Norwalk gazette, Friday, February 4, 1898 · page 1

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Founded in 1800.]

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VOL. Kmart—No 7

 

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PRICE TWO CENTS

 

 

III MORE TROUBLE.

Sherifl’ Fenelon Seizes Mrs.
, Alice Clark’s Pet Grey-
hound.

 

Once Owned by Fred Bullen Who Save it
to Commodore Burritt.

Mrs. Alice E. Clark, who has figured
in newspaper suits many times, and
more particularly in connection with
her recent suit against Commodore
Burritt of SouthNorwalk, is in trouble
again. This time it is over her pet
dog, an English greyhound of consid-
erable value, which she desires to en-
ter in the Bridgeport dog show. A
notice on the public sign post at Bridge-
port makes the declaration that Sheriff
Fenelon will sell the dog at public auc-
if a certain debt
amounting to $35 is not paid by her by
that time.

The dog will be sacrificed to pay a
debt which its owner owes Babcock &
Lockwood of that city.

The latter conducted a boarding

house on Fairfield avenue and since ,

her last arrival in Bridgeport Mrs.
Clark has become indebted to them.

She neglected to answer a suit
brought against her for the above
amount and Justice Nobbs awarded the
plaintiffs a judgment for the amount
alleged to be due. Now the pet dog
will be sold to square accounts unless a
settlement is effected before the date
Set for the auction.

The dog is of an unusually fine breed
and is said to be the only one of its kind
in Bridgeport. Mrs. Clark has owned
it for some time and it was always in
her company. When itwas announced
that the Bridgeport Kennel club would
have an exhibit in that city Mrs. Clark

entered her pet and confidently expect-'

ed that it would win her a prize. In-
stead of being exhibited in the bench
show, however, the dog is in the pos-
session of the sheriff.

The suit was instituted last month
and the sheriff could discover nothing
to attach except the dog. He took the
animal away and it has since been in
the officer’s possession. Mrs. Clark
does not want the animal sold and the
sale has been postponed to await sev-
eral offers of settlement made by her,
which have not materialized.

The dog which -now figures in the
suit against Mrs. Clark was formerly
owned by Fred Bullen, the well known
Bridgeport sporting man. He was very
intimate at one time with Commodore

of the canine. Later, during the term
of friendship between the commodore
and Mrs. Clark, he presented her with
the dog and she has had it ever since.

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Yacht Club Officers.

The Stamford Yacht club has elected ‘

the following officers: Commodore,
Howard C. Smith; vice-cdmmodore,
Frederick M. Hoyt; rear-commodore,
Walton Ferguson; treasurer, Charles
H. Leeds; secretary, A. Leland Brown;
fleet surgeon, Samuel Pierson, M. D.;
measurer, 1. Franklin Wardwell;chap-
lain, Richard P. H. Vail, D. D.; di-
rectors, Henry K. McHarg, Schuyler
Merritt, Albert C. Hall, Edward C.
Hoyt, Macolm R. Pitt, James D. Smith,
E. E. Bruggerhoff, Stewart W. Smith,
Alfred S. Pitt, Fred W. Lockwood;
nominating committee for 1899-’90, A.
H. Smith, H. P. Bartlett, Walter M.
Smith, George H. Hoyt, Walter D.
Daskam. '

 

Surprise Party.

. Asurprise was given to Miss Alice
Rider at her home on Maple avenue,
East Norwalk, Wednesday evening.
Among those present were the Misses
Minnie Raymond, Hannah Valentine,
Lillian Brundage, Lottie Morrell,
Phoebe LaCroix, Cecil Osborn, Jennie
Granson, Ada Worden, Alice Devine.
Messrs. Fred Field, Leonard Rider,
Clifton Coley, Harry Wright, Henry
Geibe. A collation was served and a
merry time spent.

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Euchre.
The Matinee Euchre club met with
Miss Helen Ferris, 0n Fairlyeld avenue,
yesterday afternoon. Miss Ferris won

the club prize and Mrs. Joseph Jen
. nings the guest prize. .

 

 

| Ina previous game the latter
; the same score and each side is now
Burritt and made the latter a present

 

PAsros WYATT RESIGNS.

