 14, Mary Alice Rogers,
wife of Charles Fitch, aged 29 years. , _
In Wilton, oct. 20, Seth Fillow, aged 87
years. . '
.In New Canaan, Nellie B. Jones. 'ged 23
years. ' . . .
In Sangatuck, Oct. 13, John T. Blank aged
92 years. . _
DISSOLUTION.
The co-partnership heretofore existing un-
der the name and firm of A. H. BYINGTON
1% 00., is ,this day dissolved by mutual con-
sent. The business will be continued by A'.
late firm, and to whom all
ab 0.
l accOunts are pay-
Dated Norwalk, Oct. '
12th, 1882.-
A. H. BYINGTON,
. Josurx B. Ems,
‘ GEORGE N. ELLE:
ANTED.— Three unfurnished rooms. for
light housekec ing. ’ Rent must he rea—
sonable. Address“n NT,”NorwalkP,O. ltp
For Sale. '
ONE llorse, one two-seated canopy top square
' box' Wagon. one twoqeated open Wagon,-
ono top Buggy, Harness. &c. Ap ly to '
LEGRAN J ACKSON'
1 . For Sale.
been in use one season _only. Can be bought
at a bargain. dnquiro at this office.
Notice.
‘ LL PERSONS are hereby forbidden to trust
831 will pay no debts of her. contracting.
- OSCAR OLMSTEA D.
Georgetown, Oct. slat, 188:. _ 3tpl3
Notice.
THE inhabitants of the town of Norwalk are
hereby notified and warned thatas 'ecinl
TownAMaetlng will be held in the Town ouae.
On Thursday, Oct.‘26th, 1862.1“ 3 o’clock! after-
noon, for the purpose ot‘f hearing. and noting upon
the report of the committee nonccrning the South
Norwalk Drawbridgo, and if deemed expedient
to make the necessary approprlaiiqps for. said
object, can) also to 813%?ch any othrgbusincss
:0 or to a ran ore sai mee ng._
p p CHARLES A. BURR,
NELSON J.,CRAW, . Selectmen.
WILLIAM C..SAMMIS,
ISTRICT 0F NORWALK, as. Probate Court
October 21st. A. ,D.‘1882. .
Estate or THOMAS If. RAYMOND,late of Wil-
ton,in saidDistrict, deceased. _ , _
The Court of Probate for the District of Nor-
walk. hathl ited and allowed-six monthsfrom
the date homo for the creditors or said estate.
to exhibit their claims forsettlcment. Those who
neglect to present their accounts pro orlyattest-
od withinaaid time will be debarre a‘recovory
Allporsonsindebted to saidextatd are requested
‘ to makoimmediate ailment to
JUSTUS Kn YMOND. Executor.
33953
Messrs. W. B. Hall 85 Co., have made for
W .._....._______ .
H. Byingt'on', Who assumes all debts of the
snar-Tnnmxo Parlor stove. large sizaaas"
my wife, Martha J. Olmstead, on my account-V _
_' Menswear».
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First Congregational Church,
.NORWALK, CONN.,
ORGAN REGITALS
Mn. ALEX. S. GIBSON, Oudamsr.annonnces a
series of FOUR ORGAN BECITALS, to occur on
, TueSday Evenings,
OCTOBER 31, and Nov. 14.
Beginning at Eight o’clock.
Vocallsl at Third Reels-l, Oct. 31.“
Mlss Della R. Scott, of Soprano.
Tickets for Course of Four, 151 00
Tickets for Single Recital, 35
To be obtained at Pom oroy’s Music Store, Stores
-of S. K. Stanley. 1!. S. Blasccr. and L. J. Curtis,
and at Hoyt’s Drug Store, South N orwalk.
Music Hall,
F. M. KNAPP.... . .. ....uuuun
FRIDAY m., on. 27,
America cordially greets their return.
HAGUE’S
British Operatic
MINSTRELS.
Greater, Stronger, laugh for than ever.
The Prominent Special Points of their Noticeablc
' Merit is
heirreally Fire Singing,
Their Skillf'ul Instrumental Abilllty,
Their_Thoroughly Disciplined fi'ects.
' Their general Meritorious Humor.
Thelr Correct _Expert Dancing Manipuiatlons.
Thelr Artistically Perfect Organization.
Populr Prices, 75, 50, 35 Cents.
Music Hall. ‘
Saturday Evening, Oct. 28.
THE
1111an SQUARE THEATRE
Company
Will present its rent New York success of last-
season. the exq site domestic drama
Esmeralda,-
BVyMRSJRANCIS HODGSON BURNETT and
. H. GILLETTE, as presented at the Madison
Square Theatre for one year, '
.l Baauliilll Domestic love Story.
Scenes in North Carolina and Paris.
Produced
.
with Special Scenery for each act from
the Madman Square Theatre.
Seats at Spencer’s Store. Diagram opon Wednes-
day, at 10 a. m. *
Prices
75, 50cm! 35 cents.
Music Ball.
