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NORWALK GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JULY 8,1884,
NORWALK GAZETTE.
Tuesday, July 8, 1884.
Republican National Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT
JAMES G. BLAINE, of Maine.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT
JOHN A LOGAN. of Illinois.
Notice to Advertisers.
From and after to-day changes in ad-
vertisements now running in the GAza'rrE
lessening of treasury receipts. Ill the
ligllt of the statistics it is foolish to say
tllat the revenue reduction act of tlle last
Congress has accomplished nothing, al-
though no individual tax-payer in all
these United States, will be able to realize
that his burdens have been lightened one
single fartlling, nor would he, had the
reduction been a luludrcd millions instead
of forty.two.
Senator Platt was particularly fortunate
alld happy'overtllc result of a desperate
strife with Sam Randall who Imposed
the appropriation of $50,000 for the en-
must be handed in at the office by Satur-
day morning of each week. Unless this is
done advertisements cannot be changed
till the following week. New advertise-
ments will be received up to 11 a. m. on
Tuesday of each week.
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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, July 7th, 1884,.
DEAR Guam :——The tumultuous hours,
of the end of a congressional session, were
never more severely strained than now.
The anxieties about Chicago and the pos-
sible outcome of the convention assembled
there this week have overshadowed every
concern about measures before Congress
in the mind of the average democratic
congressman. The desertion of their seats
in either House, and the stampede from
the Capital city Chicago-ward Saturday
evening, was but a fair exhibition of their
loss of all interest in matters legislative by
a majority of the, democratic members.
For the past few days they have been
fairly “wrenehcd” with anxiety as to who
might get nominated. A few weeks ago
Governor Cleveland was clearly ahead in
congressional preference. A few days
ago he seemed, more than any other man,
the one they feared would be nominated.
Latterly it would seem that the congres-
sional choice had largely settled on Senator
Bayard for the first place on their ticket,
with McDonald, or Hendricks, or; General
Slocum for the second. But all day yes-
terday, and the day before, it was plain to
discern that our democratic friends here
were in a terrible dread and fright lest
that Ben. Butler should, by some of his
welbknown methods, capture the conven-
tion. A western member of the House
said to us that if Butler “should" steal the
nomination in spite of the same men in
the convention he would be elected, but it
would be the death and utter extermina-
tion of the democratic party, nortll,'cast,
south and west. But we shall this week
“see what we shall see,” and know all that
is unknown to their wisest managers, as
resultant from that great assembly of the
ability, character, and lack of character of
the nation’s democracy.
run nacoan.
Since the meeting of Congress in
December last over eleven thousand bills
and resolutions, other than pensions, have
been introduced. Of these only about
one hundred and fifty have passed. The
great mass of private bills and individual
claims introduced must go over to the
short session, when not ten in a thousand
can hope to pass. This is a cruel wrong
to honest and patriotic claimants upon
the government’s justice, and pleads most
loudly for the creation of some court or
commission, which shall have authority
to examine and pass upon them, leaving
Congress only the duty of making the
needed appropriations therefor. Congress
has now become so enormously large and
unwieldly a body that the cool, deliberate,
and judicious consideration and enact-
ment of entirely just laws would seem to
be an utter impossibility.
ru'rz JOHN PORTER.
The veto of the Fitz John Porter bill
has certainly raised President Artllllr
. greatly in the estimation of the more
loyal and conservative members of both the
Senate and the House, though a two-
thirds vote was carried for its passage
over the president’s veto in the House.
The president vetoes it solely on legal
grounds and is strongly sustained by the
opinion of his able, though eccentric,
attorney general. But aside from all legal
and technical grounds there is no man
living, who has examined the case prob-
ably, who is not absolutely certain in his,
conscience that had McClellan been
in the place of Pope, Fitz John would
have been on hand with his corps of fresh
troops to succor and save our poor boys,
beleagured and outnumbered by: rebel
hordes. The bill relieving him from the
very mild judgment of the court martial,
was an insult to every faithful soldier in
his own and in Pope’s command. It is in
evidence that his own troops being so near
to Pope, and hearing the musketry firing,
were impatient to be ordered forward to
the aid of their sore pressed and finally
beaten comrades. The excessive and
notably conspicuous super-zealous efforts
pllt forth by the ex-confederates in Con-
gress for his relief, have undoubtedly
prejudiced, instead of helped, his case.
A PATRIOTIC r. M.
P. A. Thatcher of New Canaan, was
confirmed by the Senate as postmaster of
New Canaan on the afternoon of the
Fourth of July. We predict that he will
prove as locally popular as his confirma-
tion was patriotic.
sum)“ sassrox.
Dr. Sunderland and other divines have
severely critisized the needless sitting of
Congress during the sacred hours of yes-
terday. The parsous, of course, did not
stop to note the fact that the great
democratic leader of the House has
purposely held back his appropriation
bills. It fits stated in the House,
Saturday, by one of the committee that
the Fortification Bill was completed and
ready to report six weeks ago. ‘ This and
the other imperative appropriation bills
have been purposely held back so as to
use them, should occasion require, for the
defeat of measures not agreeable to Mr.
Samuel Randall’s sense of economy or
interest of, his party. We cannot recall
in our experience of thirty-five years here,
a more unneccessary forcing ’of a Sunday
sesslon.
onANGEs IN sALAnlas or POSTMASTERS.
The annual adjustment of the salaries
of postmasters of presidential post ofltces
has been completed by Mr. Albert Scott,
the chief of the salary and allowance di-
vision of the post office department.
' onomnA AND THE MAILS.
To avoid the possibility of importing
cholera from France into this country
through the mails, the British government
will be requested to thoroughly disinfect
all French mails passing through England
to this country.
MINOR Norms.
The Senate has decided to let the trade
dollar bill go over till next session, and
holders of that coin. will. be obliged to
dispose of it at itsbullion value, keep it ill
their safes on faith, or force it back into
circulation. Had the House contented
itself with simply retiring the obnoxious
,coin, the Senate would have agreed to the
act, but the measure was amended to
death.
The Mexican Pension Bill has also been
killedfor this session in the house of its
friends.
The public debt was reduced $10,000,-
000 during June, and $100,000,000 dllring
the fiscal year that closed yesterday. This
lessens the interest charge over $3,000,-
000 annually, besides making swift and
steady progress towards the extinction of
the national debt. There is every reason
tobeheve that the reduction during the
fiscal year now opened will be fully as
large. The appropriations will be less in
amount and the receipts of the government
will probably remain nearly the same.
The reduction made in 'the revenues by
the operation of the not passed by the
Forty-seventh Congress, during the fiscal
year which ended on Monday last was
$42,000,000. This is less than the estimate
made by the friends of the measure,
which showed a probable reduction of
$70,000,000; but it is a very material
largement of tllc New Haven post ofllce
building, with all his might. Tlle Senate
confreres stucx Ollt for this item to the
last and Randall had finally to yield, and
the much needed improvement of the Elm
City post office will be immediately pro-
ceeded with.
Between thirty alld forty thousand
dollars is also appropriated ill the Sundry
Civil Bill to the Hartford Sr. New York
Transportation company for extra work
done in. the improvement of the Connecti-
cut River. '
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Fourth of July.
a quiet Fourth. The roar and snap of the
festive firecracker was not so loud or so
frequent as in years past, and all seemed
to enjoy the day in a quiet and orderly
manner. Excursions and picnics were
liberally patronized and, but for the heavy
shower which came up during the after-
noon, the day would have been thoroughly
enjoyed. The shooting at the grounds of
the Fountain Glln club attracted a large
number of spectators. There was some
excellent shooting done, though the rain
interfered considerably with the sport.
The match between the Norwalk and
Bridgeport clubs resulted ill a victory for
the former by a score of 48 to 38. Follow-
ing is the score: '
FOUNTAIN ans CLUB.
Green, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 I 1 9
Comatock, l 0 1 1 ' 1 1 0 1 1 1 8
Davis, 1 1 1 0 1 1 l 1, l I 9
Williams. 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8
Wilson, 1 0 1 1' 1 0 1 I 1 1 8
Jones, 0 1 1 1 l) 1 0 1 1 0 6
Total - - 48
nntnoaronr PICKED cram.