He Will Not Leave His Church, However.
Until Next Spring.

The Rev. A. H. Wyatt, a former
Methodist pastor in this city and who
has been the pastor of the South Sec-
ond street Methodist church in Wil-
liamsburg since last April, has tender-
ed his resignation to the official board
of the church. He was the pastor of
the church fifteen years ago, and last
spring the New York East conference

sent him back. He. told ..a reporter

that his resignation would not take
effect until the conference meets in the
spring.

. “Everything here,” he said, “is har-
monious, but the eastern district of
Brooklyn is not what it was fifteen
years ago, and with the new bridge it
will probably be worse in this section.
I am satisfied that I can do better else-
where.”

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Mrs. Norris Will Read.

Mrs. F. W. Norris is to give an An
Evening of Readings at 8 o’clock, Tues-
day the 8th of February, at the Central
Club. The hour has been changed
from the afternoon as first announced
on the Central Club’s cards, in order
that gentlemen may have the pleasure
of hearing Mrs. Norris, who is one of
the best interpreters of our day. The
public are invited, and no admission
fee will be charged but a collection
box will be passed for the work of the
Philanthropic Committee who have had
the enterprise to secure Mrs. Norris.

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Christian Endeavorers.

The Christian Endeavor society of
the South Norwalk Congregational
church met last evening, Miss Julia
Burnham, resigned as chairman of the
Lookout Committee and William L.
Porter was elected to fill that office.
Next Sunday will be Y. M. C. A. day,
and special services will be held in ’the
church at 6:30 o’clock. W. F. Water-
bury of Stamerd will make an address
on the subject, “Religious Work of the
Y. M. C. A.

Will Probably Die.

George Freedland, locomotive, fire-
man on a passenger train running be-
tween Pittsfield, Mass, and South Nor-
walk, had botlrdegs cut off yesterday
afternoon at Pittsfield and will prob-

‘ ably not survive the shock. Freedland

slipped from a switch engine on which

he was riding. He is about 33 years of

age and is well known in Norwalk.
Funeral of Mrs. Sarah Reynold.

The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Reynold
will be held from her late home' 1n East
Norwalk, this evening. The remains
will be taken to Greenwich,to-mOrrow,
for interment.

 

Old Wells Win.
In the penochle game between the

Old Wells and Mayflowers last night '

the former won by a score of 13 to 11.
won by

credited with 24 points each. The final
game will be closely contested.

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Fire at Bridgeport.

The Bridgeport Manufacturing Com-
pany, manufacturers of shears, knives,
eta. lost about $3,000 by a fire in its
factory at East Bridgeport, last night;
insured. John Shepard, japanner, in

adjoining building, lost $2 ,000; uniny

sured. .

Sale of New? England.

The New England preferred stock-f

holders have agreed to accept from the
Consolidated for their holding on the
basis of two shares of New England

preferred for one share Consolidated, .
,try folk.
“\Vay Down East,” while at the same
'. time there is a powerful story of bitter
‘heart burnings and the troubles that

or about $95 a share.
—-—~ Mm ..

Were Defeated.
The Go. F basket ball team went to

 

New York last evening, Where they

played a game with the crack Eastern

District Y." M. o. A. team. The Co.§ ,
staging of the play. and the company

selected includes among
T’hoebe Davies,
i Hugh Wood, Mrs. Stevens, Odel VVil-

F’s; made the latter team hustle for
honors but lost by a score of 28 to 5.
Fire at.New Milfoyd.
A fire resulting in upwards of $5,000
damage to the stock of Dennis McMa-

hon, the New Milford clothier, was

caused last night by the explosion of a

kerosene lamp. Insured.
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THE. MO UE KN WAY
Commends itself to the well-informed,
to do pleasantly and effectually what
was formerly done in the crudest man-
ner and disagreeably as well. To
cleanse the system and break up colds,
headache, and fevers without unpleas-
ant after effects, use the delightful
liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Made by California Fig Syrup Co.

Twasw ones.
A Sight Not—Cftell Witnessed

Hereabouts Visible
Wednesday.

