a l. ,;-., j agency of J acob.M. Layton. I i ETTE‘ v handguns. E Thomas Edwin Brown,. In, and Miss Jeannette Ferris United in Marriage. HANDSOME DECORATIONS Rev. Thomas Edwin Brown and Rev. Walter Rockwood Ferris, Officiating Clergymen. ' he wedding of Miss Jeannette Fer- ris, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Ferris, to Thomas Edwin Brown, J,r., of New York, was celebrated at 5 O'clock Wednesday evening, at the home of the bride’s parents. " The Homestead,” on Fairfieldtwenuc. The ceremony performed by Rev. Thomas Edwin Brown, D. D., father of the groom, assisted by the Rev. \Val- tea- Rockwood Ferris, brother of the b The ring service was used and 1 e couple exchanged rings in plight- ing their troth. was Ede. The decorations of the parlors of the homestead were of pink roses and smilax while the halls and dining-room were hung with greens and holly, thus pre5erving the holiday attire of the house. The ceremony was witnessed by rela- tives and a limited nItmber of near friends many of whom arrived in South Norwalk on aspccial car attached to the express which is due here at 4:24 p. m. g The bride, who was given away by her father, were a gown of white satin trimmed with old point lace and car ricd white orchids and lillies Of the valley. She wore a- brooch of pearls in the form of a wreath, the gift of the grOOm. Her only attendant was the maid of honor, Miss Esther Knapp, the four year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Knapp, of South Norwalk. She was a. sweet- picture in white point d'esprit over pink silk. She carried a white hat trimmed with ribbons and lace and tilled with pink carnations. The bOSL man was Theodore Brown, of Franklin Pa, a brother of the groom. \Vcideuhammerof Bridgeport, fur; nished the music and played the wed- ding marches in his most professional manner. After the ceremony the guests sat down to a wedding supper served by Pursscll of New York. The young couple departed on an evening express, for a wedding trip, after which they will take up their residence in Brooklyn. The groom is a young lawyer of promising ability and has established a practice in New York where he has an office in the \Vashington Life"Insur- ance building on Broad way. ~Many hands:mc and valuable gifts have been received. Among the guests were: Mrs. Steph en G. Ferris, M r. and Mrs. William H, Church. Miss Cape, Messrs. Cape. Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Hoyt, Miss Elizm Piatt, Edward Beard. Miss Beard, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Plait, Miss Platt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Milton Mather, Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Hand. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Hand, Mr. and Mrs. 11. Ed- wards Rowland, M r. and Mrs. Walter ll. Ferris, Mr. and Mrs. \Valdo Clay- ton Briggs. Rev. and Mrs. T. Edwin Brown.\li.~s Brown. Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Coles, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Sammis, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mills, Andrew Mills, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Orville G. Bennett,HIi-ry V. Babeock, Mr. and Mrs.1rving Town- send, Mr. and Mrs. L. St». Clair Colby, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Colby. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Colby,Mrs. Gerald H. Beard, James H. Knapp, Mr. and Mrs. Philip N. Knapp,. James Hoyt Knapp, Rev. and Mrs. J. J. W'oolley, Miss Woolley, Mr. and Mrs. Erving Y. Woolley, Harry B. Needham. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. lilinore, M. C. Ernsberger, Miss Samson, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob M. Layton, Alfred E. Marling, Charles E. Marling. Percy Jerome O’Brien, M r. and Mrs. J. S. Babcock, Miss Babcock. ——-.—..¢o-o>———— ' Bethel Excited. The little town of Bethel is excited because the County Commissioners have granted a. hotel license in that place for 8150, as they are allowed to do under the law in -lltovws with less than 4,000 inhabitants. A town meet- ing will be held to discuss the matter. AA‘ Everett S. Buckley and John Fiedler started Wednes lay on a. hunting trip through Virginia. They go by the way of the 011 D0 niuion Line, having pur- chaszd tickets through the steamship 'W‘EERL'Y é NORwALx GAZ BEAR IN IHE WOODS. Residents of South Salem Alarmed by Fre- quent Sights of a Large Bear. The residents in the country two ‘ miles south af Ridgefield in the town) of South Salem, have a. bear scare. For several days a large shaggy black bear has been seen in the woods and on the roads of the town and many people have been scared by him. He is evidently a harmless and well disposed animal for he has not offered to chase anybody and no depredations on the livestock of the farmers .of the vicinity have been reported. No one knows where he came from but it is supposed that