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: NORW'ALK GAZETTLTUESDAY.MARCH'lO 4885
NORWALK GAZETTE
Tuesday. March 1 O, 15:385.
The new Baptist church will be. dedi-
cated next Monday. '
James Wixon will vacate the store he
now occupies April 1.
Henry Vanlloosear, of“ Kansas City, is
visiting friends in town.
The Prohibilidn League meet in Good
Tcmplars' Hall tomorrow night.
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall in the
South Norwnli: Music Hall last night.
oDon‘t fzdl to are the new line 'of Wall
Papers at J. T. Prowitt’s, 47 Main street.
Elocution by Professor Ford in First.
)1. E. church nextweek Friday evening.
Norwalk Uniform Degree Camp, 1. O.
0. F., hold a special meeting tomorrow
night.
The subject of lecture at Trinity church
next Sunday evening Will be " The Abuse
of Words.” ’ '.
Gardner Bouton, one of the South Nor-
walk striking batters, has embarked in
l the milk business. ..
HarryHall succeeds George Olmstcad
,in the dress goods department at 'Van
Hoe-sear db Ambler's. v ‘
——20,000 Rolls of Wall Paper now. in
stock, at pricesto suit the times. J. T.
Prowitt, 47 Main street.
AThose elegant cabinet photographs at
$2.50 per dozen are still booming at Road-
man’s gallery, Gazette Building.
Allen T. Sandford, Bethel’s undertaker,
formerly with Undertaker Raymond of
this place, was in town Thursday.
The borough board of relief will meet'
on Saturday'afternoon of next week to
consider appeals from assessor’s doings.
Mitchell's delivery horse ran away,
Thursday, fracturing the spine of the
. wagon and cutting himself about the heels.-
A young people’smusicai and litemry
entertainment will be givenin Springwood
chapel tomorrow night to benefit the
chapel. '
Our Brothers, Odd Fellows, worked the
first degree last night, and Kabaosa En-
campment will work the first degree
Thursday night.
*Coughs, Colds and Sore Throat yield
readily to B. S. Douglass & Sons' Perfected
Capsicum Cough Drops. Retail price,
iocents per quarter pound. _ ' .
A special borough meeting will be‘ held
Thursday afternoon to act on the question
of making an appropriation for the im-
provement of the fire department. '
Engineer Junings hauled 200 tons of
coal to Danbury over the Danbury and
Norwalk Railroad Saturday, the train
requiringtwo engines for its transporta-
tion. - ' '
An incipient fire was overcome at Mrs.
T. H. Morrison's house Friday cvenbig,
by tearing down the lace curtain to a front
windOw, which had accidentally-been
ignited. ' .
Thc'burgiarycascs against James H.
Miller and Charles R. Comstock, of Nor.
walk, which were first heard nearly ten
years ago, were nollcd in the superior
court Wednesday. ‘
Frederick Mead is building a large
baker’s oven under the sidewalk in front
of his store on Wall street. This is the
second baker's'oven built here within a
week or so. The Norwalk appetite must
be improving. , '
Mrs. Charles dancers, of Bridgeport,
while visiting in this town 9 few days
since, became violently insane and threat-
ened to commit suicide. . She was taken
in charge by the authOrities and sent to
her home in Bridgeport.
«Buy a. H. comma Sons’ Perfected.
Capsicum Cough Drops fur your children;
they are harmless, pleasing' to the taste
and will cure their colds. D. S. and Trade
Mark on every drop. Retail price, 15
cents per quarter pound. .. .
The following members of Company F
have received their state badges for
, marksmanship in 1884:4Captain A. A.
Betta. Corporal John A. Burr, Musician
Henry Matheis, Privates Henry D. Cornell,
William Warner, A. Auétin and H.. Van
Ness.
At the annual moctlngof the South
Norwalk fire police, Wedwsday evening,
the 'foilo'wing officers were elected :—-
Captain, R. M. Wilcox; first sergeant,
Georch.‘Smith; second sergeant, J. B.