Folsom, 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 l 0 1 6
Toueey, 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
Penn, 1 1 1 1 (l 1 l 1 1 1 9
Adams, 0 0 1 l 0 l l 1 1 1 7
Smith 1 0 l 1 1 ‘1 0 0 1 0 6
Nichols, 11110110017
Total - - 38
The picnic of St. Joseph‘s society on the
Ampitheatre grounds was a highly en-
joyable affair, there being a large number
present. The boat race was exciting and
was ' won by Luke Dorney and John
McCormick. In addition there '_werc tub
races and various games which, with the
dancing made an acceptable programme.
The society paraded the streets in the
morning, headed by Heine’s band, and
made a fine appearance. The GAZETTE
returns thanks for a hearty “tllrec cheers."
St. Mary‘s T. A. B. society picniced in
Betts' grove. Dancing and athletic sports
filled the programme and everyone seem-
ingly had a good time. The rain interfered
with the proceedings somewhat and the
picnicers finally ;adjo‘urncd to Lockwood’s
Hall where they held forth till late in the
,evening.
At the “Seaside" crowds began to
gather just as the rain commenced. A
rush was made for shelter and thanks to
the able management all were comfortably
accommodated. The programme for the
day was suspended and the guests sent
home ill earryalls. The, fireworks and
. other attractions will be presented to-mor-
row evening. See notice elsewhere.
At Roton Point the W'estport band (lis-
coursed fine music to a large crowd.
Here, too, the rain spoiled tllc enjoyment
alld every available conveyance was
pressed into service to carry the guests
home.
Many private citizens had arranged for
elaborate displays of fireworks bllt on ac-
count of the rain they were mostly post—
poned till Saturday evening. There were
some handsome displays on that evening.
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The East Norwalk Station.
For sometime past Mr. G. W. Cram has
been-making strenuous efforts to induce
the authorities of the Consolidated road to
the trains there instead of at the bridge as
range a meeting Of'tllc officials, and to-
morrow morning at 9 o’clock, sharp, Presi-
dent Watrous and Vice-President Reed
will inspect the ground and listen to the
statements of parties pro. and con. All
interested in the measure are cordially ill-
vited to be present, and present their
views. In case of a satisfactory location
for the new depot being procured, it is
very probable that the matter will assume
tangible shape and a new station be erect-
ed immediately.
The advantages of such a proceeding
by far the most convenient and central
point for the station would be where the
small bridge now crosses East avenue. It
is understood that in case of the measure
being successful, Mr. Hyatt will secure an
extension to his present charter and run a
horse railroad down East avenue to the
station. Such a move would prove
decidedly beneficial to the public and
property holders alike, and we trust that
now the matter is apparently ripe, interest
in the project Will not he suffered to relax.
Let all interested in the growth and pros-
perity of the town be on hand tomorrow
morning and join in the requests for the
erection of a depot there.
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A New Place for Frank Sperry.
_The nomination of Secretary Folgcr’s
dlminutivc private secretary, Frank Sper-
ry, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of Dakota was received with mucll
merriment at the Capitol that the Presi-
dent bccame convinced that it would never
be seriously considered by the Senate.
During last night, therefore, he sent a
message to the Senate nominating Mr.
Sperry to be Receiver of Public Moneys,
at Bismarck, Dakota, and William H
Francis. of New Jersey, to the place on
the Dakota bench thus taken away from
Mr. Sperry. Prompt confirmatory action
was taken on these new nominations by
the Senate, and Mr. Folger’s secretary is
now, therefore, the holder of an office in
Dakota in which he will not have to con-
ceal himself beneath the judicial ermine.
Mr. Francis, the new nominee. is an ex-
State Senator of Essex County, N. J ., who
for the last two years has been Register of
the Land» Office at Bismarck. He is a
lawyer by ]profession, is known to the
people of akota, and his ap ointment
wdl not be received with the ri ionic and
laughter which greeted the nomination of
Mr. Sperry.—N. Y. Times.
Mr. Francis was formerly a resident of
Danbury, where his father and sister now
reside. He is a graduat’e of Oberlin Col-
lege, and the appointment is a most worthy
one.
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Connecticut’s Delegates.
A. E. Burr, of the Hartford Tinm, has
resigned the chairmanship of the Con-
necticut delegation at Chicago, having
been chosen the Connecticut member of
the committee on resolutions and Gov.
Waller succeeds him. Gov. Waller has
been instructed 'to nominate ex-Senator
Barnum as Connecticut’s member of the
national committee. Dr. Joshua Perkins,
of Killingly, has been nominated for vice-
president; H. Shield, of Norwich, for
secretary; D. W. Reed for member of
committee on credentials, and John C:
Byxbee. Of'Meriden, for member of com-
mittee on permanent organization.
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Bpeclal Borough Meeting.
Pursuant to the call publishedinanother
column, there will be a Special Borough
Meeting, held at the Town House, on
Wednesday, July 24, to take action in re-
gard to the extension of the water mains
through East Norwalk, Wilton and Platt-
villc avenues and York street.
The annual meeting of stockholders of
the Norwalk Fire Insurance company will
be held July 24.
It can well be said that Norwalk passed _
locate a station at East Norwalk and stop '
now. He has‘bucceeded so far as to ar:
are too apparent to need explanation. And -
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Ajled Letter Day for the 17th Regiment 1
and its Friends.
It was twenty minutes after twelve
o’clock on Monday, June 30th, when the
special train of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, comprising two parlor cars,
four passenger coaches and a dining car.
containing over two hundred persons,
-being the members of the 17th Conn.
Association and their friends, rolled out
of the depot at Jersey City. To those
who have travelled over this road it is
needless to say anything regarding it, but
as there are many of our readers who
have not had that privilege a few words
regarding it will not be out of place. The
road is one of the best in the country; the
“block system" of signaling makes a
collision an impossibility; the ballastillg
prevents dust, and those who carried
dustcrs were not compelled to wear them.
The passenger coaches are new, finished
ill light wood, comnlodious and airy. So
much for our “outfit.”
We were speedily rushed to Philadel—
phia :wllerc another car'containing the
27th Regiment Penn. Vols. was attached
to our train and then we were started for
Harrisburg. The members of the excur-
sion party were soon acquainted and
time passed pleasantly and swiftly. The
scenery was very much admired and
we doubt if there is any portion of our
country, where, ill so short a distance the
same amount of landscape and mountain
scenery can be found.
The party was a jolly one in every
sense of the word. Songs were sung,
stories told, visits from ear to car were
made and each and every one enjoyed
themselves in some way, so that at seven
o’clock p. m. where we stopped at
Harrisburg for twenty-five minutes, nearly
all of the occupants of the cars aligllted
and skipped around the depot as lively as
crickets, feeling little fatigue from their
sever. hours ride. At this point a pleasallt
little episode took place. P. Wade, Jr.,
sergeant of Company “K,” (which stands
for Kelly,) and treasurer of the 17th
memorial committee, was illvcigled on to
the platform of the depot and being
surrounded by a party of the “boys" he
was presented with a very handsome gold
badge, the presentation speech being
made by Chaplain Hall. Wade was able
to respond briefly though appropriately
and the appreciation of this gift from his
friends was shown “all over his counte-
nance." A two hours run and we are at
Gettysburg. and amid the booming of the
Grand Army cannon and cheers of the
citizens, the cars are soon emptied alld
a line is formed for the hotel, which is
half abloek distance. . Still, we have a
band to meet us and with flaming torches
in the land, we march to the Eagle Hotel,
where the suddenuess of our coming or
the size of our party seemed to sort. of
“daze” the landlord. Bllt with a little
patience all Were roomed, and every one
took the delay good naturedly.
Tuesday morning bright and early all
hands were on tlle'streefiready for all
early visit to “Barlow’s Knoll” or “Cem-
etcl'y Hill.” At 9:15 a. m. the line was
ordered to form and to march at 9:30.
To give some idea of the promptncss of
the “veterans," it is only necessary to say
that they were all in line and ready to
march at 9:25. The ladies were sent out
to the scene of the unveiling at quarter of
nine and were given seats ,upon the
canopied platform, which was in charge
of Mr. O. R. Mumford of Norwalk, who
accompanied tllc party.
