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THE ONLY EIGHT-PAGE ONE-CENT (in YIN THE WORWA'LKS.
Vol. VII Whine. N0. 1588.
NorWalk, Conn, Wednesday Eventing, April 7, 1897’;
Pride cue (PET.
" NATIUNlltEAPlTAL
The. President Will Not Re
I solve Callers To-day.
Resting Prior to Starting on His Vacation
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' GA ZETTE’S BUREAU,
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,' ‘ ”709 EAST CAPITOL STREET, r
Wasnixcrox. APRIL 6. l
The exact hour of the President’s de-
parture from Washington has not yet
been determined upon. He will receive
no callers to-morrow,but willfldevotelthe
morning to resting and making prep-
arations .for the afternoon journey.
He would have gone this afternoon but
for the fact that the lower branch of
Congress was not in session. Now that
the probabilities are against a message
' on the flood he is likely to leave the
city early to-morrow morning,unless he
finds it desirable to wait and sign the
resolution appropriating money to the
flood-stricken people.
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Today’s Cabinet meeting was taken
up with a discussion of the Mississippi
River floods. In the House, to-mori ow
Representative McBea; "of .j Arkansas,
‘ will introduce an amendment to the
General .Deficiency bill giving the
Presidentipower to rescind the order of
his predecessor in such cases as the one
now at issue. '
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A delegation of twenty-one members
'of the Union Veterans’ Union of Wash-
ington,saw the'President this afternoon,
and urged him to re-in-state in office
veterans who had been dismissed by
President Cleveland.
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. W. J. Bryan to-day sent this despatch
to Carter Harrison in Chicago:
“Accept congratulations upon your
magnificentxvictory. The elections in
Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit and other
cities indicate a'decided change in pub-
lic sentiment since November.”
‘ o o ' o.
. fist-cw’=‘AmbassadOrrPn1-ter‘has"r'arranged'to‘
start for Paris-by the steamer St. Paul
from New ,York on May 5. Consul-Gen-
eralOsbo‘rnewill' start for London by
the‘sanie steamer.
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‘ Senators Allison, Aldrich, Piatt of
Connecticut, and Wolcott are working
night and day on the Dingley Tariff
bill and now hope to report it to the.
Senate about May 1.
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Sixty. school teachers from Boston
shook hands with'the President, and
late to-day Senators Burrows and Mc-
Millan of Michigan were with the Presi-
dent a short while: as was also Senator
Hawley. '
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’ The senate to-day confirmed the
nomination of Benjamin Butterworth,
of Ohio,to be commissioner of patents,
and Mr. Seymour and family Will leave
for home"‘the latter part of this week.
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Mrs. McKinley received a
gathering hf callers yesterday.
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The warm weather has had its effect
on those who have country homes round
and about Washington. Many have
been making preparations for their re-
moval. ~
large
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Mrs. Hawley, wife'of Senator Haw:
. ley, is a member of the-,CranfordWhist
club, which is composed of Mme. de
Sibour, Mrs. Earle, Mrs. McCrea and
Mrs. Hawley, and they have been visit-
' ing and playing in Philadelphia. .fI-‘hey
were entertaiged last week at a dinner
given in their ‘hdn'or by Mr. and Mrs.
George Tucker Bispham. .
Bridgeport Election. '
The complete returns of the city and
town election which was held in Bridge-
port Monday, shows that Thomas P.
Taylor, Republican, was elected mayor
by a plurality of 1,167; Frederick C.
Mullen Democrat,was-elected city clerk
by 312 plurality; James H.McElroy,Re-
.publican, collector, by 1,724; John S.
Griffith, Republican, treasurer, by 162.
In the town election Robert Weber,
silver Democrat, was elected thwn clerk
by a plurality of 795, and the Republi-
cans elected three of the five selectmen.
' The voteon the licens, question shows
a victory for license by 3,956.
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Death of Gen. Charter.
Gen. W. M. Charter, quartermaster-
general on the staff of Governor Eng-
lish, died at his home in Hartford yes-
terday morning at the age of ’71 years.