Klinefelter; secretary, D. DunIOp; treas—
urer, F. A. Tollcs.
On. Friday morning the Washington
-express_from New York due here at 1:20
_ a. 11:. did notjarrivc‘ till after 4 o’clock. f
The 11:30 Stamford special was run
through in its stealth The Washington
express was delayed by the crowds coming
home from the inauguration.
Mia. Pdchard Finnegan, of South Nor-
walk', who was in a critical. condition at
the time her husband was killed by the
can two weeks ago, died last week and
was buried Saturday. The peculiar sad-
ness of the affair invites the heartfelt. sym.
pathy of the whole community.
Manynotahlo changes of residences are
likely to take place this spring. Mr.
Edward Baker’s family will occupythe
Duncan house on High street and senior
Editor Golden the Bennett house on
Washington street. Photographer North
removes to the Donovan house on Main
and Concord streets. . _
Ike Williams, of muffins: to have a
sparring matph soon with Al. Marks,_-tbe
Texas cowbby, who stood before Sullivan
while the latter was making his recent
western tour, and who was the only man
that the great champion singer was un.
able to knock out on his whole trip.
Marks is now in training in Bridgeport.
The poetry of motion is beautifully
illustrated by the lady in a “ couple race"
at the skating rink- Get a position where
you can-haven rear view of hot: receding-
form,as the couple bend down to their
work and put in their quick strokes. As
she skitters along her outlined form re—
sembles an invertcd‘wash4ub walking on
its ears. _ '
The burlesque opora company; which
was announced to occupy the Opera House
all this week, didn‘t come. owing to the
fact that they found themselves deserted
by the menace: andmanageress in Hart-
ford on Wednesday, who took French
leave with all 'he funds,leaving the comr
pony without money and without their
previous week’s salaries. They had good
houses while in Hartford, andrthere was
sufficient money in the treasury to defray
all expenses.
' Rev. Father 'l‘rcsnor, while calling lit
the parochial school Thursday, was pre.
sented bya large assemblage of friends
with a purse of $642.60. It was a fitting
testimonial of the high esteem in which
he is held by the many friends he has
made during his residence in Norwalk. ‘
Addresses were made by Rev. Father
Slocum, Misses Kate Walsh and Nellie
Bracken. Father Treanor goes to Water-
bury to assume charge of a new parish.
He was visibly affected by the presenta—
tion and his feelings almost overcame him,
but his touching response to his friends
impressed them all the more for his cmo-
tioh. Z
The free-trade discourse in he Athena.
urn, Friday evening, by J. J. Sargent.
was largely" attended and attentively
listened to. Mr. Sargent presented his
arguments in a forcible and telling manner,
and at the clogs of his lecture considerable
time was occupied in answering questions
propOunded by individuals in the audi-
encc, which wore handled in a way that
showed the .Speaker to be thoroughly
posted on the subject. It was after eleven
o’clock when the meeting was dismissed.
The next lecture of the series will be by.
Senator Joseph R.‘ Howley, date to. be an-
nounccd.
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The hattcrs' strike began just seventeen
'wceks ago today. ‘ ‘_
The Norwalk Skate club held forth at
the rink last evening. ’
'Miss Rena W. Ella ha visiting fricnds in
the city of Waterbury. ' _
Elder D. C. Dudley preached in the
Advent church Sunday. ' '
The Second Methodist church pews
Will be sold Monday evening, the 28d inst.
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37A, 40, 45 and 50 cents, atlJ. T. Prowitt’s,
47 Mainstreet. ' ’-
when the alarm strikes. It will only be a.
borough meeting. '
Mr. G. D. Nichols of New Canaan,
visited Washington last Week to witness
the inaugural ceremonies. . '
The Horse Railroad company ran out
their dog on Wednesday in honor of- the
inauguration of Cleveland.
' We regret to hear that our venerable
and respected townsman, Mr.__J. W. Pink-
ney, is scriously‘indisposed.