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ONE NIGHT ONLY,
MONDAY EVE; OOT. 30.
THE GREAT EVENT.
:lllli-las‘EPH .
JEFFERSON
AS
RIP'VAN
WEN Iii-LE.
' Reserved Seats $1.00.
General Admission 7 5c and 50c.
Sale of Boats commencing 11:9 o’clock Tuesday
morning, Oct. 21th, at Hoyr’sand Spencer’s.
nlrusio Han.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1',
TOMPKINS & HILL’ .
lanllnrnlml
EUGENE TOMPKINS. - mauaenu
Grand production of the
-vvlnnaltll.
Special Scenery and Effects, \
'Wonderful Realism,
Thrilling Incidents
I
THE nan-'1', ' '
' TEE EXPLOSION. »
TEE ESCAPE.
Presented with a GrcaLQast.
“That such realism is possible on the Stage is
almost beyond comprehdnsion.”——Bangor Whig.
TREASURER, - - - QUINOY‘KILBY
BUSINESSMANAGER, FRANK C. GBIFFETH
POPULAR PRICES.
Sale of seats at Hoyt's and, Spencer’s.
Health Officer’s Notice.
THE UNDERSIGNED, Health officer of the
Borough of Norwalk. requests attention to
the follovving extracts from the Borough B -laws
she. 1. Every person who shall, wit n the
limits of the Borough construct, continue. use or
suitor to ’remaiuany hog-pen, sink. cesspool,
privy, sewer, drain, gutter, stable. or make. con—
tinue or suffer to remain any deposit of immortal
rubbish, garbage, manure. refuse. llopl, swill,
chemicals, dye studs, or any decaying. pun-frying
or noxious substance in such a manner as to be
offensive, unwholesomo or prejudicial to the
health of the public or of any inhabitant of tho
Borough,or who shall by any act, practice or
omission unlawfully prejudice the comfort or
health of the public or of any inhabitant of the
Borough shall be fined not exceeding twenty
dollars. ' ' ‘ ' -*~ *
SEC. 4. Every person who shall remove, or
cause to be removed, or assist in removing the
contents of any privy in‘the Borough or convey
such contents through nny street '01- highway in
the Borough, saveiin ti ht and well covered re-
ceptacles, nnd during t 9 months from Novem-
ber to April lnclusivn, and between the hours of
eleven at night and six in the morning. and every
person who shall without license from the War-
den convoy any decaying fish manure. through
any highway or ntreet in the Borough, shall be
lined not exceeding twenty dollars. ‘
Noticelsfnrthsr and harsh given
enhances will be s‘rXQt}%§$§§§eg' M Y
A N -
Norwalk,Conn., conessnnsse.‘ ‘ “A ’
Approved, W. E. SMITH, Warden. 1H3.
n EW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Tulle, Tnici,wllrllilansllill&lliralillir. ~
Nos. 20‘ WILLIAM 'KNABE t 00.
and 206 West Baltimore State time
No. 112 Fifth Avenue, Nov: York. t, m 29.
E
089" ruitand: rnamental .
.Trees Grapes, Shrubs,
V i Roses, etc. d _
.ooxper ence to 111 d. S lar an 0 cures
maid. '3'anan ire?" z.5.....i.. n
nucnanu & milonnluonn,
' BOSTON,MASS.
IV “113%.? send for our select list of local new
that these
Barnums
Are now in full blast with attrac-
tions and bargains in every conceiv-
able variety of
’ Ready-Made ’
CLOT DING
sun wan Sills .
oancairs,
prices lower than ever
offered.
Passangors by the Pegasus take
Elevated Railroad to the door; the
AMERICUS lands but four blocks
from the Store.
People are getting outfits, Have a
pleasant sail, and a few dollars
saved.
Barnums,
Chatliam Sqi1a1*e,New York.
BARRAOLOUGH.
That range in
'Reglstrars’ Notice.
N OTICE is hereby given that the Registrars of
Voters of the First .Voting District of the
Town of Norwalk, will be in session at the Town
Clerk’s ofilcc, in said Districtmn WEDNESDAY,
October 25th" and on FRIDAY, October 27th.
from 1 o’clock p. m. until-6 p. m.,for the purpose
of correcting and reusing the Voting List of said
First Voting District. _
GEORGE N. ELLS,
NATHANIEL REQO’A,
Registrars of Voters lst Voting District.
floated at Norwalk, Oct. 16th, 1832.
Registrars’ Notice.
NOTICE is hereby given that thc‘chistrai-s of
Voters of the Third Voting Distr ct of the
town of Norwalk,will be in session at the atomic!
Hauford & Osborn, in said District, on WEDNES-
DAY. Oct. 25th, and on FRIDAY, Oct. 27th. from
1 o’clock p. m., unti 5 o’clock p. m., for the pur-
pose of fgrrgc‘tving, 8'33- rteylning the Voting Lint
ofsaid ir om lane.-
WILLIEM l3. HEN DRICK.
WINFIELD S.HANFQB.D 2ND,
' Registrars of the 3d Voting Diomct.