The procession was formed in the fol-
lowing order :
Gen. J. lll. Brown, of Gen. Amos Staff, in com-
mnlul.
Lieut. C. E. Doty, Aide.
Orderly, John Beck, 00. “E,” carrying Ames
Brigade Headquarter Flag.
These were mounted on horses furnished
by citizens of Gettysburg.
Warwick Band.
124th N. Y. Vols.
27th Pa. Vols.
153d Pa. Vols-
New Oxford Band.
17th Conn. Vols.. Col. Henry Allen, command-
ing, Adjutauts, George W. Keclcr
and Sclah G. lllakeman.
Memorial Committee: Lieut. R. L. Ella,
Capt. H. P. Burr, Levi Dixon, George S. Purdy,
1". Wade. Jr., W. S. Knapp, Willis McDonald,
Henry Huss, George W. ScofiOld and W. A.
Kellogg.
The members of the 17th Regiment were
divided into four companies of about
twenty men each.
1st Co., Capt. Enos Kellogg.
2d 00., Capt. John McQuhae.
3d 00., Capt. James E. Hubbell.
4th 00., Capt. Enoch Wood.
Master John A. Nichols, a nephew of
Col. Allen, acted as Right GeneralGuidc
and Master Huss, son of Col. Huss, as
Left General Guide.
Sergeant John C. Mayne, of Co. “G"
who brought the State colors off the bat-
tle field, July lst, 1863, after the death of
the brave Corporal Henry Burns, carried
the flag of the association.
Upon arriving at the “Tablet" the mem-
bers of the 17th Regiment were closed up
to it, alld the escort was placed in their
rear, so that all were within easy hearing
distance. .
Gen. Noble presided, and announced
the order of exercises as follows:
Music by Band.
Prayer by Rev. W. K. Hall, Chaplain of the
17th Bonn. Vols.
Presentation of Tablet, Col. Henry Allen,
17th Conn. Vols.
Unveiling.
Acceptance of Tablet, by Geo. W. H. Noble,
17th Conn. Vols.
Oratiou by Private P. C. Lounsbury, 17th
Conn. Vols.
Music.
Presentation of" Tablet to Gettysburg Associ-
ation by Gen. W. H. Noble, acceptance by Hon.
D. A. Beuhler, Vice-President.
The unveiling of the Tablet was a per-
fect success, and reflected great credit
upon Comrade W. H. Curtis, of Co C,
who managed it. At the close of Col.
Allen's address Miss Minnie Moore, daugh-
ter of Capt. Moore, of Co. 0., who was
near the spot where the tablet was located,
and‘Miss Fannie Noble, daughter of Gen.
W. H. Noble, raised two of the flags which
covered the Tablet, while the third one, a
large National ensign was run up to the
top of a thirty-six foot pole. At the same
time a salute was fired from the steel piece
belonging to the Grand Army Post, of Get—
tysburg, and tllo band played the Star
Spangled Banner, amid the cheers of those
assembled about the grounds.
Mr. Lounsbury’s oration was spoken of
in the highest terms.
In he afternoon the 27th and 153d
Penna. Regiments unveiled their Tablets
upon Cemetery Hill, escorted by the 17th
Conn. In the evening, an' informal gath-
criug at the Grand Army Hall passed an
hour very pleasantly. Col. Allen presided
and speeches were made by Chaplain Hall.
Gen. Coit, of the 11th Conn., Hon. S. B.
Horne, a captain of the 11th Conn., A. H.
Byington and others.
Wednesday morning the unveiling exer-
cises of the 124th Regt., N. Y. Vols., took
place at the Devil’s Den, where that regi-
ment sufiered severely in the battle of
July 2d, 1863. The 17th Conn. acted as
their escort. Gen. Stewart L. "oodford
delivered the oration. The afternoon was
spent in visiting the different parts of the
battle-field, and in the evening a large
party gathered in the parlors of the Eagle
Hotel and enjoyed a good old-fashioned
Llsing." &
Thursday morning at 5:45 the 17th As-
sociation formed in front ofthe hotel, and
after giving three hearty cheers for the
citizens of “good old Gettysburg," and
tllrce more for “Landlord Tingling,” they
marched to the cars and left for Harris-
burg at 0:10 a. m., arriving in Jersey City
at 3:45 p. nl.
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As Gen.Noble did not return home with
the excursion, we are unable to present
his speech at the unveiling.
A committee consisting of Colonel Hen-
ry Allen, Sort. P. Wade, Jr. and George
W. Kceler has been appointed to compile
and publish a pamphlet giving a full and
entire account of the trip to Gettysburg.
The members of Company A present
were Captain John McQullac, jr.; Lieu-
tenant R. L. Ells; Seargeant- John M.
Crowc; Privates William O. Merritt, Isaac 1
Gilbert.
The members of Company F present l
were Captain Enoch Wood; Lieutenauts ‘,
W. A. Kellogg, w.s. Knapp. C. E- Doty; I
Seargeants C. F. Loomis, Willis McDonald ;
Corporajs S. R. Wilcox, F. W. Day;
Privates Edmund Cahill. Henry II. Grey,
w. '1‘. Field, Oscar 'Wecd, Sylvester
chlcr, J. II. Lounsbury.
The New Haven Palladium printed Mr.
Louushury's Gettysburg oration cut-ire,
and comments upon it editorially as fol- .
lows: Private P. C. Loullsbury’s address
at the unveiling of the Memorial Tablet of
the Seventeenth regiment. at Gettysburg
yesterday, on abstract of which is printed
elsewhere, was well worthy of the mem—
orable occasion, and reflects the.llighest
credit upon the speaker. Mr. Lounsbury
does not profess to be an orator, but there
are few lllcll in the State who could have
improved upon tllc address delivered by
him yesterday. Eloqucut throughout, it
breathes ill every line the brave soldier
and the patriotic citizen. The veterans of
the gallant old Seventeenth arc to be con-
gratulated upon the success of their ulc—
lllorial exercises. and notlhc least upon
their orator."
Annnsss or oomxnr. HENRY ALLEN.
General Noble: At the last annual rc-
uniou of the surviving members of the
17th Connecticut Volunteers, a committee
was appointed under a resolution “to
arrange for the erection of a monument
on the battlefield of Gettysburg." Though
somewhat brief alld unexplicit, yet your
committee feel that they properly sensed
the intention of the association. Of that
committee, sir, I have had the honor of
being the chairman, and in that capacity
it devolves upon me 10—day to present. to
you and through you to the members of
our association a “memorial tablet” heme.
and carved from the granite of our mother
state; its adamantivc solidity being cm-
blcmatical of of the firm loyalty of her
sons.
We have caused it to be erected upon
this spot to evidence the fact that upon
this great-battlefield, twenty—one years ago,
thirty—five honored sons of dear old Con-
necticut, and our gallant comrades of the
17th regiment, gave their lives for the
preservation of the best and grandest.
goverment on the face of God’s earth.
It was the privilege of the immortal
Andrew Jackson to proclaim the senti—
ment, “The Federal Union ; it must be pre-
servedf’ ’tis the proud privilege of their
illustrious spirits to look down from their
Heavenly homes and join with their living
Union-loving comrades in saying: “It
was preserved!” Tllcir’s was a noble
death: '
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“Died on the field of battle,
”l‘is glorious thus to die ;
Gorl smiles on valiant soldiers,
Their record is on high.”
I will add, that, if the efforts of your
coulmittec shall prove entirely satisfactory
to their comrades, then we have accom-
plished the highest desire of our hearts.
It only remains to disclose to view the
memorial tablet of the 17th Connecticut
Volunteers.
1’. C. v1.0UNBURY'S ADDRESS.
Mn. PllEerEN'r, FELLOW CITIZENS AND Conl-
uAnEs :—
Wo are gathered to—day, after a lapse of
twenty-one years, to celebrate tlle'erccriou of a
monument to the memory of those brethren in
arms who on this ever memorable field of ba‘t-
tle yielded up their lives in defence of their
country. '
Their names have been inseribed on yonder
granite, but more indelibly and inlperlsllably
have they been written in history, and upon
the hearts of a grateful people.