Mr. Gibsonlsorgan recital last evening:
attracted quite. a crowd who thoroughly
enjoyed his masterly handling; of the ivory
keys. - °
March came in like aiamb and followed
up its advent by a week‘of fine weather-—
an event sufficiently rare no'w a days to
deserve notice. ' ‘
Miss Nollie'Whitney and Miss Marlon
Hall are enjoyinga shortvisit among their
young friends in South 'Norwaik ,and
Bridgeport—Mommy”.
Real estate agent James Mitchell has
sold the Jarvis place onthe corner of East
Avenucand the Westport road, to Flavius
Clark. Consideration nominal.
—Public speakers and singers find B. H.
Douglass & Sons' Perfected Capsicum ’
Cough Drops 3 sure remedy for hoarseness.
Retail price, 15 cents per quarter pound.
Rev. Mr Anderson will repeat 'his
sermon on Longfellow at the Congrega.
tional church next Sunday morning. The
repitition is made at the request of a large
number of people.
The concert by the pupils - of Union
school Friday evening was highly spoken
of ‘by' those whoattended. The vocal and
instrumental selections were finely ren—
dered and well received.
Trains containing “Barnum’s shovv’I
passed through the city on the New York
and New Haven Railroad .on Sunday,
giving-great satisfaction to scores of gaz.
ingmen, women and children,
The directors of the Fairficld County
Agricultural Society held a meeting in
Bridgeport last night for the purpose of
laying out the preparatory work for the
next fair, to be held in September.
Rev. A. S.- Walsh of Brooklyn, cs—
changed with-Rev.- Mr. Gumbart of the
Baptist Tabernacle, (city, on Sunday,-‘ and
delivered two excellent discourses which
were listened to with evident pleasure and
profit. . - 3
Now that PresileutCleveland is duly
installed his sisters will probably to “the
highest ladies in the land" and will do the
honors of the White Hausa. One ofthom,
Mrs. Hoyt. is thc'nicce of our townsmnn,
Henry I. Hoyt, Esq.
The St. John Prbhibitiou party, it is.
said, is thoroughly organised ,‘ in thirty-
four states. As flicy haven’t hung out
their rainbow, it is to be inferred that they
are preparing to deluge the country with
scold water tidal wave four years hence.
Evidence that local news is mighty
scarce hereabopts is the fact that a box
wagon with a'qunrter of its .runnim-gear
wrecked, attramed the strict attention of
several graphite—pushes, Tuesday morn-
ing. It belonged to G. Lowe, andlaid
low near the. Methodist church, borough.
-Repubzicas. ‘ .
At the healing of evidence on Satunday,
before Coroner Bolt, with reference to
the establishing of the identity ofJohn
Hess. who was supposed to have been
killed at South Norwalk on New Year’s
day, sufficient evidence was secured to
warrant the belief that the person killed
was John Hess.——Danbury New.
The Opera House is to be‘kept busy for
the next tw weeks at least. The Clara
Scott Counsel;r and Dramatic company oc-
cupy it all of next week; The Burgess,
Collom dc Welch minstrel combination
hold the fort, the first three nights of the
week following, and Agnes Wallace Villa,
Dranlatic and'Comic Opera, the rest of the
week.
The lady and gentleman's race for a
lchatelaine watch and a bunch of tickets
will be decided to-night at the rink. Each
couple have won one ‘heat, and the final
heat will be skated this evening. The av-
erage so far has been a mile in 4:46. "Mr.
William Murray and Misc Annie Hamilton,
and Mr. Lester Wheeler and Miss Eva.
Murray are the contestants. , -
Colonel Joseph Remington died sudden—
iy at Jacksonville, Florida, on the lstlnst.
During the war Colonel Remington was
United States Marshall of Florida, and will
be remembered by the survivors of the
old 17th Conn. Vols, who were stationed
there for some time. Colonel Remington
was the father of Mrs. Colonel Henry .
Allen and of Mrs. John W. Niclmls, of
New Haven. ‘ ‘ . ,
At Company D's armory Thursday night
there was sport, consisting. of walking
matches, obstacle races, tugs of war,
clog dancing, music and singing, 'otc.