Occurring in Winter They Preeede Snow
and Frost.

Thegresidents of Norwalk were treat—
ed to a brilliant display of parhelia in
the western sky as the sun began to
set between 3:30 and 4:30 o’clock Wed-
nesday afternoon. Parhelia are more
commonly known as mock suns, or sun
dogs, and are rarely seen hereabouts.
According to the Weather Bureau,
VVednesday’s display was the second of
the kind seen here in twenty-five years.

There were three of the mock suns,
one directly above the sun, another to
the right, and the third to the left ofit.
For forty minutes of the hour the par—
helia were in sight they were very dis-
tinct.

According to the scientists a parhe-
lian is an attendant image of the sun’s
disk which may appear at one or
points near the sun. Parhelia
the usual colors of halos, in the
order, but as a rule are brighter.

more

show

same
There
are corresponding appearances about
The
parhelia are formed by the passage of
light through .1 fine ice mist which
The crystals incline

the moon, termed paraselenae.

forms in the air.
chiefly to the form of hexagonal prisms,
and to refraction and decomposition of
light passing through certain angles of
these the appearance of the halos is
supposed to be due.

In high northern latitudes parhelia
are very frequent. But whether in
only seen when the highest forms of
threadlike clouds intervene between
the luminary and the observer.

Parhelia areiclosely connected with
Oc-
curring in summer, they indicate rain
in winter they

peculiar meteorological changes.

and sometimes wind;

precede snow and frost.

 

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f l1fe 1n its surroundings.
i these wide awake young managers will

AMUSEMENTS.

I
I The Clemenceau Case.
i The Clemenceau Case was the attrac-
‘ tion at Hoyt’s Theatre last night. It

was by far one of the best plays of the

week. The opportunities for dramatic
1 work are many and the Rober company
; displayed their strength in its portray-
‘ al. The situations at all times were
thrilling and the-audience watched the
denouement with intense interest.
. The bill for to-day’s matinee is “A
' Girl from the Circus” and for tonight
"A Heroine in Rags.”

Manhattan Theatre.

\Vm. A. Brady and F. Ziegfeld, J12,
the new proprietors and managers
‘ of the Manhattan theatre, Broadway

and Thirty-third street, “\Tew York,
have taken charge of the theatre. They
have brightened up the house by the
addition of numerous lights and new
(draperies, and given the place a new
The regime of

be inaugurated next week with the
' production of the rural comedy drama,
“Way Down East.” The scenes are
laid in New England, and. its people
are plain and simple, but thrifty coun-
There is no end of funin

always come when parents and chil-

: dren are at variance, one with other.

Great care has been given to, the

others, Miss
Minnie Dupree, Ella

liams, Howard Kyle, Frank Lander
Fel1x Haney, George Backus, Bartley
McCullom and Charles V. Seamon.

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Will Sleighride to Stamford.
Miss Gertrude Lyon of North ave-
' nne will treat her Sunday-school class
I to a sleighride to Stamford and return
to-night. Liveryman Gregory‘s big
sleigh has been engaged for the occa—
sion.

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He Did Not Advertise.

Keeler, the shoe dealer who opened
a store on .Main street a few months
since, is today moving back to his
store on Washington street.

higher or lower latitudes, they are

 

KILLED BY TROLLEY CAR.

A. Waterbury Lad Who Was Holding a
Spirited Horse.

Fred Buckley, aged seventeen, was
instantly killed last night by a trolley
car on the Water-ville line. The young
lad was:trying to hold a spirited horse,
attached to a car1iage in which were
two you‘hg children, and as the car ap-

proached the horse, which had got be--

yond Buckley’ s control, crossed the
track. on account of the steep down
grade the motorman could not stop the
car in time to prevent a. collision with
the carriage, and dragged Buckley un-
der thefiar and crushing the life out of
him. ‘

 

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IHE EIZEIIE WOULD LIKE II] KIIllW

If the mercury in. any thermometer
froze last night.

Why the ice men should not be
happy.

If the i131 k of widening \Vall s11 eet
br1dgelwill now commence.

