"Truth (those in” tI'lvtngyo.’ Entered in the Post 06106 as a- Newspaper FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, l897. Tm: WEATHER—Today, brisk’ winds and snow probably turning to rain. To-morrow, snow or rain and on Sun- day cloudy to clearing. The Electoral Vote. The votes cast by the Electors ap- pointed by the several States for;Presi- dent and Vice President of the United States were on Wednesday counted in the presence of both houses of Con- gress. It was ascertained that William McKinley had received a majority of all the votes cast for President and Garret A. Hobart a majority of all the votes cast for Vice President, and they were declared elected. ‘ It is worth while to make this formal record because it helps to keep clearly in mind the constitutional process of electing a Prsident. We all knew that McKinley would be the next President three monthsago, but he was not actu- ally elected until January, and his elec- tion was not ofiicially determined~ until Wednesday. If there had'been, by mis- fortune, a close electoral vote, yester- day’s proceedings might have been ex- citing like those of twenty years ago. I The 271 electoral votes given to Me- Kinley and to Hobart and the 176 to Bryan were recorded after the meeting of the Electoral Colleges, but the final distribution of the fusion vote for Vice President shoWs a slight variation, Sewall being credited with 149 votes, with 27 for Watson. Fortunately, the sub-divisions of a small minority are not important. 000’— Land for the Lamiless Yet. The public lands are certainly far from exhausted yet, in spite of the statements so frequently reiterated to the contrary, The report of the Secre- tary of the Interior shows that 946,219,- 160 acres of the public domain have been allotted for all purposes, but that about 600,000,000 acres exclusive 'of Alaska, or an area large enough to make twenty States as large as New York, are still owned by the govern- ment. Half of this area, or about 300,- 900,000 acres, lies within the arid re- gion and is worthless for agriculture without artificial irrigation. Probably not more than 100,000,000 acres can be irrigated at all,leaving 200,000,000 acres of absolutely worthless land. Assuming that the arid area is entire- 2 y worthless for the present and that irrigation on an extensive scale is far in. future, any one wanting a farm ought to be able to secure a goodwone within the $000,000,000 acres of land available for settlement. Probably a good deal of this land is remote from railways and markets, and rhereiore not attractive to settlers who have no taste for isolation, but the fact still remains that there is an area of land ten times as great as the State of New. York, that has iieither been grant- ed to railways, occupied under the homestead law nor sold to settlers. Land for the landless, then, is still in abundance it those who 'want land, want itenough to be willing to undergo the pioneer hardships cheerfully en- dured by the early settlers of the great West. While there still remains in the posses - siun oi the government an empire in extent, there should be no more land trittered away in State, corporate or, private grants. Of the 946,000,000 acres already disposed of,’there are hundreds of millions of; acres that should have been retained by the government for , the benefit of settlers, and this waste- iulness or worse .shonld cease. The land that is left should be held for set- tiers, to be disposed of at first hand and not turned over to individuals and pl‘lvaitt Corporations, to be held out of we market until prices have deubled or trebled. Deal sparingly in the lands i‘nat are left and 'they will suffice for many years and a large increase of population, Counterfeit Silver Dollars. ’ A number of counterfeit silver dollars are in , circulation hereabouts. The counterfeit coin is a splendid imitation and has as fine a ring as the honest me- dium. It is lighter, however, by 20 grains, and has a greasy, shiny appear- ance. It looks like a brand new dollar just from the mint, and almost anybody would take it unless on the outlook for spurious money. 10»— . -—.Place your ‘adv. in the Gazni'rn hecker- board directory. NOTICE TH E EVEN , Ne. oAzE TE CHECKIER-BOARD; BUSINESS DIRECTORY. ~ . Notice is hereby'giveii, that at an Ad- Journed Regular._fleeting of the Mayor and Council of the City of Norwalk, to be held in the Council Room, in said Citthebruary' 15th, 1897, at 8 o’clock evening, a resolution will be offered to appropriate from the City Treasury the further sum of $250, to be used in paying the necessary expenses of the Lights Department of said City. Dated at the City of Norwalk, February 10th, 1897. ‘ By, order of the Council of said City. Attest: E. M. LOCKWOOD, . City Clerk. "Window Glass. Odd Sizes Cut to Order. Putty in Bulk, and I, 3 8r 5 Pound Cans. Prepared Paint, Oils and Turpen- tine,»Hardware 8: Housefu r n i s h- ings. ll. H. WILLIAMS ‘ 7 Main St. THIS SPIIGE Is; GONTRAGTED FDR BY GARDIIIER & MITGIIELL. -. 