. ~* .1;
. 'I‘“phper was as foil
~ chi accuracy) 13min; eve:
., . to too as. ,
V'Xsttenptttores‘
h“ - turnout-resin
ii to much towards
-- t this result. lilven oili-
- my records as
mmy statements of
_ ieVolve the story of. this
a“ 0‘. ”We‘ll-1! novels"
M .
g . ‘g with historians of Connec-
"’ have undertaken toglve us
'1 of. this event, we turn first
. - . I eat order to Barbers "Hia-
M’Odleotionsfiigpnluished in 1838.
3* i . which our grandfathers re-
. . deltas twhiah weersaecnd
their oonddencain the Bibles.
. , begins by telling us hat “on
f. 11th of July. .1779, Norwalk was
Ruby the British and Tories. un-
.' ." He then goes on to
.his 'own: the statement of . a
te. “an-aged. and respectable
itent of this town." who says that
V, t as roundly Tryon onttbe
. -' it y. an at "little opposition
thistle to the riiieh, excepting by
hem any of continental soldiers.
Wt ‘,
w - ll
fty in number, commanded by
iteplmn Bette. who was soon,
- r ”petite. drain the over-
, ligpyorce f lfifyeon. with a loss
~ -_ iwhil’mkflled.” Barber then
‘ . onto misquote Tryon's official re-
rL’whldh gives the 12th of ‘July as
date of his invasion. and which
1‘ , r..llyl‘admits the loss of 20 kill-
’ mid I! missing In this
, . in the'ranlis was
‘ , ' e remembered. by
beat any continental soldiers, who
more soon obliged to ilee‘fromen over-
sgelmia. force of the enemy. Good old
, :3. Barber is first bringing us to that
’, nthral point where one shall slay a
1+ r.‘ .. . WIi‘piit ten thous-
Wlwméomlts, hobever. to
quote “1 . mart-the state-
“ment that tile
, , tie plow-cell by con-
tinental troops. ' views! Persons
"were said to be; not two thous-
and," a statement which should he talc
ctr with a great may grains of salt.
.. Ambassadors mistake of Barber's Is
that. he carelessly took from this some
report, Tryon's summing up of the loss-
es and casualties at New Haven. Fair-
fleld and Nerwalk. as his statement of
losses and casualties at Norwalk alone,
whichhy the report only amounted to
26 'out .of a total of 148;
) Three years after the publication of
Barber's Historical Collections, Theo-
dore Dwight wrote a. short history of
Connecticut in which Barber‘s account
of Tryon's invasion of Norwalk is fol-
lowed implicitly. This was in 1841.
in 1814, W. H. Carpenter. In collaborw
Ion mth the Rev. T. S. Arthur, the
author of that. lurid temperance novel
’ .“Tpn Nights in a Bar Room." wrote a
,ehorter history of our state. In
' which barber‘s error In the statement
of casualties at Norwalk is corrected to
the extent of stating that Tryon’s oili-
to
Cl" its as broil t
him to Norwelk on the 12th bed can
tatnly brought him within about fifteen
miles of Nowell on the 9th. for we
fill! him .etllladding on that date, as
appears by a letter which Washington
wrote him on the 10th. acknowledging
his letter of the llth from Reddlng. He
had» probably been detached with an ad-
,venoeguardof wntlnentals. to watch
Tryon's movements at this time. MI!
iot- General Oliver Woloott~not ill-lg»
other General Erastus Wolcott whom
Hoilistcr pieced In commend—Ia not
so difficult to trace. as appears by hie
letter of the .l'lth of Jilly. which has
recently been fottnd among the Wolcott
papers hy.Mr. Albert C; Bates. to whom
acknowledgements are due for his kind
assistance In this Investigation. This is
newly discovered evidence. as this
draft of a letter of Wolcott‘s which.
tells nearly the whole story has never
been printed and probably has never
been carefully examined by historians
until it caught Mr. Bates‘ eye. it is
prteumabiy addressed to General
Heath. as a letter of Heath's to Wolcott
dated .thelitth appears to be a reply to
it. Wolcoti's letter rcatls as follows.
so far as It concerns oitr subjcct:
Headquarters, . ‘
Horse Neck. lTIh July. 1779. .
Sirz—I was honored with thc ordcrs
of Governor Trumbull particularly to
attend to the Defence of the Sea
Coasts In the Western Parts of this
State. In Consequence of which I had,
with about. 700 of Militia arrived at
Norwalk about Twenty-four Hours bc-
forc the destruction of that Town-Ilp-
on the moving of the Enemy's Flcct
Westward. I have comc on to this
Place with the some Number.