General Charter, wasa prominent cit-
.. izen and during his life served as an
alderman and on the police, water and
He was engaged in the ice business.
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..—All the Successful Merchants of
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7thlB.City Advertise in THE GAEETTE. .
‘SUDDE DEATH.-
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George R'. Cowles, of Norwalk,
Expires in New York. ‘
The Primary Cause of Death Was Bright’s
Disease.
George B. Cowles,;secretary of the
Norwalk Fire Insurance company. and
senior member of the Insurance firmlof
Cowles & Merrill, of this city, died sud-
denly last night, at 11 o’clock at the
home of Mrs. Annie E. Crawford, No,
40 East Thirty-eighth street, New York
City, where he made his winter home.
Mr. Cowles was one of -Norwalk’s
best citizens, and represented the town
in the Legislature during four consecu-
tive sessions, his election for the fourth
term being an exceptional honor, ti
having occurred but once before when
William M. Betts was elected Repre-
sentative for four succeeding years from
1799. He was also a member of the
Court of Burgesses of the old Borough
of Norwalk. ”
Mr. Cowles was born at New Hartford
in 1827. He graduated from Williams
College, in the class of 1845,.and studied
law in the office of ChiefJustice Thomas
B. Butler. After several years practice
at the bar his health failed, compelling
him to retire from active work.
He subsequently engaged in the in-
surance business, and in 1860,0n the in-
corporation of the Norwalk Fire insur-
ance company, he became its secretary,
which position he retained up to the
time of his death.
Mr. Cowles’ Wife died a little more
than a year ago, and when the office of
the Norwalk Fire Insurance company
was moved to New York, he made that
city his home during the winter,spend-
ing his summers at his handsome resi-v
deuce on the Green. Mrs. J. L. San-
ford, a niece and her daughter, Louise,
of Bloomfield N. J., were with'him at
the time of his death. Asister, Mrs.
F. Hoadley, of Waterbury, Conn., and
.a-bsotherqu-idflowles,survive:him. . 7’
The funeral will be held from his
late residence, on Monday, April 12, at
3:15 p. m.
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MANlAC MOTHER’S DEED.
She Fatally Injures Her Child, Then Hangs
Herself.
Mrs..John Lang, aged 32, hung .her.‘
self at her home in Derby yesterday,
afternoon, during a fit of melancholia
and likewise probably murdered her
six months’ old child by striking it
.on lhe head with some blunt instru-
ment. When discovered, about 7
o’clock, the woman had evidently been
dead a few hours, and the baby was un-
conscious, and Medical Examiner
Beardsley has no hopes of its recovery.
The suicide was committed by tying
the noose to a hook in the ceiling from
which a bird cage had been hanging.
Mr. Lang is employed as a lacquerer
at the Williams typewriter factory and
the family came from Hallardvale,
Mass, about two years ago.
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EMBANKMENT GIVES WAY.
Railroad Track Blocked With Tons of
’ Earth and Rocks.
An embankment on the road between
Middletown and Higganum gave away
yesterday morning blocking the road
-i or a considerable distance with tons of
earth. ’ ~
' A number of- great rocks are buried
beneath the earth and will have to be
blasted out, which will take several
days. ‘
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Unknown‘Man Identified. .
‘ Coroner Doten received word yester-
day that Miles Remington, the western
man who was killed in Bridgeport by a
train a short time ago, is believed to
be Charles A. Collins of Corry, Pa. He
was obliged to leave there at ,the time
of the big strike several years ago. and
had since wandered all over the country.
Hisparei‘its are making an investigation.
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At Hartford.
Mrs. T. K. Noble of Norwalk and
Mrs. John M. Holcomb of this city,
prominent officials in the Connecticut
Society, Daughters of the American
Revolution, occupied seals-behind the
speaker’s desk~ yesterday, watching the
parliamentary proceedings, in which
Mrs. Noble is an expert—Courant.
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Adventists in New Canaan.
Aparty of Adventists from Bridge-
.port, Danbury and Norwalk opened- a
mission in New Canaan, Sunday, and
will hold meetings every Sunday after-
noon in Benedict’s hall. The meeting
of Sunday Was largely attended. '
«manhunt: use
A Norwalk Guilford Case on
theSuperior Court Docket.