Mr. A. J'. ‘Kyte, .athc armless wonder
played on the organ, xylophone, bells,
and also sang anddnncod. Private Fisher
gave an exhibition of a racing dog. The
badges for markmanahlp were presented
at this time. ' - .. ,
The Union Metallic Cartridge company
of Bridgeport have received an ordc from
the English government for (504)00300 of
cartridges and an order from the Russian
government for 100,000,000 more. These
orders are the largest orders ever received
by any concern at one time h the United
States, and will suffice to keep the com-
pany busy for acne time to come. Evi~
dently. some toll shooting EIWcipated in
those two belligerent oountr'ns. ' .
JohnFulier, supervisor of bridges on
the Consolidated road, in flit-ling to the
railroad draw now building at South Non
walk, said to a Standard repmter that it.
would be a handsome sit-«urn, resem-
bling the Housatonic draw. 'It will‘conslst
of two trusses. The work is rapidly ad-
vancing, and it will be roady . for two
tracks for trains before April 1. A full
force of workmen will then be sent to
Westport, first to erect'a ten'morary bridge
and then to remove the one now in use,
preparatory to building one of-wrought
iron. New piers will be built for the
structure—Standard. . Q
The New England Comedy and Dramatic
. company have been induced by Manager
Mitchell to remain at the Opera House all
this week. They are having a‘ good run
of patronage and those who attend
“appreciate the company's efforts to please
you," as the genial, laughing-cvod Shea
says in his footlight speech. 311-. Shea
and Miss Mary Leece,’ the “Stan." have
made themsel‘vesfavoritcs, here and are
received every. night with enthusiastic
applause. In “The Iron Will" last night
Mr. J. Daymond as Farmer Allen, the
I principal character, made a. decided hit
and was loudly applauded. The support
is good. To-night will be presented “Ev-
erybody’s Friend," with laughable farce.
Other evenings this week, The Lottery of
Life, All that Glitters is not Gold, Michael
Earl, Solon Shingle, the 'poOple's lawyer,
The Miner’s Daughter. Matinee, to-mor-
row and Saturday afternoons—The Iron
Will and Uncle Tom’s Cabin, with a farce
after every entertainmnt. The era of ten
cent shows is popular in Norwalk in the
present condition of {to times and the
people appreciate the" qpmuuity of get.
ting three hours and male offirst-‘clm
- amusement for a dime. _
—-—New Flue Dado Shades, prices each, ,
Cold Snaps. WESTPORT.
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The wintvrcf 188445, which is now» i
thank goods was l-tottering on lit 8 brink '1 at home.
3 of spring, lea vcs a record to be shamed i
of. The memary of the inevitalfllc and
l everlasting “oi‘lcst inlmbitont‘! isn’t
. elastic enough to stretch back to a winter for o. few days.
3 that made itself sh unpopular with the )l' - . ' - _
. masses, as this 011171133 done. It 3.08, 0,3 l . _ Isa Della A. Stevens of New Haven. D3
- l vismng her sister Mrs. L. T. Day.
without an'. encore, , d with no bouquets. I
By no freak of ,' ture could ‘it be. , Workman were employed last week in
surpssscd invthc diafisolical' disngrccablc- . Skiing the spircpf the new church.
nose of its nasty weallherrthfl OPPI'CWiVF: " Captain George Hale has purchased a
in Stcpney.
M. L. Fiilcy
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.1 .oundry has shut down
Charles Adams of Yale, spent Sunday
Miss Martha E. Lewis is visiting friends '
arm-n AND 3mm
Diphtheria has Seymour by the throat.
l . Ausonia’s lockup sheltered eleventramps
,I last Monday digit. ' » .
Isaac W.’ was is to build a. hat factory
in Danbury, ”three stories high, 140x40,
with an annex'mx‘lo. .- ‘ .