Nations through all ages have roared monu-
ments to their cllicltuns, and loving hands have
placed them over the dust of their kindred,
ut none have ever been more appropriately
or lovingly erected than the one you have un-
veiled to-day in honor and in love of those
comrades who, here with you, struggling for
liberty and the union, went down under the
rain of shot and shell. '
The nation honors the genius of thermal-
malldiug General. It honors the name of the
gallantlteynolda who fell at the head of his
corps. It. honors 3. Hancock, :1. Sicklcs. a Bar-
low, a Gibbons. whose wounds and scars at-
test their gallantry too. It honors the bravery
of a Fowler, :1. Moore and :1. whole line of Olli-
cers who were killed in the forefront of the
battle, but it honors none the less, the gnlllll-
try and bravery of those private soldiers, who
like men of iron with nerves of steel, stood be-
tween our homes and all that was sacred and
dear to us, and the invading forces, and for
three long days meeting the repeated charges
of a desperate foe, again alld again hurling
them back reeling and staggering with deplet-
ed ranks, until smitten and routed they fled
before the onward march of our victorious
army. The light of the fourth day saw the
Stars and Stripes floating again proudly over
all Gettysburg. -
Why this terrible carnage? It was not to
gratify the spirit of an Alexander, or to enforce
the tyranny of a despot. It was not for the
booty and plunder of an Attila. nor by con-
scripts obedient to the imperious dictates of
an ambitious Napoleon. It was an army of
volunteers, citizen soldiers, men of peace in
time of peace, but men of war, men of courage
and dauntless resolution in the hour of their
country’s perll.
A vital principle was the issue and ill its
maintenance or its establishment not only the
liberties of a race and the perpetuity of tho
peaceful industries of the land but the very
existence of the Nation were involved. It was
a war testing the very foundation stone upon
which the Governmental structure had been
reared. But before proceeding further on this
line let us go back 111 our thought a ccnturv
and more ago to the day of our Nation’s birth ;
the 4th day of July 1776, when tllc Declaration
of independence, written by the immortal Jet—
ferson, accepted and adopted by Continental
Congress tben assembled, was published and
proclaimed to the world. Therein they dev
clared that all men are created equal and en-
dowed by their creator not only with life but
with the rights of liberty and the pursuit of
happiness-4n these truths and upon these
principles they laid deep the foundation of our
Republic, and for the establishment of such a
Government they mutually pledged each m
the other their lives, their fortunes and their-
aacred honor. A Nation thus conceived ill
liberty and brought forth in the blood of its
eople was destined not for a life of‘ a season,
But to be as eternal as the principles it em<
bodied. .
We reverence our ancestors for that spirit of
independence, for that devotion to liberty and
justice—for the sacrifices so heroically made
and the hardships so .cllcerfully endured
through all the long dark yea) s of the Revolu-
tion, that they and we, their osterity, might
enjoy individual rights alld llatlonal freedom—
and unto God the High and Mighty Ruler of
the universe do we reverently render profound
thanksgiving and raise for His guiding hand,
leading His pcop e on through many a lonely
and dreary day ill the righteousness of their
cause, from the selfldcclarcd independence to
one owned and acknowledged by the Nations
ol’tlla world. No longer colonies subjected to
the mandates of the King across the sea, bllt
free to form a government whose realm was
destined to be wider and ill its bellcl’iconco
grander than they ever conceived ; whose
arches sllould span the continent from ocean
to ocean, and beneath the dome of this vast
temple of liberty the oppressed of all Nations
might find a welcome and a home.
To the formation of such a Government the
wisdom and genius of the land were convened.
In the formation innumerable difficulties and
at every point. The Confederacy of the Colo-
nies which in time of war had been sufficient——
now in the hour of their Independence was
provingto be inadequate to the required no-
cessities ofa strong and stable Government.
It needed a bond that should hold indissolubly
the union which had been created bv their
united efforts, securing tor them that liberty
for which thev longed—ll. union that had been
cemented by the blood of so many of its fallen
heroes. It needed a compact t at should be
strong to suppress the plottingo and intriguing
of traitors from within and able to resist the
combined attacks of their enemies from with-
out. It needed a centralization of power that
lvouldbe able to protect every citizen in his
rights not only at home but abroad, anywhere
upon the face of a civilized world, anyone and
everyone who could claim the Stars and Stripes
as the flag of their country. But how to con-
tralize a power and still preserve for the States
all the rights, and only those rights that would
not interfere witbthe strength and erlllanency
of a united Republic, was a prob em difficult
of solution, and then the prejudicl a and appl'l -
hensions on '9 part of the people, unreason-
able though by may have been. made them
unwilling to commit those rights that they then
possessed to the keeping of a general govern.
ment in which they would be but a factor—-
this made the task still more difficult to 3(-
complish.
, I do not wonder that the r eopfe were exceed-
ingly jealous of the liberties acquired at such
a sacrifice, but I do marvel at the wisdom so
manifestly displayed I) the charter members
of this Government, w on I consider the con-
ditions and circumstances under which they
labored in framing a constitution to which all
could assent, a compact in which all could
unite—410 satisfactory ill its provisions —ao
strong in its requiremnts-—overcoming the
passions and prejudices of some of the people
—concedinsz in some measure to the selfishness
of others that thev might peacefully inaugurate
a Government which they believed would be,
and which the century has roved to be the
wisest and bear. ovu- l'ramcl by the hand of
man: Not perfect In all its parts as we well
know, for in those concessions our fathers
made what seemed needtul than to harmonize,
there remained upon the otherwise Ish- sky of
this new Nation one spectre cloud—ea cloud
that grow with each revolving year until over-r
shadowing the whole land it burst forth in that
terrlble storm of 1861. In the midst of this so
called free country, there remained a race in
bondage, a slavery as debasing as any that over
cursed acivilized land—-fed and fostered by
Government until the monster about our liber-
ties coiled its slimy folds to crush them with
its power, and raising its dragon head, pro-
tected by the Stars and Stripes, struck the
Goddess of Liberty with its murderous, poison-
ous fang; charmed, enchanted, heguiled, fas-
cinated by Its wondrous power, state after
l in the restoration of the union.
I creed, whose heart beat for rt in loyalty
almost insurmountable obstructions met tllcnl+
state rebelled—this is how the war began ; and
at a Nation’s call from north and east and west.
; thousands upon lhousands_ a ring
! throttle this rebellion in “I Ill 03’-
to arms In
Its power
rehend ; the doadliness of the
, or oven dimly saw
ii the monster that
in the land—untll
personal liber-
ty, equal rights, in accordance with the decla-
ration of our fathers and in keepmg Wltll the
fundalllr-ntal principles of this Government
were guaranteed to every man throughout lts
broad domains, without, regard to raw or
we did not comp
struggle few if any realized
that the war must go on un
produced it was anni '
As I have said it was not a war to gratify
ambition, nor a war of" conquest, nelther was lt
a. war waged for emancipation, but ltwas a war
! to establish the supremacy of this Government
over every foot of land that it of right possess-
ed upon this western henlis here.
It was a war to bur fin ly and forever the
heresy of secession. two! a war to lent the»
flag of our union upon every hill an to carry
it Into every valley trod or to be trodden by
the foot of luau from the St. Lawrence to the
Rio Graudo, from the shore of the Atlantlc to
the “ Golden Gates” of the Pacific. and as de-
creed in the righteousness of God. It was no
longer to float in name only but In fact, In
very dead over the land of the free and the
home of tho bravo— carrying liberty and pro-
tection beneath its I‘olds ill a grander degree
than over before.
To defend this our flag, the flag of our fath-
ers, -—to preserve this union cementedby thou-
blood and dalicated to liberty, niches, and
equality—to establish the right and to confirm
the power of this Government thus to rule
throughout the longtllaud breadth of thus land,
you and regiments of heroes llko you fought
and bled. . .
It was not to acquire mllltnry fame, or to ob:
tain a world wide renown that these men left
their homes and those firesides about \Vllwll
they and their loved ones so fOndly gathered.
It was rather at the bidding of patriotism. a.
patriotism that burned brightly upon the altar
of the heart and of the borne. .
