W‘EE K L 3: - N o a w A 1. K} G‘Azarr E SA RIATocA ! Genuine Saratoga Water in block-tin lined barrels direct from the celebrated Spring, is for sale on draught at Had- den’s, corner Wall and River Street. THE WATER Is brought direct from Sara- toga, and is dispensed in pre- cisely the same condition in which it flows from the spring at Saratoga, and is sold at 5 Cents per Glass. House-cleaning. Lustuine. 100 Ask your Grocers. me our III emot- MEAT. Round, Sirloin and Por- terhouse Steaks, Sausge, Pot and Rib Roasts Reduced to. a Pound All First Quality Meat. J. W. BOGARDUS, 6 WATER ST.. NORWALK DRINK HATHllRN SPRING WATER FOR THE Stemach, Bo wels, . Liver and Kidneys. FOR SALE BY; The Holmes, Keeleu &Selleol to NEW CAFE WITH- RESTAURANT ATTACHE D. MIKE TKATCHFORD, 44 Wain Street, The Best Wines, Liquors and Cigars. PLYMOUTH ROCK ICE. Stores and Families Supplied. Lowest Rates. Horace E. Darin. EXCELSIOB - Livery and Sales Stable. w-_...\ Opposite Danburyl‘ and Norwalk Railroad depotI Norwalk. Conn. Stylish Single or Double Team with or without drivers! Safe horses for women andchildren. . SADDLE HORSES A SPECIALTY IT Is MEMORIALIDAY. And the Decorating of Graves is a Part Of the Memorial. Some call it i‘Decoration” day, others "Memorial” day. The latter are right. At the National encampment of the G. A. R. in Baltimore, in 1882. the following resolution was adopted unan- imously: “That the commander-in- chief be re- quested to issue a general order call- ing the attention of the officers and members of the Grand Army of the Re- public and the people at large to the fact that the proper designation of May 30 is ‘Memorial day,’ and to request that it may be always so called.” ‘ The decoration of graves is a part of the exercises. There is a wide differ- ence in the meaning of the two words, decoration being that which adorns, en- riches or beautifles; something added by way of embellishment, ornament, and memorial that which preserves the memory of a person or event, some- thing which serves to keep something else in remembrance. G. A. R. Arrangements for the observance of Memorial day were completed at a reg. ular meeting of Buckingham Post, Thursday evening. was extended to the Sunday schools and churches for the substantial inter— est manifested toward the Post. The Post will assemable at headquar- ters at 10:30 oc’lock on Memorial day and headed by the Merrill drum corps, with the Colonel Roberts cadets as an escort, will march to St. Paul’s church yard where the graves of soldiers will be strewn with flowers, from thence the march will be continued to Nor- walk cemetery and like services per formed. At the same time the graves of soldiers in Riverside and St. Mary’s cemeteries w1ll be decorated with flowers by a committee appointed by the Post for that especial purpose. ' Returning to Post headquarters a col- lation will be served by the ladies of Buckingham Relief Corps. The Post asks those who may have flowers to contribute to take them to the Post headquarters Friday night or early Saturday morning, or leave word at George W. Raymond’s grocery store and they will be called for. Poisoned by Candy. Little Georgie Weyerhouser, the 5- year old sonZof Mrs. Mary Weyerhouser, of River street who was poisoned Mon- day night by eating a boxlof cheap con- fectionary, still lies in an unconscious condition. He aroused for a few mo- ments this morning and asked for some water, which he§drank and saying “That tastes good” dropped 011' into uncon- sciousness again. The case puzzles the attending physicians. Memorial Dalelosing. ’Ihe grocery stores in this city will be closed at noon on Saturday, (Me- morial Day,) for the rest of the day. This with one or two exceptions, where the stores willbe re-opened at 5 o’clock. The markets will be open all day. Annual Meeting. The annualEmeeting for the election of officers of the Over River School Dis- trict, will be held at the school house on Thursday evening, June 4th. 4A; HAD TO SEE THE BALL GAME. Philadelphia Lawyer Who Refused to Break an Engagement. . Alawyer with his client called one day at the office of a gentleman who is considered 'to be one of the leading men of the Philadelphia bar. The lawyers had an important case and he wanted to take the legal big gun in as adviser, says the Philadel- phia Times. He explained his busi- ness and said he and his ’ client would be back in the .afternoon. “I won’t be here then,” said the legal giant. “I have an engagementg‘ at three o’clock, and I won’t be here after that hour.” “But there is a. five thousand dollar fee' in this for you,’ ’ex-,I plained the younger lawyer. “Can’t‘; help it; I won’t be here. You will have to come to-morrow.” “But my client can’t come