Guilford Refuses to Settle in. Bill.
On the docket of the Superior court
in New Haven is a suit of the town of
Guilford against the town of Norwalk,
which involves an. interesting queslion
concerning the liability Of a town for
the support of a pauper who has become
a town charge within a year after re-
moving to it.
The particular case on'which the suit
is brought is that of Henry White, who
several years ago came with his wife
and children from Guilford. White re-
mained in Guilford until about six
months agonnd then he came with his
family to Norwalk. '
Since White moved here he has been
unable to support his family and they
have all had .to be supported by. the
town. The town authorities investigat—
ed the case and when they found that
White and his family came from Guil-
ford they threatened to send him back
there”.
The town of Guilford secured Henry
G. Newton of New Haven and he se—
cured an injuction restraining the, town
from sending White and his family
back to Guilford. This injunction is
the one on the docket and there Will
probably be a hearing at the present
term of the superior court. The ques—
tion is a new one and will undoubtedly
have to go to the supreme court for a
settlement. '
Selectman Selleck has made a thor—
ough investigation of [the matter and
does not proposed being "leached” by
the town of Guilford. In other words
he fully believes that White is a resi—
dent of Guilford and has become a
citizen of that place by reason of the
fact that he has not only lived there
but has voted in that place, evidence of
which Mr. Selleck gaingdby a recent
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“-osi‘sutuy'msrfi'éan.
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NEW ELECTRIC ROAD. ,
200 Men Begin Work on a Railway E'e'we n
Torrington and Winsted.
Nearly two hundred men commenced
work yesterday, on the construction of
a new electric railway between Tor—
ringlon and Wineited. The . road is to
be a link of a system which-will event'
ually connect Hartford with, Wt stern
Connecticut and it is the first road to
be built under the recent charters grant-
ed by the legislature. It is expected to
have the road open to travel to Winsted
by June 1, and afterwards the work of
building the extension to Harwinton
and other points eastward will be com-
menced. ,
The power house is to be located :at
Burville and work on this structure
will be started within a few days.
Fire Companies Meet.
The different fire companies in this
city met last evening and opened the
season with wash and practice service.
They also enjoyed a feast at their re-
spective quarters and elected delegates
to the State firemen’s convention as
follows: Phoenix, A. A. Chinery, with
Charles M. Smith as alternate; Pioneer
J. B. Morris with Harry Camp as alter-
nate. A new spray nozzle was tried to
the end that it was decided to-be the
best thing in its line yet introduced.
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Missing Boy Found in New York.
John Natillo, a tw‘elu—year—old Ital-
ian boy. whose parents live in West
Stamford, left his home last Saturday,
and his whereabouts remained unknown
till Monday. His father found him
with several acquaintances in [New
York. Young Naiillo refused; to return
home until threatened with arrest.
Walsh Elected 'ludge.
The Senate yesterday elected R. Jay
Walsh, cf Greenwich, Judge of the
Fairlield County Court of Common
Pleas. D. _Wnrd Northrup, of Middle-
town, and F. B. Noyes, of Stonington,
were elected state auditors in concur-
rence with the Hones.
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Manager. Bunnell Retires.
G. B. Bunnell having decided not to
renew the 'lease of the New Haven
Grand Opera . house, which expires
April 30, the theatre will pass into tle
hands of George 0. Starr. .
Mr. Bunnell will continue to manag
the Hyperion. V
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Pensions.
George 'L. Wood, Danbury; minor of
Adam Koons, Salisbury. ‘ " ’
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.lV—Advertise’inthe GAZ
William J. Murphy,Noroton Heights; I
ROBBED THE. BLIND.
Zachariah Goodridge L‘oses
Forty Dollars in, Nickels,
and Dimes.
The Police oaths Track of a Suspect.