Norwalk, Oct. 15th, 1882. 2142
4 Notice.
IS hereby given that the Selectmen and Town
Clerk of the Town of Nowalk, Will hold a.
session at the office of said Selectmen, for the
purpose of examining the qualifications of elec-
tors and admitting to the electors oath those who
shall be found qualified, on Wednesday the 25th
day of October, 1882,_i‘rom 9 o’clock in the fore-
noon until 5 o’clock in the afternoonmnd by pubs
lic adjournment of said meeting Will be in session
for said purpose as follows, Viz : At the City Coun-
cil rooms in the City of South Norwalk, on Fri-
day. the 27th day of October, 1882. from 10 o’clock
in the forenoon until 4 o’clock afternoon, and un-
less all entered on the first list_ as " to be made”
shall have been admitted or rejected, Will be in
session for the same pu 030 on Monday the 30th
day of October, 1882, at t 0 office or said Select-
.men from 9 o’clock forenoon until 7 o’clock in the
afternoon, and not afterward with this exception
that 'said Selectmen and Town Clerk Will be in ses-
sion on Monday the 6th day of November, 1882,
at the office of said Selectmen from 9 o’clock in
the forenoon until 5 o’clock in the afternoon. for
the purpose of admitting to the electors oath
only those Whose rights Will mature after said
Monday, the 30th day of October. 1882, and on. or
beforcthe 6th day of November, 1882. Applica-
tions from the Third Voting District can be made
in the First ,or. Second Voting Districts on the
above days.
CHARLES A. BURR,
NELSON J. CRAW.
WILLIAM C. SAMMIS,
‘ FRANK W. PERRY, Town Clerk.
Dated N orwalk, October, 14th, 1882.
Innlfifiinnn
Q
Selectmen.
Tina ORIGINAL "HIGH ART xxx) Low Funn’
Tun STOVE uvnnvsonx is Txnxnve
snow AND ALL nun nannu‘crnunns null
nrnve. T0 IMITATE.
Tri- uosr Pownrnn,Ecoxourcnr.,Bnn-
'1'an AND ALTOGETHER Tm: Bus'r Pannon
Stay; 17:11 ruonucnn.
Do NOT aux A S'rovn niv'rir. xouuavu
nxamxn Tuis.
Oiva s'rovn name To ions NUT, STovu
on Eco COAL.
Ami or ITS vacuum imam Ann PAT.
nnmnsuncan an. nonxnm no o-ruillu
STOVE.
THE ROYAL PARLOB STOVE !
Full Nickle Plated. and N icklc Protected so that
heat cannot tarnish or discolor it.
BEAUTIFUL, TASTY. -
GUARANTEED ECONOMICAL, and
PERFECT IN OPERATION.
Also, the Beautiful
Little Jewel,
‘ This is indeed a'JEWEL. Also
ELEGANT PlfllllAliIDOOBlE HEATED
GOOD LUCK, _ .
' CROWNvJEWEL,
SPLEN DID,
BOOM,
ELITE, &c., &o.,
Comprising the Best assortment of nearly 20 dir-
f‘crcnt kinds of Parlor Stoves and Healers.
If in want of u First-Clan Range. 1 have it,
The Crawford.
The Perfection of Beauty and Utility, and the
most Perfect Range made. See the new
"HUB JUNIOR,”
Patent Reflex Grate. and Double Quick Dam or.
Will work in the weakest drafts. and where ot cr
‘ Ranges fail. Also the
Archer, Arlington; King Bird, Wa-
verly, Brighton, Triumph, Thames,
Rollo, Glendon, Cameo, Electra
Cook, Chief Cook,'Ross‘morc.Dovcr,
65., &c.
I have also taken the agency for the sale of the
— manufactures of the
S'lmorids Manufacturing Company,
and shall keep for sale at their prices
The Sultan, Mission, Dexte’r, and
other Ranges.
And furnish repairs for all goods made by them.
Formerly "Norwalk Foundry Co.”
Portable and Brick Set Furnaces
and Ranges. .
I have for sale, at a. bargain an ,8 inch St._Gcorge
Elevated Oven Range for about one-third its orig.
inal cost; used but a three years. and in 300.;
order. Also several sgcond-hand Parlor Stoves,
e eap.
Also Sale Agent in Norwalk and South Norwalk,
for the sale or the Manufactnres or Richardson.
Boynton & Co. ‘ Repairs furnished at N. Y.prices
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Beautiful China. and Earthen Toilet Sets; Tea
Sets, Crockery, Glass Ware. Library Lam s, Stu-
dentLamps,Haud Lam .ac. Woodsmgop er.
and Tin Ware, House urnishlng Goods. Iarm
Roofing, Plumbing, Gas Fitting, and General
Jobbin promptly and reasonably done at;sliort
node v .
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JAQUI 3,
Wallace». Norwalkivonn. '
2mm. .Rowoll a 00.. 10 Spruce at. .N. x L
. d
Also keep in stock ..
Norwalk Chronicler