This tleayes the Inference. at beast.
that the movements of the militia were
independent. of the coulincnlnls. anti
that Wolcott and Parsons combiucii
forces at Norwhlk. perhaps by accident,
or pcrhnps designedly. The number of
coniincntais who were prcscnt la mort-
difficult to ssccrtain. .(‘tlpiilill Hctts'.
affidavit mentions tiny. but does not
say there were no morc: Holllstcr.
who sometimes. as we huvc secn.
draws upon his imagination for his
facts. places the ntlmbcr at one huu-
drcd and fifty; and Tryon who -ncvcr
lit-sitttles to stretch thc trittb. placcs
the number of contiucnlnls at two
bundrcd and fifty. We shall ucvcr
know. too, how many of thc nicu llllil
boys of Norwalk Kathi-rod to thc dc~
tense of their homes, adding to thc for-
ccs under Parsons and Wolcolt. an an.
to. his
. ,.
WW* ‘ . I
' N “helm-t as
i”.§.‘fi‘l‘°}°i‘l“‘i tr "i°t"‘nl"sdi"""i°" 1...; ...
it. “Lila .sna ~ 0 e' r e. . may lave
. WW"). .' .
i in forth
been. sine
assert a that as uespatclc iftllte in dating his letter. but It appears
ed to drwaik by wuhiIflOIl'ti:il‘il.ere.
this letter goes on to state, ‘ at Lebanon vls mutants/n. where .TI-
“Captain Walker left the camp at West .tus Hoetnar mpbdr'li, on the 18th.
Point Saturday morning at f: o‘clock. II ltht-h coultl not. hate happened had
which time His Excellency General .‘HN‘ burning of Norwaili occurred on
Washington had received Intelligent-c llic 12th. . { - ‘
of the fate of Falrfieitl: no orders for Then. too. there Is General Woieott's
any continental troops to march from letter. which we wish we could find.
there. neither hath any marchcd. nil Inicntloued In the Journal of the 0mm-
hath been reported; .Caplain Walker cil of Safety. dawti tit Nbl‘WIlk. July
supposes that none will leave his Ex- i llth. and slatllufi that the town was
eellcncy. unless the main body should iburuod on that day. which date is int-
proceed this way." . f
If Captain Walkereoiild have romain ‘ iy the records, as we have noted.
ed at West Point until the evening oft If further ctunnlatlvo evidchc l‘l"
that same Saturday. he would barman-ding thc datole needed. we have
learned. doubtless, of Washington‘s or- {the Connecticut ileactte. in which a lot-
ders to Heath, already mentioncd, to tcr dated dilly 21st reports that the
march with Parsons and Huntington's neat appoarctl off Norwalk on Solar-
brigatlcs towards Bedford. «la-J Itlte 10th) and early next morning
It Is just possible that one of thelthe troops landed and burnct.
important letters supposed to bc. niiss- :town. t
ing, is a letter from General Parsollai Thc affidavit of Captain Stcpht-u
to (lovernor’irumbull. tlaicti Stamford. lictls. already mentioned. sistcs. on
.luly 17th. 1779. If so. thtl description jibe 26th of Jill)’.v"lliaf on yo litli Ili-
of the letter In the Journal of the Coun- 'sinlit. while yc enemy Inveded Nor~
cIl of Safcty Is misleading. 'l‘lils loll walk. he. with about fifty continental
tor. which is published In the volume troops. and soluc militia. engaged a su-
ni' the Massachusetts Historical Socio pcrior force of the enemy." We have.
ty already rcfcrrctl to. is important in .too. a leiter.whlcll, according tonnrks.
some respects. its the following extracts Parsons wrotc to Washington. also giv-
wIll show: tug ibc date as .luly llth.
"8Ir:—~Tho dcpredatlons of the one On one hand we lulvc Tryon's ofncial
mv upon the sea coasts of the Slate report. In whichhc chooecs to |i|i't(‘t:
General Wolcott has doubtless particu- .ltimsclf on record as one who noes not
larly informed yoti of. Tim dostruc— break the Sabbath. though his official
tlon at Norwalk Is what I have been a 'rcport mentions caeualtics .lan. ll;
witness to; l32 dwelling houses. mccz- Ill“. Btilcli' conflicting statements in his
lug house and church included. 87 diary. anti Barber's conflicting state.
burns. 122 store houses. l7 shops, 4 'lllt'llfii ulrctttly quoted. in which he says
mills and b vcssols were btirlit. with the . that Nora-slit “'“d lllll'ili;‘il on tile Ilib
wheat. hay. etc. which had been gullt- vtf July. and iluluctliaicly gocs on in
orod In. The wrctchcs went off with 'uuoic one of llli‘ tiltlcst inhabitants who
so lnucll precipitation its left them no . says. If corrcttly quotctl. that Not-walk
opportunity to committing the outrages was burnt-d on the i2ih.