tomor- row.” “Well, I can’t break my engage- ment,” said the senior. After some further talk it was agreed that a meet- ing be held that night. ’- That after- noon, having nothing else to do, the young lawyer and his client went to a ball game. The. first man they saw in- side the grounds was the great lawyer, who was hurrahing for the “Phillies” with all the vigor of his lungs. That was his important engagement. Need- less to say the lawyer’s practice nets him en0ugh money each year to make . him independent. In the Niagara rapids the water de- scends 52 feet in less than a mile; the falls are 164 feet high on the Ameri- can side and 150 on the Canadian. . The river Jordan makes the greatest descent in the shortest distance of any stream. During its course of 120 miles it has 27 falls and descends 3,000 feet. One great moral influence not yet credited to the bicycle is indicated in the fact that horses. are now so cheap in the west that horse-stealing is no. longer worth while, and that species of crime has practically disappeared. Pingree’s potato patch plan is to be tried in Pittsburgh for the relief of the worthy poor, if it is possible to arouse proper public interest. A vote of thanks. BANKING IN NORWAY. it Is Conducted in a. Safe and Unique Manner. Depositors Are Charged for Leaving Their Money in the Bank—Some 'of the Queer Rules of the Institution. ' Probably the mOSt independent and aristocratic bank in the world is the Norges, 01‘1 National bank of N01 way. It seems to be wholly indifferent to doing business of any kind, and what it does do it insists upon doing in its deliberate way. , Socially, the bank is of considerable importance. The directors meet twice a week, and these friendly gatherings are said to be most enjoyable affairs. Loans and discounts form the chief sub- jects of conversation. No loan or dis count can be made w ithout the approval of three of the directors. Suppose the directors are to hold a meeting on Wednesday and you want- to borrow 100 krone 011 Monday. You apply to the Norges bank, and are told that the mat- ter will be taken under consideration at the directors’ meeting on I‘Vednesday, and you may look for ananswer to your application by Thursday. It does not matter in the least that you want the 100 krone Monday, and not Thursday; you simply have to wait. After all, there is not so much absurdity or in-~ convenience to the borrower in this ar- rangement as seems at. first glance. He who may want a loan only antici- pates his needs and prepares for it a few days in advance, instead of waiting un- til the hour before he wants it. And the bank is always able to make sure that its loans are safe ones. The origin of this institution was as peculiar as its management is unusual Soon after the nominal union of Norway and Sweden, in 1814, the latter country began to feel the need of greater money - facilities to meet the demands of the rapidly-increasing commerce. The sit~ nation was not unlike that in the United States at the formation of the first ' United States bank. The problem of securing the necessary capital for a. great national institution was a. very simple one for the Norwegian government. It raised stockholders for the bank just as it raised soldiers for its armies. Every well—to-do citizen was compelled to take so much stock. He was always at liberty to take more if he chose, but always in amounts divisible by five. Bookkeeping was made easy on a new principle, in accordance with which sums ending in other figures than five and zero were to be excluded from the books. This national bank is also a national pawnshop. It is authorized by law to lend money on any non-perishable; goods, provided they can be deposited in the bank and kept under lock and key. For this service it charges rather less than the usual pawnbroker’s inter- est, which may, perhaps, account for * the rarity of private pawnshops in N or- way. » In the regular loan department the curious rule is enforced that loans may not be made for less than one month nor for more ~ than six, and only for sums of at least 400 krone ($120). American bank managers would look askance at the rule which subjects all deposits to a. change of one-tenth per cent. for taking them in. Vengeance is also taken with a liberal hand on the unlucky Wight who happens to over- draw his account. He is fined one per cent. of the excess amount, which fine is immediately charged against him, and , payment of the draft is totally refused. If by accident or for any reason an oili- cial honors such an overdraft, he is per- sonally responsible. The Norges b11113: unquestionable does a safe business. —- Detroit Free Press. When a Czar \Vas Near Death. The late Russian