It was topreservo unsullled and lntact those
institutions of justico and llberty bequeathed
us by our fathers—to mamtain In Its fulncss'
and its glory this the grandest Government on
the face of the earth. It was because of the
blessed memories that cluster around than dear
old flag-because of the love and patriotism
that thrilled their souls to their inmost depths
thus giving them strength to march in lost
and in cold, through flood and through fire. if
need be, to plant the Stars and Stripes upon the
battlements of every fort and float them from
the flagstall of every arsenal-Ho wave them
anywhere in the free breezes of heaven llllt
waft across this our free land. This Is why
thev went, but how and through what they
\l'elltno tongue can tell; the eloquence of a
Demosthenes or u. Cicero,—no not even the pen
of an angel or the tongue of a serapll can ever-
portray or describe, but this I can and do say
that upon this consecrated ground they bulld-
ed a tower of fame reaching into the very
heavens around which gathers a halo of glory
from a. Nation saved by this victory won out-
shining the brightness of the meridian day.
I must hasten for in the time alloted me on
this occasion I cannot now even mention, much
less speak in detail of all the heroic. deeds of
this historic 17th Conn. Regiment. No more
illustrious than others from my native state—
no braver or truer than many from every state,
but their valor and their heroism will be and
have been chronicled by abler polls and more
eloquent tongues. Well do I remember that
bright and beautiful morning we started to tlle
war, inspired by tho cheers and lluzzas of the
people, yet sobered by the subs and, tears of
mothers, wives alld dear ones pal-hug, and
many of them to meet no more. ' ‘he Stars and
Stripes that were committed to our care we
carried to the breezes above us and proudly
did they float in many a hard fought battle in
the three years that followed. They were
pierced and torn by shot and shell. Again and
again their gallant bearer was smitten to the
earth, but they fell cal to be caught up by
some one of the mar. brave defenders who
ever bore them aloft ill victory and in defeat
until, conquerors at last, you triumphantly
carried them back to yournative state amid the
shouts and plaudits of a grateful peo lo that
with one voice rang out well done, we i done,
gallant and true. But all did not return ; death
by'disease,death by shot and sword had thinned
its ranks and the history of Chancellorsville
tells how sadly it suffered there.
It was there our Colonel as brave a man as
over drew the sword received that terrible
wound the Bear of' which he bears to-day. It
was there our beloved Lieutenant Colonel
Walters, who of Teutonic blood, true to the
spirit of his race, fought so llobly. It was there
he fell—there he sleeps undisturbed by bugle
notes of war that summon to the strife—waiting
the trumpet sound which shall call his spirit
with the true and brave to fields of immortal
peace. It was there 120 tried and true were
stricken from the roll, but it was not there that
the decisive battle of this terrible conflict was
to be fought.
Once more our brave columns were rolled
back to touch afresh the great heart of the lib-
erty loving North. to breathe again the air that
was ever pulsating with the spirit of freedom —
to gather inspiration and strength for a conflict
unparalleled in the history of this WET—«Illi-
mralleled in the history of any war, that shoe. .1
lead on with varying fortunes but‘ with over
certain success to the final overthrow of the
rebellion and the unquestioned supremacy of
the National Government.
But of this bloody conflict—this war of Titans
~what shall I say ? What can I say? Would
Icould marshal words as men were lllarshalcd
on this immortal field—but your deeds of valor,
of reckless daring, of stubborn, unflinching,
arsistlut bravery may be recorded but new r
escribed. More than 200,000 lneu, nearly
equally divided, met here in deadly array—the
one representing the barbarism of slavery, tl e
other the rights of liberty—the one to make the
North acknowledge the right and fact of seces-
sion, the other to compel .the South to ac-
knowledge and submit to the authority of the
National Government. The one to break and
the other to maintain the union of these states,
involving in its issue the destiny of the grand-
est experiment of republicanism that the world
ever saw. cheering or crushing the hopes and
aspirations of the oppressed of all lands.
On this field and in that battle was to be
decided the momentous question of polltieal
and personal liberty and of social justice for
all men—whether the rising tide ot‘Clll-ist'm
civilization should flow on until It should -y
to all on the crest of its swelling billowa per-
sonal freedom and personal rights, making of
our race one common brotherhood, or whether
it should be rolled back to blight the hopes
and disappoint the lougings of the truest and
noblest ill all lands and leave the race in the
folds of a civilization as fixed as it was unjust
and oppressive; but rcverently, yet ullhositat-
ingly, do we affirm that God was on the side
of fire heroes who fought the battle offrcodonl,
and tile Stars and Stripes were unfurled in
triumph where the stats and Bars had been
flaunted ill defiance.
The N atiou was saved. four nlilliou slaves
leaped to their feet four million l'recmen and
the angle of liberty waved his white banner, a
signal of hope and cheer to the down troddcn,
the wide world over.
But I stand on consecrated ground, the
sopulcllre oi the heroic dead, the field drench-
ed with human blood, the price of the victory
we celebrate, every foot of which attests the
dauntless patriotism of freedom’s hosts.
In that deadly struggle We claim no superi-
ority for the generalsllip of our commanders or
for the bravery and stubbornl-ss ol'our soldiers.
Yonder hills and valleys were drenched in
no less gallant blood than these upon which we
stand, but of the latter I only speak.
Never did soldiers accept more cheerfully a
challenge than the intrepid Reynolds accepted
the guago of battle flung «loan by the rebel
General on the morning of the Iirst day of this
stubbornly I'ongllt conflict, and, when repulsed
by overwhelming numbers, no less cheerfully
was he supported by your divrsion with the
3rd oi‘tbo time honored lltll corps. coming for
more tllau two miles at the sound of the 0:111-
rlon, upon the double quick, and just ill time to
check the out-numbering hosts of the foe,
contcsliug every foot of the way back through
the Iowa against at less. three times your
number at a sacrifice for lbc brave men whose
memories and names shall live as long as this
grand republic endures or yonder ulonumcut
stands, until beneath the guns of Cemetery
Hill, supported by the find division of your
gallant corps you made a stand, determined
there to be victorious or to die.
The friendly shades of night approach
wrapping friend and the within its sable folds,
after one of tho severest strugvlcs of the war,
enabling them to gather strength I'qr one that
was to be still more desperate on the morrow.
With the morning light flvc corps are up and
waiting, ready for the assault, lllc11tl. holding
Cemetery Hill, threit became engaged ill one
of the deadliest struggles oftlle battle—«a band
to hand conflict demanding a personal bravery,
skill and strength as ill-no other. You rcmem-f
her, for you were there. how you looked each
other in the eye, shot each other with gun and
pistol, thrust each other with sabre and bav—
onet—smotc each other with sword, grappled
each other with hands, reeling and falling in
the terrible strife until your corps was glori.
ously victorious. It was there our gallant
Burr captured that rebel flag, collariug its
bearer, nearly twice hls size, displaying a
nerve so like the nerve that cllaraeter'ued this
~ grand old regimt-nl. I have not time to de-
scribe the incidents or follow the fortunes of
that memorable day.
Cemetery lIiIl, Seminary Hlll, the peach or-
chard, tho wheat-field, the Emmetsbnrgh road,
Round Top, Culps Hill trampled by foot and
hoof, torn by shot and shell, drenched with
blood attested the braver-r and heroism of the
combatants, the stubbolnlless and (leadlinoss
of tile fight. Fifty thousand men were stricken
from the roll ot‘lllo two armies, and the issue
of the conflict was still undecided.
In the midst of this terrible carnage there
rode a woman, escorted by the gallant Howard, ,
as if bearing a charmed ,liIe. calm and fearless '
amid that terrible storm of death,seekiug on
the field a companion, who was then awounded
prisoner ill the town —our divrsion commander
the intrepid kart-w. On that field we world
saw a type of that noble, devoted, atriatic
womanhood‘that in the homes of the crib, in
the hospitals and camps of Ihe army was an
inspiration and Cllf‘l‘l’. an angel ol'com'fort and
aid to the llCl'Ot‘S that were defending theirfire—
sides and their altars All nonor to the noble
women whose hands and hearts and prayers
were ever with t'recd' lll’s arnlv during those
terrible years of I'ratrioidal strife.