on the persons of the inhabitants.‘ 'I‘lttis, historians. from Harbor in
which in othcrplaeos they have neon lllzls in Sanford in l889 have givcnythc
utility of; enough bowcvcr appeared to «hair as Jilly l‘Jtll. and coutcmporlrilt’.
demonstrate the continuance of , lhclr . with the exception of the oldest inhabi-
helllsh temper. Several of otir sold-llama. who tary. and 'I‘ryon. who does
icrs. who appear to have been first 1101 count. and Stiles who Is mixed.
wounded. were found with their skulls agrcc Iii fixing tlu- tlaic a.» July lltli.
blown off by mliskets discharged into 0f the details of the defense of Nov.
them after thcy wcrc wounded.“ ‘ ; walk. It Is not my purposc to speak at
tlolug ou to recommend the (istab- ? lirt‘cclli. Mr. W 8. Benton. In Httrtl’s
ilshincut anti organisation of a regular 5 H‘sttll‘y of l-‘airiIt-Itl County. gives par»
force to take the place of militia in . -Iculars from sources if information of
such cuscs. he adds: .Wblch i know nothing
“i know our militia are as brave as'ltcllcrals as l’itreons anti other \\'ol-
lllli' mcn. but i bavc bccu the unhappy 'cott In command of one tlioosttnd melt
witness ol‘ ibc lint-flicacy of their oppo :opposing two thousand invaders. some
sitiou. arising pri’ncipaily from the want liilau of tit-fellsc must bavc bccu adopt
of their colic-cling in a proper organ-.cd which was rcntlcred rather Incl"-
Izcd stoic. so as to unite the force to be ‘ fuclivc by tllc ruwncsa of the militia.
used in attacking tbc cnelny. I wish ‘iintl pcrhaps by the fact that most of
some effectual measures could he Im-rillem were not ticfcntlins their own
organized but determined baud. such as
had bet-n previously seen and heard
from at New Haven and Pnll‘llt‘ltl dur-
Ing this week of blood.
'i‘liiis. It would sccm that. with ilcll»
erai Wolcoit'ii militia to lhi‘ llllnlllt'l' ot'
ntcdiatcly tskcu to remedy this evil. f homes. as was the case at Now linvcii
(lcucrul “'olcott who is itci'c will point :und l-‘airficld. Until we can find the
rut lnorc particularly what in his lip vlllliialllK letters from Pursuits and Wei.
iniou ls neccssarv to scctirc ibc Biaie."
’l‘bc uaiurui iui‘crcncc from this let- . («use illllui lili'k supporting i‘l'i-li‘lli‘lH
tWe have Tryou's official report. which
to have reaction the Council of Befottrl
led into the wrong day of the week!
the
W.th two l‘ll(‘ll‘
Icott tlic Amt-rich" version of tho tlt' ‘
_ . . i . . . .
seven hundred. Parson s ('(llllllii‘flltlls,“r is that lurmns was turnout at the
to the number of one hundred or iuoi'c.
and home defenders who must hnvc
numbered twu hundred, we have a.
force of at least one thousand uicn dc- '
fending Norwalk at this ilmc. This
agrees with the diary of Dr. Ezra
Stiles. who places the number at nine l
cidiJ‘eport covers his raids on New Has
vcant‘airfield and Norwnlk.
~ statement they amwar to have follow-
ed Able] Holmes. whose "Annals of l
‘ mica" gives. us the same record.|
. probably taken from Almon's Remem-i
brances. which was also actesslblc. to:
Barber.
A year after the publication of Car-
penter and Arthur‘s little book thcrei
appeared a History of Connecticut in'
,two large octave volumes by Gideon H.
. Hollieter. It was hailed with delight
-- by those who had long been waiting
for a full narrative history of the State.
j and .one of its admirers soon referred
, to it as “the luminous page of Hollis-
'ter.” Turning to the particular page.
“which sheds light on Tryon‘s invasion
of Norwalk, we read:
"General Washington. having learn-
' cd that ’i‘rydn had commenced his
‘ threatened invasion of Connecticut. di-
rected General Parsons (then com~
“landing in the Highlandsl'io hasten to
. the scene of action. Mastering for
. the service one hundred and fifty con-
.. entail, and a considerable body of
nectlout militia under General Eras-
"t“! Wolcott. by forced marches he was
tableau reach Norwallt on the 13th. of
July. Immediately after the British
affected a landing there. Although
triennial to overeat the ,destructionof
the town, Parsons took every appor-
‘ m harm and annoy the enemy
‘ o‘that they reembe‘rked and re-
. dilued'to Huntington Bey. ostensibly
dorm!!!“ supi‘d‘Iea of artillery and re-
_ figment»; men." . ,
rm” . pt certainty introduc
tyr, Ill lftery commanders on t _e
sheila snpersedlng Captain Bettsvwith
his fifty continentals. which brings as,
s ’ nearer ne‘mmmmamhioa.