Where the bluebirds are hiding.

If exiJudge Hubbell has pen paraly-
me.

Why Attorney W'alsh’s brief did not
agree with Attorney Warner’s.

W'here Undertaker Jennings buried
the newtown house plans.

If the ground. hog is satisfied with
the weather.

Why assistant postmaster Coley has
disappointed his friends.

If Chief Vollmer has detective Mona-
han on special duty.

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Home Again.
John Brummer, the barber, who sud-
denly left home a few days ago has re-
turned home.

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W. Weaver has been granted a patent
on an improved loom. ‘

.Miss Bessie Benedict is ill at her
home in East avenue.

Mrs. Winfield Scott of Elm street is

_ spending a few days' 1n Ridgefield.

 

John Tryon is ill at -his home in East
Norwalk.

——Try a bottle of Rigg s Sy1 up, of Tola ,

Tar and Wild Cherry, the qu1ckest and
safest cough 1emedy known, 2.31- and
500 per bottle. J 7 t

The State Conference of the D. A. R.
will meet in Bristol nequuesday, sev-
e1al members 'of the Norwalk chapter
will attend. ,

The Fish club“annual" will take place
this evening, at the club room on the
Washington street bridge.

Members of Pioneer Hook and Lad-
der and Hope Hose companies attend-
ed the ball of the Eagle fire company at
Darien, last night.

The St. Mary’s Ladies' Aid socie-

ty met last evening.

Services f01 the members of the
League of the Sacred Hear twer e held in
St. Mary's schurch this morning at 5 :30
and 8 o clock.

——Eastman Kodaks and supplies at
Rigg’ s D111gst01e. J 1 t
Bliss Stebbins of Lansing, Mich, is
in tows.

 

The ocean barge Hornet left John H.
Ferris’ wharf for Norfolk, Va., yester-
day.

Landlord Walz of the Mahackemo is
preparing a suite of rooms which will
be occupied by Messrs. W. F. and
Charles Acton. '

——-To morrow the Boston store, Nor-
walk, W1ll present the grandest v alues
ever olfe1 ed 1n Ladies' xswin’ter coats.

 

 

——Ladies’ and children’s coats at less
than cost of, the cloth, at the Boston
store, Norvgtlk, to-morrow.

 

Fred W. Smith is cutting ice, eight
inches thick, on the Union factory
pond, to-day.

A Rowayton resident said this morn-
ing, “the sound is frozen over as far as
the eye can reach from my house.”

 

Until to-day, the propeller Eagle,
has successfully battled with the ice
embargo in the harbor, and Norwalk
melchants have had thei1 freight
delivered to the Steamboat company’s
wharf in this 'city.

Mr. O. E. Wilson attended the poul-
try show at the Madison Square Garden
yesterday afternoon and it is not un-
likely that several choice fowls will be
introduced into his hennery before
many moons.

 

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THEIR FEMININE VALET.

the Attends to the Clothing of Four 51)-
_ ciety Mon.

There are at least four men in St,
Louis who will never be hampered and
'done for” when they marry as they
ire now. One of them is a widower,
the other three are dyed—in-the-wool
bachelors. They live in handsome
\partments in the West End, and be-
:ween them they have a woman valet.
Elle is a. motherly-looking, middle-aged
:reature, quite lady-like, and always
is neat as a pin in her attire. She
probably does not see her employers
ince a month. She goes to their ,rooms
every day after they have left them,
1nd puts their clothes in order. She
gets the laundry ready and delivers it
lo the laundry wagon on specified days.
She is there when it is returned, sorts
it, sews on missing buttons, darns the
Iilken socks, puts the handkerchiefs
Between their scent bags, and regular-
:y once a. week she cleans out the
‘rawers.

When one of her charges leaVes her
5 note, saying that he is going to the
theater or a party at night, she lays his
Tress suit out, puts the shirt ready, ad-
Iusts the buttons, varnishes his pumps,
e'nvfact, has everything so that all the
man has to do is to put them on. Next
morning they are as carefully put away.
His various suits of clothes are brush-
ed every day, and his valet doesn’t
have to be told when they should go to
the tailor’s for fresh creases in the
Irousers and a sponging "of coal: and
rest. .