5.: »-.,." ' i l l l l l ! NORWALK Sales For Rent. EMBUSSING FRED A. WALTER, MAKER 01‘ AND DEALER 1N . , l Fll‘t Insurance to. "A “Time“ mm. A... . . HORSE GOODS. In Succgssful ope” Safe Deposnt Vault DONE AT niepairing of all kinds- aiion since 1860, OF THE 61333:?ng (1130:1091; . -o o - No 0......4... Claims- “3:221:33“- THIS OFFICE. dart-“inns” ’ , Nonwamr, - - 05mg. GAZETTE ADS. Geo. W.Baymond, Chas. T- Leonard , DEALER 1N Wholeggglglniiinltetail w. , . BYINGTO" name Staple and Fancy chIiEg'IIEII’E' Aim ‘ 4 Groceries masons' auun- I ‘ P I' o vAiNsD i O n s iraxdgfchqtinrnm'gls IASURANCE. . a o .s , CEMENT -:- ' coon RE ULTS No. 9 Man, s,_ om... and YME’E Hium't Eilelte Bulidlng. 3'3 to 4% Water Street. _ 6. Ward Selleok, I. R. MALKIN BEST GOODS. Iial'peni‘fl'B 'Id 7 an III or TEAS and COFFEES ’ SAWIIG AID PLAIIIG is WALL ST. 76 Franklin Ave , __ NOBWALK. CONN. Edgar Buttery, ._ N urseryman’ Painting, Pa er noawanx, CONN. ~ 31811913183 K3 80min- \ Trees. Shrubs and “3.3 find Hardwood Plants. Strawberry Finishing. Plaicilts V87 Specialty. Ii- l. PlATT, - Mgrggelixiagqtfifearnd “ Nazi?” AWE“, rie 1es. . onn. (Miles, 6 Watfl: St. Send for book con- Nurs ys, Broad River. taining samples. Frank '1‘. Hyatt ‘ PARLOR DENTIST, - BARBER-i-SHOP, \_ H. S. LEOBOLD . _ 8 “fest Avenue 47 Main Street. . Send Your Order to TRY I . . llllllT & zuurr, WEED’S “’hen You Want: a Nice Fresh Iish, SODA WATER 60 Washington St. SOUTH NORWALK. 38 Wall St. '—" E N TE R P R I S E NASH HANSCUY —Dealers in— Cnocxanr. CHINA AND GLASS WARE. PLUMBING. STEAM AID GAS FITTING. Cor. Main & West Sts, SO. NORW'ALK. prompt attention. Bottling Works, 7 Wall Street. ms AlES no use: EXPRESSLY FOB FAM- ILY USE- Mail orders receive Joli, Printing EVERY IIESGBIPTIIII EXECUTED a'r Tim -_.—........,_ ~....___._. ““‘fi‘ww -........_.._.. .—......__.__. . __ . [GAZETTE OFFIGE L . TH : . it GREAT BANKRUPT UNHEARD cremains. CHANCE 0F. A LIFETIME. Now? GOING- ON! 0. H. OLSEN’S ' SHOES. 350 pairs of Lounsbury, Mathewson «So Co.’s Ladies’ Fine Shoes at half price. 500 pairs sample 3, 3i and 4, C, D and E, from 7 so to $1.25; worth from $1.25 to $3. 150 pairs Ladies’ Calf, Lace and Bhttoh, worth $250, at $1.25. 400 pairs Ladies’ nice fine Kid Button and Lace, $2.50 and $3, at $1.50. ' 300 pairs Ladies’ Goodyear Welt, Button, patent leather tip, 3 styles, worth 353. at $2. 75 pairs Misses’ Patent Leather Spring Heels, at 75c. ’ ,80 pairs Misses’ Patent Leather Spring Heels, at 5 5c. . 250 pairs Men’s Calf, Square Toe, Double Solo, Lace, regu 60 pairs Men’s Calf. Square Toe, Single Sole, Lace, regular $1. 50 shoe, at $1. 50 pairs Men’s Police Bals Tap. I ace, regular $2 shoe, at $1. 50. 50 pairs Boys’ Tap Sole, Lace, regular $1.25 shoe, at 7 56. ~ 100 pairs Boys’ and Youth’s, a good one, Lace, regular 856. 180 pairs Men’s High Boots, same as. a year ago 2.85. 100pairs Men’s Storm King, same as a year ago, $2.7 5. Theo. H. Olsen,“ '81 WASHINGTON STREET, SOUTH NORWALK. lar $3 shoe, at $2. j. H. W. C. . L. "NGLISH, Secretary, ST. JOHN, Actuary. LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE. 41th AIIIIIIIL STATEIEII'I' GOHIIEIISEII “isms LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY HARTFORD, CONN. Assets, January 1, 1897. Liabilities to Policy Holders, reserve and all other claims, Payments to Policy, Holders, in 1896, Surplus as to Policy Holders, January 1, 1897, ~ Premium receipts in 1896, ‘ Interest receipts in 1896, Total receipts in 1896, Life, Endowment, and Term Policies issued and revived in ' 1896, 10,928, insuring Life, Endowment, and Term Insurance in force Jan. 1, 1897, 145,635,940.94 Accident Insurance in force January 1, 1897, Paid Policy Holders since organization, MORGAN G. BULKELEY, President. s45,557,272.15 38,845,76990 4,498,657.44 6,711,502.25 5,664,829.94 2,317,319 44 7,982,149.38 22,322,94800 79,®3 850 00 99,697.808.01 The following gains were made by the ZETNA LIFE in 1896 : In income, $1,057,816.28; in assets, $1,997,234.42 ; in surplus, $198,816.81 ; in new life business, $1,598,668.00 ; in life insurance in force, $5,608,680.00 ; in acci« dent business in force, $21,736,500.00; in accident premiums, $175,086.72 (or 62 per cent); in new business in Connecticut, $310,642,00; in total life business in Connecticut, $472,569.00. ' The dividend to the insured for 18217 is the 25th regular annual increase—a record unparalleled in the history of life insurance. Notwithstanding the advance made by the ZETNA LIFE in 1896, its expenses to income in the Life Department were a . little‘ lower than in the previous year, and 23 per cent. less than the average ex-i penses of the ten leading “purely mutual” companies for the year 1895. (We have;' not their figures for 1896). ' . ., J. C. W EBSTER, Vice President. W. C. FAXON. Assistant Secretary. GURDON W. RUSSELL, M.D., Medical Director. E GILBERT, Asst. Secretary, JAMES CAMPBELL, M. D. , Medical Examiner. \ E. E. HALLOGK, General Agent, Life Department, . J. S. BLINN, General Agent, Accident Department, Room 5, Hubinger Building, New Haven, Conn.
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