For the past tWo weeksa blind ac-
cordean player has been gathering in
nickels and dimes by playing on the
streets. He gained the sympathy of
the‘people not so much'by i-ersoq of
the “music” as from the fact that he
was blind. . j
The musician’s name is, he says,
Zachariah Goodridge. He has been
boarding at the hotel on Water street,
conducted by Mrs. Sarah Larrigan.
Last night he was robbed.
To a GAZETTE reporter, he this morn-
ing gave in substance the story of his
loss as follows: .. I
I. have been boa rding here for two
weeks. Yesterday afternoon ‘I came
'home and was about the house until
it came time to retire and then went to
my room land abed. I awoke about 1
o’clock and thought I would take a
smoke. 'Not finding a match I groped
my way to where I had left my satchel
and found: it missing.
Besides wearing apparel, etc. I had
in a buckskin bag in the satchel 550
nickels and 125 dimes. It immediately
occurred to. me that some one had
stolen the satchel and I alarmed a
boarder in an adjoining room who
made an inifi'ectual search for the
silchel, and then advised the landlady
of the robbery. K '
' A search was then made and the
, .satchel..was_gwfcnnd in- the "room of a
boardernamed‘Brennan. It had been
its contents. Nothing but the bag of
monev was missing.
Goodridge told the reporter that he
had been blind for 28 years and had
gained a livelihood in various ways, but I
never until last night had he. ever been
.to his knowledge robbed. .
He says that he would like to meet
the‘ suspected party and give hima
piece Of his mind, as it was his fate to
have treated him in‘more than an ordi-
narily generous manner in the past.
w’l‘he accusedparty has been located
and will probably beplaced under ar-
rest. '
TH_E LAw'susrAmEu. ~
Supreme Court Edi-dos Against Repre-
sentative Main.
The Supreme court handed down the
following decisions yesterday:
In the case of A. Main, of North
Stonin gton, in which the state was the
plaintifl‘, to test the constitutionality of
the peach yellows law, the court decid-
edin favor of the state. Mrl Main was
prosecuted for violation of this law, and
, took an appeal, and the judges found
no error.
Priest Protected by Police.
Rev. Father Fornauek, pastor of St.
John’s Slavonian Catholic; church,
Bridgi port, was obliged to call for pc-
lice protection Sunday. He was not
allowed to celebrate mass. During‘the
last week he has been threatened with
violence, and stones have been thrown
at his residence. Some of the windows
of the church have also been broken.
The trouble is of long standing. Mem-
bers of the parish desire Father For-
nauek removed, but the bishop will
not grant their riquest. The malcon-
tents declare they will not allowhim to
conduct any more services in the
church.
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Contest Closes April l5th.
Attention is called to the fact that the
time limit for the Prize Essay Contest-
of~the Daughters of the American Bev‘
olution, closes April ,15th. The essays
are to- be sent at that date to Mrs. T. K.
Noble,Regent,94 East avenue,Norwalk.
The judges in the contest, will be re-
membered, are Mrs. M. E. Mead, Dr.
Gerald H. Beard, and Rev 3. H. Wat-
kins. ; ‘ . ,
. Good. _
The committee ‘on appropriations at.
Hartford yesterday repqrtedin favor.
of?'$_2,500‘a year for two years lathe
I,“ No at Hospital. - .. r , .
8]“th With'a knife in order to reach-5
HERE AND THERE.
An Epitomefippenings or
’lnterest to the Public. ._, ‘
Garnered'With Scissors and Pencil.
There were tWenty tourists at Hotel
Howard last night. '
.Thomas Benedict has purchased» a
building lot on Clinton avenue.
Hon. J. S. Seymour and family, are
expected to arrive in town on Friday of.
this week. -
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A large audience will undoubtedly be
present at the Scalchi concert in Hoyi’s
Theatre to-night.
Workman are busily engaged at
'Elmenworth, gitting it in readiness for
the spring beauties. '
Thomas Sanford is ciitically ill at his
home on E on street. ‘
The Rey. D. Skene, of Danl‘uri',
will preach in St. Paul’s Chapel to-
night. Services at 7230.
Rev. C. M. Selleck preached the
special sermon at the Lenten service at
St. James’ church, Danbury, last even-
ing. ’
~—Advertise in THE GAZETTE.