A moderate charge per week is
made for the service by this woman.
who makes really a good living out of
her clever idea of “doing” for gen-zlo-
men.—St. Louis Republican.

 

 

SAVED HIS LIFE BY A JEST.

Wanted Time to Road His Bible. Before
He Died.

Archee Armstrong was the well be-
loved jester of King James VI. of Scol-
'and, afterward James I. of England,
end this is thd traditional story of
their introduction:

One day a. shepherd with the carcass
of a sheep upon his shoulders was
:racked to his cottage on the moor-
aands bypthe officers of justice. In the
zottage they found a. vacant—faced lad,
rocking a cradle with more attention
than azboy is accustomed to give that
duty; this, however, did not arouse
their suspicions. They searched the
cottage thorOughly, but failed to dis-
tover the sheep. They were about to

depart, when one of their num-
ber accidentally looked into the
trails, and—the stolen sheep lay
there! The lad, Who .was sup-

posed to be the thief, was brought
before King James VLiof Scotland. He
was tried, convicted and. sentenced to
die. He began .to plead with the king.
He was a poor, ignorant fellow, he said;

‘ be had heard of the Bible and would

IHe pardoned the prisoner,

 

like to read it through before he died.
Would the king respite him until he
did so? The king readily gave his
consent, whereupon the culprit imme-
diately said, “Then hang me if I ever
read a word o’t, as lang as my een are
open.”

The witty reply captured the king.
and 10.31
him into his service as jester. In this
capacity Archee was soon a. prime fa-

vorite—Amelia Wofford in St. Nich—
alas.
Crank’s Not a Success. -
No successful man is a c1ank.i..ook

over the cranks of your acquaintance
and you will be surprised to notice that
not one of them does anything well
They are not prominent citizens; they
are not prominent socially; they do
nothing for the general good. A crank
who is a lawyer is not a good lawyer;
a crank is usually a crank because heis
a failure. After demonstrating that he
lacks ordinary common sense, a crank
pretends that he knows everything and
that other people do not. know any—
thing; that society has learned noth-
ing from experience, and that the
world should be turned upside down to
accept some of his untried theories.
If you can avoid being a crank you’d
better do it. You can’t succeed as a

crank at anything—Nebraska State
Tournal.
I Where Beans are Sacred.

The greatest bear country in the

Southwest is the Navajo Indian reser-
vation, where the bears are never
hunted and may live, multiply and
grow old in peace. The Navajo be-
lieves that bruin is a sacred animal,
and they will never kill or consent to
have one killed—except under one cir-
cumstance. This is when a bear has
killed a red man, and the identityof the
culprit isas well established as that
of the victim. Then, headed by their
medicine men, half theltribe will gath-
er at Bruin’s doorway, humbly beg his
pardon for what is about to happen,
and pray 'to his shade not to look for
vengeance. This done, one or two war-
riors will boldly penetrate the cave and
kill the bear, which is then accorded
1'1 decent burial—San Francisco Call.

 

mu Able English Jest.
Saturn is the most unfortunate plan-
et in existence, for though it has sev-

eral rings it is unable to pawn any 0an '

3f them—London Telegraph

 

WINTRY WEATHER.

This Morning the Coldest of the Season
’of I898.

This morning, according to the many
thermometers, was the coldest of the
season. The mercury in some instances
in the northern part of the town
dropped to 14" below zero. At others
it varied, the mark ranging from 4 to
10 degrees below zero. The air is
crisp, the sleighing good and it is a1~
together a model winter’s day.

Plumbers were in great demand and
frozen water supply pipes were numer-
ous, but so far as is learned no great-
amount of damage has resulted by
reason of the cold snap.

Emil Durbeck is rapidly regaining
his wonted health.

Herman Linxweiler has been elected
presldent of the Germania Sick Benefit
society.

St. J ohn’s Lodge, F.‘ and A. M. con--
ferred the third degrée last evening.

The Ladies’ Auxiliary, A. O. H. will
give a. banquet on Thursday evening.
Feb. 10 in K. of M. C. Hall.