general, Tchercvin, was the founder of the Okhrana, or czar’s bodyguard, composed of men 'of high rank or great. wealth, who were sworn to protect. the person of Alox~ under III. It is related of Tcherevin that one night, as he lay extended in the dark in front of the czar’s bedroom, a figure approached. Tchercvin, believ- ing the man whom he saw had designs on the life of his sovereign. sprang to his feet and leveled a pistol at the in- truder, who simultaneously pointed one at the head of Tchercvin. each demand- ing to know why the other. was there Their voices revealed them to each other. The man was Alexander III. himself, who, having a. haunting dread of assassination, was on a round of per- sonal inspection of the pa.lace.;Chicago Chronicle. Pocket Electricity. A number of devices have lately been invented by which an electric lamp can be carried about and used-like a. candle or lantern. Some of these are complete in themselves, carrying a. battery that operates only when the lamp—which may be of almost any desired shape, that of a. pocket flask, for instance—is held in a particular position. When thus held. the acid in the reservoir reaches the battery poles, and the incandescent light blazes out. On reversing the lamp the light. is extinguished. In other cases a stronger light is provided by means of a separate battery, which may, how- ever, be carried in the pocket. It- is pro- posed to substitute this form of porta- ble electric lamp for the. ordinary lantern in'thc ambulance service of the French army.—Youth’s Companion. High Waterworks. The highest system of waterworks in the world is to be conducted this spring in Altman, 001. The altitude is about 11,000 feet. Work was begun recently. The main pumping station will be lo~ ca'ted at Grassy, a. mile and a half below and 1,000 feet lower than Altman. A second station will be placed750 feet higher than the first, and will throw the water into tanks above the town. 'The water is for domestic use and for fire purposes—Chicago Inter Ocean. THE '. MUTUAL '. LIF INSURANCE CO. 01- NEW YORK. RICHARD A. McCURDY President. . omen m eYeaI inglhmll. 1895. $221,213,721 33 194,347,157 58 ,, ($26,866,563 75 $48,597,430 51 $23,126,728 45 Assets, . . . . Liabilities . - . , Surplus . - . Total Income . Total Paid Policy-holders in 1895, . Insurance and Annuities in force, $899, 074,453 78 N613 gain in, 1895 - . $6], 647, 645 36 NOTE—Insurance merely written, ls_ dlscarded from this Statement as wholl mlslea actually issued and paid for in cash ls included. y ding. and only insurance I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor. From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual. Report of the Examining Committee. Office of the Mutual Life Insurance custody of New York, 9 February 11,1896. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of this Company, held on the 18t h day of December last, theundersigned were appointed a Committee to examine the annual Statement for the year ending'Decembcr 31st, 1895, and to verify the same by com-7 parison with the assets of the Company. The Committee have carefully performed the duty assigned to them, and hereby certify that the Statement is in all particulars correct and that the assets specified therein are in possession of the Company. In making this certificate the Committee bear testimony to the high character of the investments of the Company and express their approval of the system, order and accuracy with which the accounts and vouchers have been kept, and the business in general transacted. H. C. Von Post, Robert Olyphant, Charles R. Henderson, 'Wm. P. Dixon, Committee James C. Holden, J. H. Herrick. ROBERT A. GRANNIS, Vice-President. WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. '1'" ISAAC F. LLOYD, Second Vice-President, HENRY E. DUNCAN. J r., Cor. Secy. WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary, ALBERT KLAMROTH, Asst. Secy. FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. IOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. JAMES TIMPSON, 2d Asst. Treas film WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Asst. Cashier EMORY MoCLINTOCK LL.D., F. I. A., Actuary. . JOHN TATLOCK, .13., Asst. Actuary. WM. W. RICHARDS, Comptroller. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor, - HENRY S. BROWN, Asst. Comp. JOHN C. ELLIOTT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies, " EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, Gen. Solicitor. MEDICAL Dmnorons ELIAS, J. MARSH, M. D. GRANVILLE M. WHITE. M. D. GUSTAVUS s. WINSTON, M. D.“ JCEN w. NICHCLS. New Haven, General Agt. for State of Connecticut. ‘Ao Ho @AMPQ Local Agent.
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