The morning of the third day dawned. It seemed
to linger as If the very sullwerc reluctant to gun
upon the swncs that were to be unfolded beneath
It. Slocum opened the fight with that tremendous
fire of artillery and Infantry before which not sim-
ply men but the very forests fell, and was followed
by that Balaklava charge of the 2d Massachusetts
and the 27m Indiana. retreating with more than
half on their rolls dead and dying In their tracks -—.
a reckless and useless charge save as It teaches the
lesson of obedience and heroism. The hour was
on. The sun reaches his meridian, an ominous .
lcnee settles down upon the contending armies like
the calm that precedes the fury of the tempest. At
ten minutes past one, the signal gun sends Its
echoes along the hills and valleys, and one hundred
and fifty cannon hurl a volley of death and destruc-
tion Into our ranks. An Instant later another hun-
dred from our side responds to the challenge, car.
rylug equal carnage into the ranks of the enemy.
opening a cannonadc without a parallel ,In the his.
tory of war. It was like the famed battles of the
Gods, hurling thunder bolts and flashing llglltulngs
shakingthe earth and making the very pillars gt
heaven to tremble. For nearly two hours the tel“;
rlble battlera , and then gradually slackened,
l’lckett’s dlvls on of Longstreet’s corps moved to
the achelvcment of Its part of the programme, to
break throughthelcft—center or our line and lip-
Ish the work which they supposed had been nearly
accomplished by the preceding cannonade. “ You
can start now; you will not find anybody alive on
that ridge" said veteran Lee to the gallant Virgini—
ans, and they did start twenty thousand strong,
compact, brave, determined, the flower of Southern
chivalry, and for a while It seemed as If freedom’s
forces would be vanquished and the Stars and Bars
would carry victory Into the very heart of the Kev-
stone State. But soon a gun opened here andtllei'e
like the flash of the fuse that explodes the well lald
train, and our left and center seem all ablazc,fllllng
dorsed by live electors and tax payers, as defined
by law of the town of N orwalk. . .
HENRY K. SELLECK Town C 2 W llcox Agent Railroad Square, neXt car to Post
Dated, Norwalk, Conn., July so, lSSA leréms Office, South N’orwalk.
the air with shot and shell 11 e and shr n l
Stlll down through that deadlygitl-Ilzam of ea‘iilstem:
they comei closing up thelr depleted ranks, leaving
the grolln strewn with the dead and dying on. on
untll wrtllln musket range they meet a a cot of
name from thousands of guns, and fall like leaves
of tlle foresta'beneath autumnal winds; undaunted
they press forward until the two armies meet and
like two fiery monsters they roll and writhe and
sway to and fro amld the and smoke, the nclghlng
of horses, the shrieks of the wounded and the
groans of the dying, a scene that beggars descrip-
tlon, and that splendld column that started so mag-
nificently from yonder hill ls surrounded and
crushed Ill the Iler grasp of Meade’s heroic and
vIctorIous army. " ‘hank God " went u reverent-
ly from the lips of the Commander In 0 let, volc-
gigging gringputdl: of llmapyta (llevout soul, and amid
a on o v c -
lant notes upon the evening ails.”y rang out In jubl
So ended the decisive battle of the war. And
now after a lapse of nearly a quarter of a century
we, the survivors of that conflict and the comrades
of the fallen, gather here as reverent] y to thank God.
to atefully commemorate their heroism and un-
vel a monument to their memory that shall In silent
but matchleas eloquence tell of their deeds of our
undylng and Iovlng gratitude (here pledglilg our
fortunes, lives and sacred honor to maintain what
on this Ilcld was so gloriously won)‘and here let It
stand slmple hl Its majesty and majestic In Its aim—
plicity to remind the countless mll one, that shall
yet tread these lands, of their Ilbertlen and to warn
traitors of treason’s doom, down through comlng
ages, untll the arch angel's trump shall plerce the
ear or death and the heroes, who sleep so quietly
beneath this consecrated soll, shall come forth ar-
rayed not in the panoply of war, but In the robes
diepIEi-‘I‘llede $31,011,253 tllle viral" {Zone from the lips or
' w lo e(
guxc (Illlfjnltheglctdry. I mm In the light and
n n t 9 years to come the *0
South shall vie wrtll each other Infihgblfioggltelli:
battles of Industry and patriotlsm, of social justice
and political freedom, of intelligence and virtue as I
gallantly and true as on this field they fought In l
fratloldal strlfe to gather the harvest the battle'a :
red raln has made to grow, who shall regret the
prlee pald. My task ls done and while it was my
wish that the address of this day should have been
committed to an abler and more eloquent tongue—
yat If this hour and the events of thls hour shall ln~
Ia.‘
THEl-NNUAL sun,
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sorts of TEMPERANC
Wlll be held at
Eran ROCK GROVE
I
TUESDAY, JULY 17th. .
“pleasant, If Stormy the lath,
Plea!
l. ,1 .
A Special Train of 0 cars wlll leave South Norwalk
at lfls, a. to. Returning arrive at South
Norwalk at 6:56, p. m.
Tickets for the Russian
Children under Twelve ' 46 Bit.
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ATTRACTION S'
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Broken—Suddenly, July 6,.at New Rochelle,
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:-
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4 “ 50 (:Is.
Ladies Spring Sacques and Dol-
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Alb-Wool Casllmeres 50
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All-Wool Nun’s Veilings at
cents.
Splendid assortment PARASOLS.
all Prices.
CALICO WRAPPERS of ourown
Manufacture reduced to $1.
Bargains in Ladies Muslin Under-
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GREAT REDUCTION
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Wanted
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Has now on hand a fine lot of Celery Plants
ates ready for planting out. I
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Otlce' Best 5 Frame Bod v ‘Brussels
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tl "gall; hf‘n‘le Insurance (éompany wlll be held at ' ‘ ‘0‘
Ice ceo ecoman aso'clockam. onthe ' . . . . .r' -'
24th day of July, 1884?f01¥t-l1e election of (Iiiectors, I‘apestl y Bl USSelS 6‘) (“‘3' 70' and
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scope of stockilsolderls meetings. P S'
v or er of . ’ ' '
‘ - ‘ onodiifitgqbowms, All- W 0.11 Ingralus from 50 cents
2W: Secretary. ll 1) Wards.
Notice.
{11118 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of The
‘ Gilbert A: Benuet Manufacturing company
\Vlll be held at the Olllce of the Corporation in
Georgetown, Conn., on Tuesday, July 226, 1834,
at 3 o’clock, p. m. DAVID II. MILLER,-
1t23p Secretary.
Scofield & Hoyt,
NO. 3 Gazette Building.
29ly
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Divtdend Notice.
Nonwstx SAvINGs Sooner“),
N orwalk June 19th, 1834.
INTEREST at the rate of Four (4) per cent. per
anuuul for the past six months, wlll be credit-
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3323an mm my 10m. GEO. L MILLEn, Sec. Broadway and 11th Street,
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Wanted, Parasols, etc, etc. They are
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if:
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piano for the summer months. Rent must be low.' partment “S they arrive dimet
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Notice. The Public are cordially in-
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rders by all 01'.Express re.
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satisfaction being experienced and abundantly
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Notice.
Special Borough Meeting.
(IIHE Legal Voters of the :Borough of Norwalk
are hereby notified and warned that a Spa-
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of Norwalk will be held at the Town House in saId
Borough on Wednesday, the 24th day of July, A.
D., 1884, at elght o’clock III the evening for the fol-
lowing pur sea, viz:
First. ' ‘o authorize and IllI'lNlt the Board of
Water Commissioners of said Borough It said meet-
lng shall deem proper and arlvlsable to lay any or 3
all of the following hues of water plpe of sufficient
size; first from the present termination of the
water pipe on East avenue In sald Borough, South-
erly through East Norwalk so-ealled and through
such streets of East Norwalk as shall present sun.
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SPECIAL lulu-l.
The Favorlte Steamboat,
900k. 1
Tickets to be had of the members of (‘oncord and l
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Mrs, W, Fawcett i Misses St. John.
Suing Anllmlncemenl, 1884 !