Cockenoe tribe of Red Men will con-
fer the Adoption degree to-night.

A reheaisal of‘ Lady Bess’ was held
in Music hall last night.

“Uncle Walter” Fitch is still
fined to his home by illness.

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The condition of Henry Glover re-
mains about the same.

“Dr.” John Kirsch will take the
"Goo-Goo” club for a sleighride to
Bridgeport next Sunday afternoon.

 

Nathan, son of Barnett and Lillie
GoldbertT died at his home on Water
stieet yesteldav aged 8 months. '

 

The Weather

Fair to-night and Saturday; followed
by increasing cloudiness and light
snow; Saturday night warmer:

MARRIAGES.

PROWITT—HEBBARD.—In Calvary P.
Echurch, Tarborough, North Carolina
Feb. 2, by Rev. E. W. Gamble, Marion
Gray, daughter of Mrs. Emma Gray
Hebba1d and the late Rev. George
Hebbald to Henry Thornton Prowitt,
son of J. Thornton Prowitt of Norwalk.

BENTLEY-SCHLEYER. —In Danbury,
Jan. 29, by Rev. E. Jay Teagarden.
Herbert C. Bentley, of New York city,
and Miss Laura Schley er, of Danbury.

 

 

DEATHS.

ADDIS.-—In Danbury, Jan.
son S. Addis, aged 45 years.

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BETTS.——In Bethel, Jan. 30, George

Betts, aged 64 years, 11 months.

BIBBle—In Fairfield, Jan. 31, Flor—
ence A., daughter of David H. and
Amelia B. Bibbins, aged 13 years.

BRAITLING. --In Bridgepo1t, Feb.
RobeIt, son of Frederick K. and Ella
M. Braitling.

. CARROLL—In Bridgeport. Feb. 3,
Catherine E. Carroll, aged 35 years.

FRENCH.—-In Noroton, Conn., Jan.
27, Wm. Freeman French, M. D., son
of Rev. Louis and Martha A. French.
aged' 42 years. '

HALL—In Danbury, Feb. '2, Rev.
Byron J. Hall, D. D., aged 64 years.

MARSH.——In Bridgeport, January 3].
Wesley James, infant son of Edward
H. and Jennie A. Marsh, aged 5 days.

MURPHY.—In Danbury, January 31,

Anna wife of James B. Murphy, aged
34 years. -
MARDEN.—In Asheville, 1'. 0., Jan.

28, 1898, Harry L., son of Lewis B.
Mardcn of Bridgeport, aged 20 years.

MAHONEY.——In Ridgefield, January
31, James Mahoney, aged 21 years.

MUELLER. -——In Bridgeport, Feb. 2.
Paul A,1bert son of Ca1l‘. and Wilhel-
mina Mueller, aged 21 years.

MEAD—In Stamford. Jan. 28 Charles
William Mead.

NOBLE. ——In Stamfm d, Jan. 27, Eliza
both A. , wife of the late Edward Noble.
aged 53 yea1 s. '

OSBORN—In East Norwalk, Feb. 2..
Sa1ah,w-idow of William P. Reynolds,
aged 90 years.

‘ PHASE—In Danbury, Jan. 30,Marcia
Pease. aged 99 years, 8 months.

REYNOLD. —In East Norwalk, Feb.
Saxah. widow of William P. Reynold:
aged 96 years.

RILE? —In Norwalk, Jan. 30, Owen

Riley, aged 30 yeais.

SCHOONMAKER. —In Bethel, Jan. 27.
Amos Starr Schoonmaker, aged 76
yea1 s, 8 months and2 days.

SHANLEY. —:In Danbury. Jan. 29.

Peter, infant son of Darbv Shanley,
aged 8 months.

SMITH. ~—In Danbury . Jan. ‘31 ,L‘ha l \
H. Smith, aged 56 yeais. 1- or

TURNEY—In Fail-field, Feb. 2, Albeit
Turney, aged 80 years.

YOUNG. —~In Bridgeport, Jan. ., 29,

Rachael Young wife of Jame '
Young, aged 28 years.. 8 G:

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