.- - fashion. if lamina“ la .
. us because nrstfleneral‘ ash:
hottdireetl General Persons
hasten to the scene of action. and
~ miter-one was not, at the “main
‘d of the department of the
ds. Third, General llastns
~ t was not In com or the
:whlchpartlelpated In the de-
q‘ Nos-walk, be ing at. theytlme
. Windsor. and earth. the 12th
was not “immediately. after the
”had effected a landing."'as Per-
_ nations to Washington.
.Brliish burned the town on
.Lewfilgi u... ~_. it v, t . .
‘ " rding Whahlngton‘s
. ll Tryon's raid are;
:01. 10th of July. 1779. he
- 2m Heath who
. - of the Highlands. to
7 , withtwooon.
ea.” in 'eonhrmation of
.we have only to con-
‘ TWDf July 10th to
‘ stream to 0m
'd
hundred to clevcu hundred. and slittcst
"i this: that ibcsc men were uutlcr command ‘ "WV“ ““‘l l" ("‘"lmfl'l‘l
ol‘ 'Geiicruis Parsons ‘uud Wolcott. and '
that they gave way tlpon the approach
of the enemy. . ,
Unfortunately. we lack. among ouri
original sources of information. st-rcrnl .
letters from Generals Parsons iiuti \\‘ol- i
cott which are referred to In tho jourw
not of the Council of Safety. which lct- l
torn, from the mention made of them
in that journal. would doubtless supply :
the particulars needed to complete an i
accurate account of the invasion anti
defense of Norwalk. To show the luv .
portance of thesep‘apers. the following i
extracts are‘ given from the official rec- .
ord. .
"chncsday. .luly liib “ ' ‘
"Letter received from Major General.
Wolcott. dated Norwalk. llth July. giv~ ;
Ing account of his situation anti pro-l
cecdings. of the enemy's landing atI
Norwalk. Saturday night. llhl. and ’
burning the town next day. etc. etc."
tJiist here it should be noted that
Saturday night was not the llth. but
the 10th of July).
And again under date of July 19th:
"Letters received from Brigadier Gen,
eral Parsons and from General Wolcott i
at Norwalk with a particular account of i
the destruction of Norwalk. etc! etc.‘
and of his. and said Wolnott's proceed-l
Inga, etc." . ;
inquiry forlltese letters lies beenl
made at our State ldbrar‘. at the Con-l
necticut Historical Societg. at‘the Mite-
eaehusetls Historical Society. and at
the otlice of the Secretary of State of
Connecticut. but no tracwof. them' can
befound at any or these sources. so
that we are left to draw the disooun
aging conclusion that they have perish-
ed. as.somo of the important docu-
ments have perished in the old labou-
on WarOfllce. where ‘some interesting
fragments were found eleven years ago.
among the heats of mice. rats and
squirrels under the floors of the
building.
One letter. evidently lessvimportant
than these. mentioned -in the journal
of the .Council of Safety under date of
July lath. has appeared in print for the
first iimcduriug the past. year. . This
‘15 a letter fromCalcb Bull, Julio nich-
erd Law and others. a ’copy of which.
in; the handwriting of Titus Hosrner is
among the Trumbull papers In pulses-
sion of..the Maesaohtisottstflietorlcal
Society. and has now been printed in
'themliections of that Society. Seventh
Series. vol. 2. This letter is refer-
red to ln'the tournslvot the Council of
J
sefety as a copy received from Middle-
ton Monday. the 12th.
‘ tildnof. wish ”tonddcto the burden of
time of 'l‘ryon's invasion of Noi‘walk..
Although he docs not say so In so many 1
words. still he speaks as an cyu wit-
licks of thc tlcstriictimi of the town?
and of thc incflicacy of tlic niiliiiu in,
tiefcudlng It. Just why It should bi-
doubtcd that he was prcscnt. it is dif-
fitiill to conceive Silica says he was
(‘iilcb Bulb
says the scum. 'l‘ryon's ofIlt-laii rt porii
says the same. and cven lbc most Hip?
rellttblc of the numerous accounts.
otlotcd do not any that hc was alumni.
,Just how or by whose ordcrs be hap- carding ill" mlmlwr of tie
pelted to bc prcscni vvc do not learn,
and probably shall not learn unless ibc
Ietlcrs whose llllselicc we tlopiort‘
should tincxpcctetlly cent» to light.