We have a full and elegant assortment of
Trimmed illnllimmed Bonnets 8: Hats.
In all the New and Desirable Shapes and
Shades in Straws of all kinds.
We have in
Ostrich, Fuel Feathers and Flowers
All the Novelties of the Season ; also an
assortment of desirable designs Ill
Laces and Ornaments,
We have a full line of RIBBONS, which we are
* Selling very low.
We have a large assortment of
Mourning Bonnets and Hats,
Constantly on band, also
. MOURNING MATERIAL,
Of all kinds. We have the agency or the
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tcllmcr Patent Process for llcnuung t ape
Ladies having Crape Discolorcll or Soilell will
find It to their advantage to have the same rclluish-
Eli. by this process which gives the crane all of It:
orlglnal luster and color. We solicit your closest
examluatlon and patronage. We desire to call
your attention to our choice stock of
FANCY GOODS,
Consisting of
ladies’ 8. Children’s Underwear.
3 WATER ("I‘ltE l’i‘,
ls not! prepared to sbow‘all the
Latest Styles in
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our patriotism and quicken our sense of hi) .I. l d ;
political justice—shall aid to secure to all qwit‘lll: 0f w‘li hajfr O .Oda’
the boundarles 0‘ our fair land the personal "Ell ts ‘ . l. we Ln c the latest llnportatlons of
polltlcal, social and roll one that were purchased ' ' Waves, Frizzes etc swam“ in all
lllillzhfvllllduu 331%:ng file nation It wlll matter AT grades' Odmbinés made up very
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List of letters remaining in the Post , ., I ‘ Fift' Cent Packages 0f Silk'
0mm, July 5: . _ . ell/cit, and Plush. for
Mrs“ Eliza Bennett Samuel Bails Miss ' l . r ' ' 3.110 work ‘
CRITIC Brooks, Captnifi George Clark,y’Mamio a A We have lye agency for the
C.Cole PamekCortlgun, Mrs. Thomas Galigor, : M” '
Mrs. Clara Hlll, Jeremiah Hackett, James ' ' . ddame crISWOId corset.
Illlyhclll Mrs. S. A. May. Mra.Emma O’Donnell. ' A pom” m guaranteed In every Instance.
rs.bllkcock, Charles A. Volcukman, Peter AT ' ' My) 9' in" line of other Corsets. We have
Woods. , 'Lad . 1”,, d . - . ilmulkenchlefs, Glove Hosiery, Worstcds, Per-
in... Cm 0...... P, M 1 :es sue no: any mwted to his trainer. ..“3:§3:k.3‘.€‘9“ar a:
__g B E L [-05 I S L AN D New patterns for Stamping! We sell‘ll‘le Iiui‘li’éve
ONE THOUSAND cases of ConcentratedExtract ' call and examine them. (mom-r)" Please call and we will give you polite
31 Rye otn bland 1and for sale to all grocers and ' attentlon.
ruvglss ly tle pro )rietors Tna Dnusran 7' ' 1 ' I ‘ II
Dorsrmuo 00.. 128 WatlJr streei, Boston. Oh- RgISShS S'l . J() N.
....: “A... ‘ ‘ . [In 38 l‘lAIN STREET.
Castorla. ‘ ”’_“_'"_ ‘W‘“ 'm‘ ' ..__.__._..... ’
When Baby was slck we gave her Castorla -
blazers : slidescalamari“: ll IIBS ill ll Y For Rent Give" Awa
. C ‘38 Ora -0 lb s .. .g — .. ._
Whig?“ had Chlldre’h, she gave them Castbrla. I l‘tav‘fa P31111351. 1i??? lizmlfllll‘ll'l'fi.‘ Ellldxrtes‘ 3." OIL) ‘! AYN l‘uevclopellia and Self [y]: to (I ’
Box, 451'. Norwalk. this. I '1 v ' L " "L ' L ."i‘ r' ay 5
“r ' - . standard ulstory of the \l ord’s Great
PERIVm'IAN SYRUP cur—fies D s e sla G n ___.__ .‘fatlons, the Yale Library of Famous Poets,
Debility, Liver Complaint, Bells? Hp“ 31mg. Clelrgrll‘ld Ba _ t L a. lrllnllly Blbles, Photograph Albums, ac, to any
Diarrhea, Nervous Affections. Female Complaints '1‘ G MURPHY ' n 0 8" person gettlng up clubs {91‘ the same. Sold for
and all the diseases originatlng in a baltate of are “3 £1, . """"""""""" Emma“ . . . iail‘f"i"‘sl“'m}°n" 13°" “”1“” “n“ ”"3““ '“‘
blood. -— , . . anmpnv......,... .......:v[aungerg. MEDILAI sized barn, ill good order. within olmatlon ‘l‘hhcsi‘ums II. DODDS, .
thIr—— three minutes walk from the postomce, willbe , I21 Roogge‘kfififvggmggffi
B?r3.—Ab Norwalk, Conn., July 5, Mary '0' at very reasonable terms 1" ”10 l'ik‘llt party. I
utoinctte (laughter of Charles (I. and Marv ' '
E. Betts, ill the 21st year of her age. ' Telephone connection. flfply at “us Office. _ 19” F0 R SALE.
BfigflLfi—lgbeyfilhfifolgd. July 5, Alice L. a week at llome. $5 outllt free. Pay euro 1‘. E two sealed square box sale har wagon.
, u e o. . I: 0y Randall, and only _ lutely sure. No risk. Capital not l'etull‘cd. 0 ]'ol l l
daughter of Major General and Mrs. D. N. 930°” board can be Obtalned ln thelnlmedlate Reader If You want business at 1which he 1” ltlllmlel‘)0x wagon.
Couch. vicmlty of the Seaside at prices ranging fromss persons of either sex, voung or old. (inn make 0118 second-hand square box “"180"-
BlaAv ~—-Iu Phlla lel h' J l. V to $10 per week. according to the size and location great my all the time they work. Wllh alISOlllte
.Baglain. aged 27 r p la, 11 y 4, 'lhomas 3321116 rooms. 8%najintyiwrlitglfor particulars to II. HALIJETT .v One one—horse cart.
, ‘ . or am . nine. ‘ r '
OSBORN.—At Ballstou Spa, N. 1:, June 30m, Wil- ”1“““HL‘” ' ' ‘ ‘ fl‘ “ ‘ v ”16' A. L1 ON, hnlght Street.
11am J. Osborn, youngest son or the late Charles . V V ‘ -—————-~-. — m- h .
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wife of Harry B. Stokes. [Funeral Wednes- = ‘1 ~
duly afternoon, on arrival of 3:02 train from ' -. -3 ._- I I
New York. ‘ WHO ‘3 UNACQUQE“; IBEVDEVJITH THE CECGRA F TH}; C0“ «TRY. WILL
~ I , l , I . . .tAMINlNO THIS MAP, THAT THE
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Ir'rua'rrox “'A‘I'I‘ED h a sin 1e man L ll M & [ill ill <13? '4‘- ‘v' "
S clther as groom Aor coachdlau. Thgoroughlv‘ a 183 13833 .1 lelllb ’ “h” .. I};
understands the care of horses, flue harness. and - - P‘k’meum‘s - 'r‘ ’f “WWWJS” . Eleven-"Tm " ‘
glfln'lggglensfimg‘patsbjecftlim lto t:leavilill; town. 'Best S A M PLE S O F S wii“..$2"""” “Til: yf.v\bg!°"/c'fi_ , 10mm 7,. m '5'"? l
o ons om as em 0 er. En II E H l W "‘L ‘ i ’
5‘1: GAzr'rrI-l office, or at SlatteryPs llarber grid: ’ '1 9 Skin“ 7 \N’j—E wg a h v P11 ‘7 Jonas)“: I 3/23: l
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. aln street. atet For Sale at the Factorv a, s\ I; “"9", “355?; ‘y;”“““‘ 1, $3M" E" can, 13:,-.,.s~ , MI “I '
—~ “We ‘ ”my '2, a Crush: a, ' .I'Efil‘, 5 ,
For wla wrromzsanu rnrcns. / "' "f“ I, 03‘".- 2 use m,:,\ 11:0,? a ' .