Prof. Daniels and mother who have
been spending the winter at Mrs. Elth
Newkirk’s on Lewis street, returned to
their summer home in Lttchficld yes-
terday.
Leo Davithe bright young attorney,
is in the seventh heaven of anticipation
of, legal business, if a new sign and a
new roll-top desk go for anything. Let’s
see isn’t Leo a sort of a zodiacal sign of
himself.
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—Secur'e ’a chance“ at the 850 in gold.
Finest selections; .. issues, 750 to‘
szsamc- Err-A; -.».-Hiornfi!sisoss.v-
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The new steam roller will, it is ex-
pected, roll through Wall street‘lhis
.afternodn and be at work on Newtown
avenue to-morro w.
The Oriole club -will: meet at the.
home of Willie Cahill on River street.
‘to-m'orrow night.
Mrs. Henry J. Grumman and Miss
Juliette—,iGi-eg‘ory are visiting at the
some of Mrs. Fred. Lyon in Danbury.
George Finch claims to have caught
nine trout yesterday. If George says
they were trout it is safe to say that
they were not frost—fish.
The\display of pansies‘inlthehindows
a? H. H. Williams’ store and arranged
by Miss Cora Byxbee is as bewildering
as it is beautiful.
William Devine, a well known resi-
dent of this city,died last evening, aged
about 75 years. '
—Advertise in THE GAZETTE.
CJplialn A._A. Chinery, of Phoenix
Engine company,attended a meeting of
the vice-presidents of the State Fire-
men’s Association in Norwich, yester-
day.
Herbert D. Brown, who moved to
Portchester last week, returned on
Monday, fully conviced that there was
no place like Norwalk. \
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' See advertisement cows for sale.
Ralph, the little son of Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel L. Weed, is dangerously ill.
A specialist came up from New York
and was in consultation with Dr. J.
G. Gregory yesterday, and statesthai
while not hopeless, the case of little
Ralph is serious.
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Oldest Woman _in Middletown.
Catherine Cull, the oldest Woman in
Middletown, died yesterday afternoon,
of infirmities. She was 96 years of age
and never married. She came to Con-‘
necticut from Ireland and was for many
years employed in the family of the late
CommodoreCauldwell Colt, atHartford.D
Battalion Drill.
Members of Companies F of this [City
and Co G. of Danbury assembled'for a '
battalion drill at the Armory, last
night. Major Fitch of Stamford was
in command, W; A. Pratt was adjutant
and Walter Hall:Sergaant- Major.
- After the drill there was a basket
'ball game'between members of the two
companies in -.-which the local com-
pany was victorious by a score of 15 to
'13. Oneof the players named Luck-y
unluckiifihad three teeth knocked out
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—No claims, no affidavits, ‘put’ a.
¢ every time. ‘-
GAZETTE advertisement gets "there-
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DON’T Miss :THETvl.
The Latest Ads. Received Be-
fore Going to Press,
By the People and For the People.
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AMBLER. In Hurlbutt street: W'1
Monday ‘ ril F (e ._ l tori,
relay of biggie? harles A- Ambler. in the 515i;
unera, “'il be attend d f '
Saturday afternoon at 1 $015311: his late home
COWLES—Suddenlr Tuesda A 'l T‘
No. 40 East 3S_th street. New reri¥0i§§ilci213133
F fig??? dihlf'olrwtralk, aged 73 years.
aa.isaeresin' "
Monday April 12, at 3:15 he. 1?: m Norwalk. on.
STUBGES—Iu Wilton. Manda ' A '
CritLiI-lgiriiifi asttiért'ggzys. inhthe 8151f i'eal’ol‘ B2111 :22.
.. . a t ew’s ' ‘
Thursday. April 8th, at 2'2700p.urln(ih, Wilton, on
' WAN rs b,
, ANTEB:—A competent ' '
. . girl for eneral
‘ houses ork. App 5' 17 Belden fvenue.
A 6 tt‘
T0 “EN 1'.