That his brigade mfil't'llt‘d to Stamford
untlcr \\'usliington's orders to Heath
does not prove an alibi for Parsons In
the Norwalk affair. for it was not not-.-
cssary that he. should bc with his bri~
glide at the time.
it would seem as If. up to this point.
we had encountered enough of con-c
flictlug statements. and enough of half
truths in the official records to leave
plain sailing before us for the rest of,
our narrative. But our troubles are!
not yet over. for the same witcherafi'
i which appears to work tipon lilsioriensi ”'0 names °f all of ”'8 non-resident do-
has also worked upon tlic official and‘
other contemporary records them-»
selves. causing them to contradict one
another as to the exact date of Try ‘.
ort's Invasion of Norwalk. .
, Accurate Dr. Stiles. in a long one.
sage In his diary giving a continuousi
account of Tryon's three raids whichi
interrupts the chronollgicai sequential
of the daily entries, says that Tryony
with his forces. landed at Norwalll on
the eveniugtpf Sunday. July llth.
marched to the town and destroyed It
Resumlng his
daily entries later on. we find. an Mn:
ghIlds has already noted. the follow-t
I: .
- ll. lrdedy. ' ' *l was to preach.
A. ill. but was interrupted in the mid-
dle of seriaon with News of Burning of!
Norwaik Buys .Landg." I
» Evidently Dr. Stiles was not audie-
lentiy .-suspioioue of, Tryon's state-
ments; for that worthymeporta that
he landed on the evening .of the Hill .et
a. .point called the Cowpsstareyanti‘
marched into town on the early morn“
int: of the 12th. This it be'
unofficial. Dr. Stiles ev ontIy. taken
as authority which he isunwllling to
geiiisay even in, the face of theistic!-
motion. of swarmed on Sunday morti—
lng in! the news of something which ac
cording tothe.vcraclcus Tryon did not-
happen until {nightfall of the same day?
or the morning following. As we are
not at all careful of en's renutetion.
we may surmise that ttcr the outrages
at New HufBAGlldnl/hpt burning of
churches in fiirfidld anti Howells. lie
his sins—the reward of the violation.“
l real estate attachments. of all attach-
Ltowo, and a letter from bin-loam" Is,
also mentioned as received the same
day. The portion of thi letter which
relates to vd‘ryon‘s real.
h Purltan‘Bah .. .byxthe dammit
of a presumably Itsnselses town whip“
a weekday wouldheve anewe
set! this hd’iTh-e
edt , ,. , "7
m amass-emanation.
. 0“ “WW" purpose equally well. at all eveifli
Mill-"WIN «~ ~ - has. sw- .thehelfltflflfd he no doubt-thank
38ml!“ 18th July. [o'clock helm. wilfully or. 9th tie misstated
.. ebb-By .. .. .dateofhielh‘ J . .-
kér. who left Norwalk'yester _, at as'i‘hie Ma
so , p. m. i am informed-taupe ' W.
.m‘m fleet immanent-ow ., ‘ _ insulin};
and the other on the westslda‘ur the
slip-t sum in that. , ‘l'l'l
the-extremities“. 7
in. in two parties. one on theses:
‘ 7f national bank
naturally lililxillfleh illc opposition he
cncounierod. but shows. as all at“
counts show. that the British landed ill
two divisions. one on the cast and Ill“
riber on the west side of the harbor.
inud that (birth . division Wits under an‘
i'i'rt-gulur Ill-c for ‘n\ c
*l‘orming it junction with ’i‘ryou who bad i
I
hours befol't‘i
drivcli iii our «nuptial»- and Mitch (lrum-i
man’s Ii II. ?
(‘illll'l‘l‘lllflg 1' ll'Si‘lVi'S. ll.“ “‘1' nilihi.‘
nihliil) with iii. iit‘mpl Itl l't‘i‘fllli'll'
or curtain contilc g slatt-lncnis rc '
fenticrs and:
Ilic tl-lll‘ tli‘ lllc Ili"ft‘llfii‘. l lhilik Wt"
must Ii'l‘l\‘t' at the conclusion that uoti
only 'l‘ryou IiIuisclf. biti ihc rccord of:
his doings tit Norwalk is posacased of‘
an evil spirit which It Is difficult to t‘X~l
rrcisc at this distance of one hundred:
and twcnty-four yours. '
t
TO CONFORM WITH DEMURRER.
hen—u.
80m. Amounts Garniaheed In Loewe
suit Against American Hatters.