‘ I an a. .3 " , - ‘ 4‘ ' or, . .
TWO Seated Family Carriage andalow end I ' h I i ' o -\- . - 0c "/46 ) ' " '
Spring top buggy. Enquire at this Ofllce. I S I S .. .’ nun avg? 98/ _ 4,!“ 9 «g . /
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. 2m Wisely. 3-02- ! ‘
For Sale. ———. 4 .5,” gr... 1. .j, . <32?
chestnutStandingDesk. Apply at o e ‘13:. i‘ 5% "3’" ‘ 3 '
A SPECIALTIES 3’.“ fr... 4
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l- or sale. ’ “ 2.3%" a... "«
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7 ‘WO Montague Cylinder Presses for Newspaper , ‘3 423$: 3'? ' m H ‘ (“mu 3‘
or Poster work. Will be sold cheap for cash. ' \ 00’ / 2 . mflla an" ‘$‘u!-:"
Size of Bell 30m and 80x41. Apply at » Lu _.-. ’ \“" °""'f",, ,.
Ims Orr-nos. .. 0,55” 0“ 7_ ’PLfi; £43} 1,, ‘0 , 62°15‘61“ 3;: 1...... $ mil,
:- ‘ . "a; ‘ ‘. (.553!ng ‘ 20 _ J. l -, . 1;? W" is“ ‘9 , m," l" l' 3 I
l or Sale. Dr. Warner’s Coraline Corsets. ulefi’so/v °‘ (ElléfogSL fan/orfb‘. will ’11 } [Wings-i 13,111.. l
V . 921V .. . t "12,; ' “J. _. 0‘ ,,l‘- .0 , ,
ONE Brewster Slde-bar TOP BreWster’s Celebrated Health Cor- rig-53 1.3:?" n ..%f" \/.Z\nro,,,.u 2".“ .5 ' / l’"
Buggy In good order. Cheap for sets. SIX Dozen 7 5 cent (.01 sets, — mg... "fliv “,5ng chEak. 511,?” E —'
cash. Enquire of reduced to 50 cents. " '9’ *°-'- 0““ 4"”“b7'711‘37' ":u' " ..
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Caroline, Rook techno & Pacusie R’Y,
Belng the Great Central Line. affords to travelers, by reason of Its unrivaled goo-
lgmphiczll position, the shortest and best route between the East, Northeast and
Southeast, and the West, Nor: west and Southwest.
It I; literally and strictly true, that its connections are all of the prlnclpal lines
of road between the Atlantic and the Pacific.
By Its main line and branches it reaches Chicago, dollar, Peoria, Ottawa,
La Salle, Genesoo, Mollne and Hock Island, In llllnols: Davenport, Nluaczltlne,
Washington, Keokulz, Knoxville. Oskaioosa, Falrfield, Des Melons, West L berty,
Iowa City, Atlantic, Avocn, Audubon, Harlan. Guthrie Center and Council Bums,
In Iowa; Gallatln, Trenton, Cameron and Kansas City, In Missourl, and Leavenm
worth and Atchlaon In Kansas, and the hundreds of clt‘as,,v|l!ngea and towns.
EEEEATEI‘ sock assaults sou .L s,”
is it In familiarly called, offers to travelers all the advantages and comforts
Incident- to a smooth track. .9an bridges, Union Depots at all connecting polnts,
Fast Express Trains. composed of COMMODIOUS, WELL VENTILATED, WELL
HEATED. FINEL‘! UPHOLSTERED and ELEGANT DA‘! COACHES; a Ilnc of the
MOS? MAGNIFICENT HORTON RECLINING cums: CARS ever built; PULL-“Wilma.
latest designed and handsome-at PALACE SLEFPIHG cARs,,and DINING CARE-.1
that are acknowledged by press and peepla to be. the FINEST RUN UPON ANY
ROAD IN THE COUNTRY, and In which superior meals are served to travelers :1;-
tho low rate of SEVENTY-FIVE GENTS EACH. -
THREE. TRAINS each way between CHICAGO and the MISSOURI RIVER.
TWO TRANS each way between CHICAGO and MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL.
win the (u-EHOZLB E Rags LEA R©UTE3
January I, l93‘2, a new line will be opened, via Seneca zlnd Kanknkee, between
.‘levma't News, Rlchmoud. Clnclnmfl. Indlanapcllc and La Fayette, and Council
Clams. St. Paul, Minneapolla and Intermediate points.
All Through Passengers carried on Fast Express Trains.
‘S‘or more detailed information, see Maps and Folders, which may be obtained, an
we“ as Tickets, at all principal Ticket Ofilees in the United States and Canada. or or
a. as. cases, s. or. JOHN,
\‘Ice-Prcs't £1. Don’t Manager, Den'l T'K't £5 Pass'r Az'tr
_.__--.-_ ,1 ___E_____ ‘iitiififlEQL. ..._______,m._._..
Automatic Blind Awning Fixture.
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W. H SMITH a co, AGTS.
HARDWARE,
lRON AND STEEL. ,
Carriage Makers and Builders Supplies, Agricultural Implo-
mcnls. Doors, Sash and Blinds, Paints, Oils,
' (Tiles, Fertilizers. etc. etc,
15 and 17 \“Vulcl' Sh,
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:ls 1, Norwalk Conn.
"70 N 1') E RS N 12‘ I'll} R (YEA 153' E .
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Our wonderful bargains still come and go with astonishing rapidity.
Blllllll. l33£ 3 I
The Clothiers and greatdistributors of reliable goods at
Low Prices.
The excltemcnt and appreciation of the People'is still unabated over our
}REAT SLAUGHTERING SALE OF
Men’s All-Wool Suits $8.50 and $10
- Worth $12 to $l4.
scrllvrs for the use of the Borough water, :
Second. Through Wilton avenue In said Borough, ;
the cost thereby being estimated at seven hundred
dollars. Third. Through Plattvllle avenue and York :
Street In sald Borough and also through the con-
tinuation of Plattville avenue, outside the Borough
limits to the Fair Grounds, the cost thereof being
estimated at three th'ousalld dollars.
Second. To appropriate from the Borough Treas-
ury such a sum 0 money as may be necessary not
exceeding fifteen thousand dollars In payment of
the cost to be Incurred under the foregoing vote,or
’l'hl'rd. To pass such Other vote in relation to
said matter as said meeting ma deem proper.
By direction of the Court of urgesses.
Borough of Norwalk, July 8, 1894.
W. II. SMITH,
ales Warden of the Borough of Norwalk.
“HARLEM"
Commenced her regular daily trlps between Vow
York and Not-walk, on 3
Monday, May 19th, 1884.
and will continue to run daily (Sundays excepted;
during the season, leaving Pier 27, foot of Dover
Street at 2:45 p. m., and foot of 31st street, East
River, New York, at 3 p. m. Returning, leaves
Wilson's Point on arrival of traln from Danbury at
7:45 a. m.
To the Commissioners of Fair-
field County.
“Ill undersl nod hereby applles for a license to
sell—Ale, 1' Beer- alld Cider. to be drunk
on the premises, and Rhine Wine only,—-pursuant
to the laws of this State now In force relatlu to
the sale of lntoxrcatln ll uors, at the bull
known as Bell Island gliolise on Bell’s Island}, lg glngle Fairer-1mg Norwalk, 45Cenls,
the town of Norwalk, In said county. o rcnrsron 1" e I 70
Slgn CLARENCEA. snrrn, Single Faro from South Norwalk, 40 u
Dated at Norwalk, Conn., the 14th day of June Excursion Tickets, ' 60 'n
1884
I hereby certify that the above application Is en- 21tf -
WFor Special Rates for Frelght ap ly to R. M.
STR‘AW HA'T s .
5 cents upwards. -
TR UNKS AND BA as, SUMMER HORSE
CLOTHING, LAP ROBES, AIEXMAN
HAMMooKs, DUSTERS, SUMMER '
cones“ 1
One LOW Price and A11.
ALL Goons WARRANTED As REPRESENTED.
BRYANT. 'BESSE & 00.
cLOTHlERs, HATTERS and
GENT’S FURNISHERS.
29 Main St, Nor-walk, Conn.
Norwalk Chronicler