0 BENT—A house of ei I
, . ‘ . , ght roo .
t . ffenternve. bugtable for rivher :nnse :19
Inc amil es. Two minutes’walk from trolley
me. Inquire at No. 6 Orchard street. A1 tf
o RENT—One store and two f ' ' ' '
_ ull s t
. apartments in Jam- 5‘ Block. Posgbtsgsign
immediate.y. F. ST._JOHb Locxw 00D. Trustee.
. mlo-tt
O kE\T—Lower floor of » lion
. s .
:F I_ stare Street. Possession a the: llINagr 1%
anuire 05 William Warrlwell. at Wardwell dc
ochwtod 5 market, 13 Main strc et. A5-1w
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OR SALE—At a bargain o '
. . l to ren . T .
Ad residence corner of Camp stregt aiild
t {“113 avenue. house contains 13 rooms. large
a no, gas. sewer connecti n, water. bath
room and stationary tubs in laundry. Barn
gagindggsholurse. 1‘31th considfrable fruit on the
. ._ so _. errns'wi lbe easv— -
ther particulars. inquire of the underfs‘ilgitigd
gineéir the premises or azNo. 5. Masonic Build:
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April 3d. 1897. MSTEAAlibAtffft.
0'? gALE—Two Minoca' Po
'- ‘ caters,
IF'PGLIU Duca Eggs. Stooklf'rom J. 1818.13?
ins yardlast year: 75c per setting. Mns. E.
NOLAN, Wilton. Conn. _ m17 tf
()R S ALE—The elegant residence of h
Gene ral Darius N. (‘ouch.situated att 133$
Maple street, on high ground, ove looking the
iqwrn cities of N. rwalk and South Norwalk
dpi walk Islands and Long Island Sour d. fora'
_ istanre of some twenty miles. The dwelling
1s'nea rly us w; he s 10 large. commooious rooms
with modern Improvements; about two acres
2; land. frontagggnaésaid Merle ~treet girth
r;. ., ‘ , fa" ‘: '
"lots: abundance: of‘f‘rni : excellent 'well of
water. Applv to l l. E. WILSON, Reom 3, Gazette
m1 '
Building. Norwalk. Conn. 9 tf
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'7lll MEMRIAM.
- CHARLES A. AMBLER.
_ At a meeting of the Norwalk Club,
‘held in the parlors of the Club, on Tues-
‘day evening. April 6, the following testi- -
monial was adopted:
"Tllbll hast all Seasonsfor thine own,
011 Death,” ’
Once more The Norwalk Club, is called
to mourn the loss of one of its honored
members. In the pr'me of his life, at an
age. when men look forward with appar-
ently justifiable expectation of continued
Charles A. Ambler 'was stricken with
sickness that resulted in his untimely
" death.
Born in Danbury, not quite 52 years:
‘ago, in the course of time Mr. Ambler
removed to Norwalk, and, for a number
of years, was employed in Bennett’s dry
goods store. ’
t: In 1872 he was married to Miss Hannah
Raymond, of Wilton, to which place he
then removed, and Where he has since
resided. '- ‘ i
_ Mrs. Ambler, and their two boys,
Louis and Charles, are left to mourn his
1053. Both of the sons are members of
this club. .
Mr. Ambler was a quiet, unassuming
gentleman, whose sterling qualities were
best known to those with whom he was.
most closely associated. His time was
mostly devoted to the management of a
large estate, and his business ability and
uncompromismg integrity were .univers
sally recognized. L -
He has filled many offices in his town,
and in that was its representative in the
General Assembly. " , ‘l
The Norwalk Club joins with his
afflicted family in mourning his untime-
ly death.
A. B. WOODVVARD, _
CHARLES OLMSTEAD, Committee.
B. W. MAPLES,
cows [on SALE.
A few , Choice new milCh
good milkers. ,
_ B. BURCHARD,
Wilson Point.
A71w ~
J. D. Jennings.
. ‘ ' Opposite '
Str. et Railway Deput- ~ -
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taeef’for bdii tries“
life “and opportunities . for usefulness,”
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cows for sale. Graded stock ‘ :
.. UNI) EKTA-KE-R .
Norwalk Chronicler