The motion filed lit the superior
court. yesterday_ in the Loewe suit. on
bchaif of the resitlcnt defendants who
seek by it to have the court strike out
tendsnts. on various grounds which
sic mentioned In the document. con-
tains it list of all the garnishees in
Danbury and Norwalk. with a list of
the various depositors in the banks and
the amounts to their credit which have
been gamisheed. The list is a hog
one. en‘dvis published In ,connection
with the claim—that none of the non-
resident defendants has had any of his
property attached to the state. The
motion furnishes a complete record. In
connection with the sheriff's return of
ments in the case. it is an interesting
list. not only on account of the number
of persons having fairly large sums In
the banks. bill because of some of the
small deposits which stand to the cre-
dit of some defendants. -
x The banks inmvhich funds are gar.
nisheed are the City National bank of
Danhury. the Danbury National bank.
the Savings bank of Database. the
Union Savings bank of Denbury. the
Norwalk Savings Society. the Feirfield
County Savings bank. the City Nation.
at beak of‘Soath Norwaik. and the
South Norwalir slayings bank. The
savings bank of Danhury has the‘larg‘
eat. depositors. among the number be-
ing Alberttlioyt. 82,309.64; Johntlfane,
82,281.95; John Blake, $8,329.66: Fred—
prick 8.,Bleckburn. 31.191.46: Byron
Morgen. $1,928.56; John Byroue. It.-
Bttut: Byronw. Crane. 81310.21: ill-
eheel Crown. 81.985.38:‘William Dee-
hin..$i.227.2i; John Keotigh.‘ $3455.37;
antiol'héilc‘k Hofleti. $358.10: In the
n n v on benlt hum-Jo ,
slut. has truest. Nessa H. 9.3
has 31.88834. and Byron W. Crane has
31.37.37. »
“It the email deposits mention-
or 31.57. credited to Henry
Md! thetsavliigsjaa‘k fitness
humane or fit” to Denis} J, Osborne.
3.08 to .Wiili
'Gcor‘gc P. Dart. Frank. alias Mlchacll
Bpweis. stimulate the Lives and-clart .
attending aches vanish
faction. Guaranteed b
THREATINEQLINDMN UPRISING.i
the Deabary National beaks onset. g.
; f South times:
is treatise-a."M
J. Wetsuit. lathe City W m 1.
I
t
ys
More Borsx‘ls‘uaed ‘ .
. Yearslien in all the other seeps sold in New Entlend in Five Years.
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STAMFORD BUYS CHEAP COAL.
s'l‘AMll‘tilllt, .llill. :7.«thn thc
“W‘Wl'd 50‘" Nearly Burned UP: "‘6 city butlgcl wus- snluuiitcd to the Board
One Passenger Was Killed. ot‘ Fiuuucc rot-t-ntly Walton Fersuwn-
DMZ. Ark., Jan. 27.——A southboundm nlcmbc: who is Interested In coal
passenger train on the SL'Iflulfl lron‘mlninc. found that the city had been
Mountain and Southern road and a paying to uttill for softcoal. He said
Batcsvillc branch train crashed togc- it was too much and on ills suggestion
ther near here. late last night. killing bids. for a coal supply were called for
one person slid Iniuriug three. ’I‘bc by tidvcrtisciucul. local firms now
Bast-sylllc train was destroyed by fire. . offer to soil coal at $3.75. the long ton.
and twu cars of illc through train wct'c ' and two New 'Hsven firms have made
TRAINS CAME TOGETHER;
buruild. bids of $3 a ton.
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DIt. hEREIJtll'. Newport. Ark. CHILDREN POISONED.
injured: Many children are poisoned "and
Three unknown women. matte nervous and weak. If not killed
The cars caught fire and burnctl so outright. by mothers giving them cough
rapidly that it Is possible titlici's only syrups containing Opiates. Foley's
have perished. ‘Iioncy and Tiii‘ is a safe and certain
W remedy for,couglls, croup and lung
WHAT'O m a NAME': troubles. and Is the only prominent
Everything Is in the name when tt‘cough medicine that contains no opt
comes to Witch Hazel Salve. 1;, (Listen or other poisons. Sold at Plats.
DeWiit & Co._ of Chicago. discovered lfeti'h drug store. Stiulil NOI'WBlk, and
some years ago how to make a. salve‘A- C- Silliman's. Darlen. ”
from Witch anci that at a specific‘. .
for l‘llcs. For blind. bleeding. itching MISSING FOR TWO WEEKS.
and protruding l’lies. cczcma. cuts. NEW “A" 3N. Jan. ill-William 1‘-
burns. brulacs and all sitln diseases. “can. an clnplvyc of the lrelst Menu-
iiownt‘s Salvo hns no equal. This, Iacturins Company. in Weslviilt'. has
has given rise to numerous \vorthlcsst been nlISSlHK from his home since Jill"
counterfclts. Ask for Ichltt's—lhe' Iml‘." lb. when he was It) a State street
genuine. Sold by Clifford Pharmacy.ll‘cstauraut with several companions.