he escaped from some circus which was in that vicinity last summer. ——<u-o>—v———-—-—-— Annual Meetintr. The annual meeting of the First Con~ gregational society was held last night, and the following officers rc-elected: Ecclesiastical committtee, E. O. Keeler, J. C. Randle, J. P. Treadwell; clerk and treasurer, George B. St. John; collector, Henry Handle; music committee. F. St. John Lockwood, Ira Cole, Charles A. Tucker, J. P. Tread- well. Elbert S. Adams acted as mod- erator of the meeting. The annual re- port of the Trustees was read. The rental of pews was taken up and they were disposed of at good figures, most of them being retained by the present holders. —-——————<o.o>———————— New Club House. The Wee Burn Golf club of Noroton have completed plans for a new club house, to be erected in the spring. It wi 1 be a two-story-structure,and from an ar- chitectural point of View, it will be the equal of any golf club’s home in this section. It Will be furnished in the most approved style, every complement to a first-class club house being provid- ed for. There will be drawingrrooms, parlors, a banquet hall, and in short, about everything that should go ~towards making an ideal home for a golf club. -- W——-—-—— Celebrated His 96th. Robert Guthrie celebrated his 96th birthday anniversary at his home in Silver Mine, on Tuesday, (St. John’s Day,) the 27th. A number of his child- ren and grandchildren were present, andthe old gentleman was by no means the least active of the party and re- ceived their congratulations in a man- ner that betokened many returns of the day.. Aside from the fact that he is unable to read fine print without the aid of spectacles, his faculties are all as bright as if he was not more than forty years of age. Refreshments were served and the occasion made a memo- rable one. “‘00. DA— »A .I ———A— Death of Mrs. Foster. Mary A. wife of Francis Foster, died at her home on Wilton avenue this morning, aged 58 years. Her husband and six children George, Samuel, James, Mrs. George Goodwin. Mrs. Stephen Scofield and Margaret Foster survive her. She had been in poor health for a long time. ' — ~«4o-o>————--——— New Officers. The following gentlemen were elect- ed officers of Butler Lodge, 1. O. 0. 1*‘.,. Wednesday night: N. G. —Charles S. Cole. V. G.—William M. Jennings. R. S.———Frank W. Adams. Treasurer— Milton Elwood. Trustct—Frank E. Carr. —————-—-—<o-o>———————— Fairfield County for Fessenc’en. ’v‘ith a single exception all the Republican representatives from Fait- field county have signed a paper er.- dorsing the Hon. Samuel Fessenden for United States senator, and the friends of Mr. Fessenden are exhibiting this paper in proof of their assertion that Fairlield county is solid for Fessenden and will vote for him first, last and ail the time. ‘ ___<....__.___ Engagement Announced. The engagement is announced of Miss Estelle Sherwood, daughter of E. 'C. Sherwood, of Southport, to Frederick Bulkeley Hyde, son of the Rev. F. S. Hyde, formerly of Rochester. N. V -n, and nephew of the late Bishop A.Cleve- land Coxe of Western New York. ———————-—-‘0-0'-—-—-—-—"—-— 'Beware of Ointmenls for Galarrh ' -’ "I'hat Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physic- litUS, as the damage they will do is ten told to the good you can possibly de- rive from them. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., l‘oledo, 0., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly up- on the blood and mucous surfaces ot the system. In buying Hall’s Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, and made in Toledo Ohio, by F, J. Cheney &; Co. Testi- monials free. Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bo't- tle. H ail’s Family Pills are the best. V- The schooner George A. Pierce, Cap- tain G. A. Piukham is at the East No: - walk Lumber Co. wharf. The schooner fought its way through the recent gale Off the coast but .the captain says was not damaged in excess of $300. -- . FIND A FOO’THOLD. WAR LEFT mm so; What Befcll a Veteran of the Civil War Long After His Discharge. i An old colonial soldier lying in a hospital imprOVISed for the occasion af— ter the battle of Saratoga was patient— ly waiting until his time came for ex- amination. When the physicians sur- rounded his humble pallet to probe for .a bullet in his chest, he opened his .shirt bosom, shut his eyes and said, "I’m ready.” Neither groan, sigh or cry escaped him, but as the probe reached the piece of lead he opened his eyes and said : "Doctor, an inch deep- er and you will find General \Vashing- ington.” In the Revolution and Civil War the American soldier withstood hardships that almost equalled those when Napoleon retreated from Moscow, and Sir John Moore retired to Corruna. Disease left its mark and shattered the strong ~con3titut~ions of the best. No organ of the human body suffered more than the kidneys, and veteran W. R. Green, of 44 Spring street., Soptb Norwalk, engineer at Crofut S: Knapp's hat facfory. only echoes the experience of thousands of his com- rades, when he says " I was a- ooy when I enlisted in the army, and exposure and hardships weakened me physically. In the factory we use under the boilers about two tons Of coal per day, and as I (10 my own tiring I have to handle it. It was quite a job for a man who had trouble with his kidneys. and I was al- ways anxious to get rid of it. Slight urinary ditficulty set in and as I no— ticed an advertisement about Dean’s Kidney Pills curing. such cases I got a box and took them. ~ After taking the first box my back did not ache. I felt so much better, and the secretions were naturalf am recommendinthian’s Kid- ney Pills t0 the work men of the factory. Doan‘s Pills for sale by all deal- ers. Price :30 cents. Mailed by Foster- Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.,sole agents for the U. S. Remember the ham Doan’s and take no substitute. ' . >~-—do-o THE PERSIAN JEWELS. A. Descriptlon of Their Splendor Reads Like a Fairy Tale. A writer in the Illustrated Magazine says: Who has not heard of the Per- sian jewels—their glory, their num- ber, their priceless worth? When the doors were unlocked and I was taken into the peacock throne room I found myself surrounded thy a mass of wealth unequalled in the world. No- where are such treasures, but nowhere also is there such an accumulation of rubbish. I will, however, dismiss She rubbish and refer only to the treas- ures. Down each side of the room were chairs entirely covered with sheeted gold, and at intervals there were tables of gold nailed, and I shud- dered to note, with the commonest of black headed tacks. At The far end of the room was the wonder of the world, the peacock throne. “'hether it is one of the seven thrones of tlhe great Mogul and was brought from Delhi, I don‘t know. but it is certainly rtihe most costly or- nament that 'the eye can look upon. I inspected it most carefully. It: is en- tirely of silver, a great camp—bed structure, but modeled in lovely de- signs. dt is encrusted from end to end and from top to bottom with dia- monds. At the [back is a star of .brilliants that makes you blink. The rug on which the shaih Sits is edged with precious stones, and the pillow on which he reclines is covered with pearls. I could keep on writing about the dazzling beauty of the throne of the king of kings, but I never could get beyond declaring it *to be a superb jewel. But although the peacock throne is the magnum opus Of‘ the Persian crown jewels, it by no means extin- guishes the magnificence of the other treasures. \Vho can attempt, lhowe :- er, to recount the number of bejewel- ed arms, the royal arms, th'e‘flashing aigrets, the trays piled up with cut and uncut stones and the bowls filled with pearls that you can run through your fingers like a handful ' of rice? Every one 'has heard of the Daria-L Nur, or Sea of Light, sister—diamond of the Kohinoor, or Mountain of Light. Every one has also heard about the Globe of the World, made of seventy-five pounds of pure gold and 51,326 gems~the sea of emeralds, Per- sia of tu-rquoiscs, India of amethysts, Africa of rubies, England and France of diamonds. velvet Very Fashionable. Velvet in all shades and varieties will no fashionable, both as an accessory and for the making of redingotes, un- der-dresses, and complete. costumes. Black undoubtedly takes precedence, but marked favor is shown to new, very elegant shades in Russian green, dam- son, orchid purple—a superb color, with a glow of crimson in it—to dark sumac red, and a complete grade of :ic'h, becoming browns, which include the Havana, cedar, seal, chestnut, and marquisa dyes. “Do you believe chorporal p’unish- ment?” asked the lady Whose children are old enough to go to school, accord ing to the Washington Star. “No.” answered the young man who had been a. private. “It wasn’t the fault of the Corporal. If anybody’s to- blame it’s some one a good deal higher up in rank." ease away than to fight it TRU E after it comes. An occa- W' S D 0 M sional dose of Hostet- ter’s Stomach Bitters makes people hungry -at.meal time. and gives the digés— tive apparatus power to get full nutrition out of food. , , THUS BODILY ' STRENGTH IS MAIN EEIIIITIDRErglEPURE, STOMAGH &. nonsense CAN'T BITTEBS - t...‘ It is far wiser to keep dis- .1 I‘. HOSTETTEB’S" ' __.._.._______ l“ WW: Ills retainer fir,- OF NEW, YORK. arouses .A. Hannah's, President. Statement in the Year Ending Dec. 31:97. According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York. IN EGMIQ Received. for remlums . . . . $42,693,201 99 From all other Sources . . . . . 11,469,406 24 a $54,162,608 23 DISEUESEM EN ”ESQ To all cy-holders for Claims by Death . . . $13,279,630 To ollcy-holdem for Endowments, Dividends, etc. . 