‘0 The policc have been able to discover
-—-———- ‘ no cluc to his movements after leaving
FREGEAU'O CASE POSTPONED. , the restaurant. lic was 39 years old
NORWICH. Jnn_ 27M~Exodius pr... ' and only support of a widowed mother.
scan. of Taftvlllc. chargm with men. "
slaughter in causing the tlt .itll of ()vilu f CURED AFTER SUFFERWG TEN
Caron by striking him ovcr tbc. hcad'i YEARS-
with a billiard clic. last Novomhcr. will i B- P. "“6- Supt. ”“1““ Cycle & M“-
not be tried until May 10. a mistponc- ! C°-~ Middletown. 0.. suffered {0" 1°“
mcnl being niadc today. by reason ofl-V‘mr‘ with “WWW“ He spent hun-
"w “Imam. M ",9 0°,“an for ”n. l dreds of dollars for medicine and with
d,.f,.n8,._ . .doctors without receiving any permtr
Vncnt benefit. He says. "One night
while fccling exceptionally bad i was
‘ about to throw down the evening paper
when i saw an Item in the paper re
its of Foley‘s Honey and Tar with this 1‘ g‘artliug "‘9 "mm“ 0! Kodol Dyspepsia
result; .1 Mm used a great many I Lure. I concluded to try it and whitt-
mm“ remedies In my family '0, . I had no faith in it i felt better after
coughs and colds. and {can honestly i the second dose. After using two bot-
say your Honey. and Tar h, the best 1 lies I am stronger and better than 1
thing of the 'kind I have evcr used and i, ",3” ”9“" in 3'9"“; and I recommend
i cannot say too much In praise of il.‘ thou"! D-Vsl’opm“ “"9 '0 my friends
Sold at Plaisted's drug storc, ‘and acquaintances suffering from stom-
wam and A C gunman] Dgfi‘jfg‘lacn trouble." Sold by entrant anr
' ' ' ' ‘macy. “
AN EDITOR GPEAKS.
Editor Lynch. of the "Daily Post,"
l’hllllpsburg, N. 1.. has tested the mor-
suspecreo susotaas HELD. . ______..___.
l.\'NN_chas.. Jan. ‘27.—l‘0ur of the; HACK DRWERS CONSPIRACY.
! d b i F k .1 ‘ NEW HAVENJaii. 27.—The twelfth
““590“ 9 “m "’- ran "‘3‘ “L a juror for the panel which is trying the
nine teamsicrs and back drivers of this
Murray. and John McDermott, Whole"). charged with conspiracy “.38 se-
ucrc. arrested here yesterday. after a . cured yesterday afternoon In the per
sensational encounter with ”1“ 1’0""0- ? son of Arthur H. Doolittle, of Bethany.
“9"“ bold ”d” (0" “"1“” cxamina- l After a recess the taking of testimony
tion on Saturday. .lohn Nstor, William i was begun '
Higgins and Hartley Carver. held (lilJ '
suspicion. weiie discharged.
Th FIGHT WILL BE BITTER.
one who will persist in ’closln
'7 '3 DANGEROUS TO NEGLECT A‘thelr ears against the continual reg
‘30 jommendatlon of Dr. King's.New Dis-
How often you bear it remarked: (ovary for Consumption. will have a
“it‘s only a cold." and a few days laicrl long and bitter light may their [you
learn that the man Is on his back with t bios. u my ended (surly by fatal terml
pneumonia. ‘ This Is of such common 9 nation. Rand what '1‘. R. Baal]. of
occurrence that a cold. howcvcr slight. f ileail. Miss. has to say: "int fall my
should not be disregarded. Chamberv wife had every symptom: of consnmp
lain's Cough Remedy counteracts suy‘uion. She took Dr. King‘s New Dir
tendency of a cold to result in piieu-‘covery after everything else had full
mania. and has trained its great pupii- i ed. Improvement came at once an.“
lerlty and extensive sale by Its prompt . four. bottles entirely cured her." (luar
cures of this moatoommon eilment. it E anteed by Frank H. Baxter. Rriuzgist.
always cares and I: pleasant to take. ‘ Price 60c and 81.00. Trial bottles free
, e: '
' t MR8. E. c. DOW DEAD.
JUDGE ROBERT LOWRV DEAD. 1 NEW HAVEN. Jan. 273-—Mrs. Edwin
FORT WAYNE. lnd.. Jan. 27-dudge . (3. Dow. wife of the judge of the city
Robert Lowry, former member of Con-i court. died suddenly at her residence
gross from the Twelfth indiana DIs-' yesterday of heart failure. She was
trict. and one of the best known jurists ‘ 65 years old.
in theatete. Ie dead. at his home inI
this city. aged eithty years. I i GTOPITHALOOLD I
~ . - or tmey resnt n eurnona. Bra-
REVOLUTION lHMINENT.