12,712,424 76 ' For all other Accounts . . . . ' . w $36,124,060 99 ASSETS. United States Bonds and other Securities $132,017,341 45 First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage . . . 69,423,937 31 Loans on Stocks and Bonds . . . . 12,880,308 00 Real Estate . . - . . . 21,618,454 88 Cash in Banks and Trust Companies ' . . . 11,705,195 82 Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. . . , 6,141,200 20 , _ $253,786,437 6'6 Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities . . 3L8,278,243 07 Surplus . - . - - - - fis.so8.194 59 Insurance and Annuities in Home . . . $936,634,496 63 I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct. :iabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PRELLER.‘ Auditov; \ From the Surplus a dividend will be appoztioned as usua. Report of the Examining Committee. Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. "to THE HOsORARLE. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES or , TIIE MUTUAL LIFE IIISIIRAIIIIE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. The undersigned, a Committee appointed by your honorable body, on the twenty- second day of December, I 897, to examine the Annual Statement of the Company and to verify the same, respectfully—-——-' . ‘REPORT That, pursuant to the power and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have, at various dates between the date of the said reference and the date of this Report, attended at the Office of the Company, and have been waited on by the Treasurer, the Comptroller, the Auditor, and the Cashier, together with the respective assistants of such officers and have carefully gone over all the items contained in the said Statement, and have found the same to be corre ct. They have examined and counted every certificate of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company, and compared which the same are carried in said Statement with the market quotations, and find the same not exceeding such quotations—in fact, in many cases below them. They have examined and counted the bonds and mortgages on real property held by the Company, and find the same to be as stated. They have also. verified the valuation of the Com- pany’s holding-“1 of real estate and have verified the depOSIts of money In the various banks and trust companles, and have counted the cash on hand held by the Cashier. ' And the Committee certify that all the books, papers, documents, and evidence of title of every descriptlon neces. sary in such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said officers and their assistants, and that, the same are'accurate, in good order, and well kept. . And the Committee further certify that the investments of the Company are of a. high order, and that the System and methods adopted by the Company in recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendation I All of which is respectfully submitted. CHAS. R. HENDERSON ELBRIDGE T. GERRY A. N. WATERHOUSE 7 NEW YORK. January 21, 1898. S. V. R. CRUGER J. HOBART HERRICK JAMES C. HOLDEN the prices at Board. of Trustees- HENRY H. ROGERS J N0. W AUOHINOLOSS THEODORE MOBFORD WILLIAM BABCOCK STUYVESANT FISH AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD CHARLES E. MILLER WALTER R. GmLETTr H. WALTER WEBB GEORGE G. ,Havnu ADRIAN ISELIN J R. GEORGE S. Bowoom WILLIAM C. WHITNEY WILLIAM ROOKEEELLER JAMES N. JARVIE CHAS D. DICKEY JR. ELBRIDGE T GERB! J AMEB SPEYERJ FREDERIO CROMWELL J ULIEN T. DAVIES A. N. WATERHOUSE S. V. R. CRUGER CHARLES R. HENDERSON RUFUS W. PEOKHAH J. HOBART HERRIOR W . P. DIXON ROBERT A. GRANNISS , SAMUEL D. BABCOOI RICHARD A. MCCURDY JAMES C. ~HOLDEN HERMANN C. VON POST WILLIAM J. .SEWELL OLIVER HARRIMAN nonan'r CLYPHANT Games F. BAKER DUDLEY OLCOTT I ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President. WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. ISAAC I". LLOYD, 2d Vice-President. DUEtt du—P. BRECK, Corresponding Secretary w ILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary. - ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assistant Secretary, FREDE RIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. JAMES TIMPSON. 2d Assistant Treasurer. WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier. EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cushion; EMORY MoCLlNTOCK, Actuary. JOHN TATLOCK, JR , Assistant Actuary. . CHARLES A, PRELLE R, Auditor. WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller. C. CLIFFORD GRETSINGER, ASsistant Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller ' J 0H5! C. ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies. E'JWARD LYMAN SHORT. General Solicitor. ‘ . - MEDIOAL DIRECTORS: ‘ ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D- GRANVILLE 11. WHITE, M D- C. S. WINSTON M. D. Consulting. .3 uio— .. - u arduous n emanate, Sensual 4 _ A5 A53" CAMP. Local A8©n@§_ \
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