A sure sign'of approaching revolt ‘ever tried. almost without exception
and serious trouble in your system is t 10. 25, 60c nd 81.00 bottles. The Clif-
nervousness. sleepleeanesa. or siom--for.Baxter’t -"'eleted'a ”
ech upsets. Electric Bitter will; .c...‘_.______,._.
quickly dismember the troublcsomr‘ .
causes. it never fails to tone llii‘i .
stomach. regulate‘uhe Kidneys until ABSOLUTE
Genuine Cllti‘lilt's LITTLE
é
fy the blood. Run down system:-
helteill. particularly and ammo usual
under its i"
gal-chin; and thorough effectiveness. ~
ieclric Bitters is only 50c. and that is,
retnrped if It don‘t also perfect sstis- .
yka H. Bas-
ter. Druuist. . “
to.
. ausxocaal;r.,.tm.rt.—suns or: . J
a. threatened Indian uprising continue:
to be ”901%le runners from the vI-g
einlty of Psermee'stQap, in the south.
ern'iiertof. tits Cherokee Nation. and?
much. ._ . at felt. The Keel
towshe If. (,in large numbers|
mason sell it is treportulv
-tlaaeee nightly. It
are display"
Re g
n the manufacture of welcome Soap In Ode
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COASTING ACCIDINT IN H
KISSVILLE.‘ '
WOODHURY, don. 27.-—As a result.
of a coasting accident Monday night
ili Hoicbklssvillo. Miss Jane Smith.
agcti '33. has a fractured skull and may
(lie. and Ernest Crook. a cutter employ-
cd by the American Shear Company.
has a compound fracture of the left
leg. The accident occurred on the
Main street hill Ill Hotchkissville. Mr.
Crook was walking up hill behind some
other factory employees and failed to
notice the approach of a. doubleripper
bearing a party of young people. The
heavy sled struck him, breaking his
leg anti in his fall be swept, Miss Smith
front Ilic sled. On account of this at:-
cldcnt and others which preceded it..
coasting on the bill has now been pro-
liibitcti.
6+5...
AN lNCH OF TRUTH,
Dr. David Kennedy's new medicine;
Cal-cure Solvent. has been successful
in cases which have battled good doc—
tors: and what it has done it may be
trusted to do again. 'Whether your
troubic bc acute or chronic the result
will be the same: only In old cases
you must be faithful and patient. For
full information and a free sample bot-
tle write to the Cal~cura Company.
Rondout, N. Y. “
NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE 60.
NEW HAVEN. Jan. ill—Stockhold-
ers of the Southern New England Tele-
phone Company met in annual meeting
here yesterday and reelected the exist-
ing directorate. The financial state-
ment showed that business was very
good during the past year, the Increase
in amount of business being the great-
est In the company's history. The
total number of stations in operation
Is 26.619, a net increase during 1903
of 5.509. There has been added 16.~
407 miles of wire to the plant. The
net earnings for the year were 3216.-
987.96.
CASTOR IA;
l'er Infants and children.
llu list You lint Allan Birgit
Bears the
Gianatnreof ‘ .
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STATE BASEBALL LEAGUE.
NEW HAVEN, Jan. 27.—The direc-
tors of the Connecticut Baseball Lea-
gue met at Hotel Garde yesterday af-
teriioon at 3 o‘clock to consider vari-
ous league matters. On account of the
abscnce of Mr. Danaber of Meriden.
who had been expected to preside, Ed-
warti Prindcviilc ,of Holyoke, occupied
the chair when the meeting began.
Others present were: James
O'Rourke Bridgeport: William Aufort.
{thv Haven: Daniel O‘Neil. Sprint!-
iicld: Bcniamlli Morrissey, Norwich;
.lanlos Reilly. Hartford, and Mrs. Hum-
phrey, of New (nation.
IN BED FOUR WEEKS WITH LA
GRIPPE.
We have received the following lct-
tor from Mr, Roy Kemp. of Angola.
ind. “l was in bed four weeks with
slilsn Balm Is breaking up Golds when-'
Flt-Similt ligature of
is grippc anti tried many remedies and
lspcnt considerable for treatment with
. physicians but I received no relief un-
til i tried l-‘oley's Honey and Tar. Two
small bottles of this medicine cured me
;and I now use it exclusively in my
g family." if you but knew the splendid
_mérit of Foley's Honey and Tar you
would never be without it, A :dose‘ or
Etwo will prevent an attack of pneu-
: month or in grippe. It may save your
I llfc. Sold at Plaisted's drug store.
80th Norwalk..and A. C. SIIliman's.
' Darlen. “
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Norwalk Chronicler