Business instead to be improving quite
perceptibly along the lines of the House-
tonic and Naugatuck railroads. ‘ ‘
Elephant Trainer Arstingstall, of Bar»
num’s show, was given a complimentary
reception by Mrs. Benedict in Bridgeport
Don’t run and yell “Fire,” Thursday. 1
_ full of business as a box-\notS’ ncst.
ness of its slckish minted woven, nor the
, frigidity of its cold. ‘ .
There were no long “‘
cold spells,” but
plenty of short ("cold la
naps"~short but
\‘l’lly,
one. cold night a man‘ on High street
kicked ata dog on his «ioor step: the
force of the ‘kick was congealed in the
frosty atmosphere before; it reached the
dog, and the next day it {thawed out just
in time to lift the Methodist" minister
clean over the. fun... ' ' about cold
weather! A young, lady cholr‘singcr
occupied a room inn certain Nor-walk-
hoardlng house on a bitter wold night last
month. She snor'ed voc‘ifc jlsly, and the
scores froze fast to the ceiling. The. next
night a stranger occupied thcmxt‘room,
and as thecoid weather moderated and the,
snores began to thaw loose, hogcp up and
told the landlord that sometlfing' terrible
was 'slfiic'tipg-his cattle out' in tin barn,
for they were bcnowiug a'wfilly.‘_, Cold
weather! . An old maid who lives ukmc in
Ridgefield heard a burglar tampering with
her window one night . She got up and
poured'n whole kettle full of holing
water .on }his head from the upstairs
window. It from: stifi and hold him fast
in his_trucks null 'assimancef'was pro.
cured, and he‘ was 'Mptured;-. Tip in
.‘Bethel only a few weeks ago,"n "znan got
up one céid morning and, fotmd that the
smoke-ind frozen solid . inflhis chimney.
He had to climb up on the roof and pull
it out,.with‘a (acclaim-«ivy.~ If mybody
doubts ~this,.v»€c’ll take Yem up to Bethe],
and show "cm the chmcy 'and the
corkscrew as‘n uuaranty d, good faith.
A _South-'.Noifwulk woman ordered her.
husband to build a fire in the. parlor one
evening 'not long since, as ll surprise
party was expected. ”He. said he
wouldh’t;' she said he must, and the
conversation waxed hot and emphatic,
all of which froze up in the chily parlor.
Ho 'built, the 'fire, as might have been-
expected, and thc parlor thawed out and
liberated the language just in time. to
furnish a, few minutes lively entertainment
for the assembled guests. Cold snaps?
Guess you’dthinkso.
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. . More Hard Times. '
TheNorwalk Lock company has, we
are informed, been compelled to institute
a reduction of five andte‘n per cent. in the.
wages of partials of their working force;
Sorry. . ' ’ ' .
Notice To The Public. -
In another column the borough health
officer gives notice regarding the proper
time to clean vaults, ccsspools, etc. Read
and act accordingly.
W-v—-—
A “neighborhood prayer mee ting" will
be held tomorrow evening at the reef.
dencc‘ of Miss Juliette Bette. '
The Ladies’ Association of the First
Congregational church have arranged a
series of entertainments to the hold at the
Athenaum. commencing next Tuesday
evening. At that time Rev. Mr. Antler.
son will deliver. a lecture entitled “The
Monarchs of theNursery". The reverend
gentleman isapleasing speaker and should
be rewarded for his cheerful assistance to
the object of the entertainment, by a full
house. The receipts of the various
entertainments will he smiled towards
the building of the church parlors. No-
tice of the succeeding entertainments will
be found in onr'sdvertising columns.
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- it is reported that a new firm are to be-
gin operations in the Glen hat shop, va-
cated by.T. C.-Millard d: Co.
A “taffy pull" was indulged in at Len
J idd's Friday 'night. in honor of Miss
Fidence Lirrine’s birthday. Another last
night at Tom Dunlap’s. - Both were “hon
panic" Say the'jilted dudes.
There would seem to be a need of “civil
service reform" somewhere betWeen Nor.
walk and: Bethel. When it takes three
days for a. letter to travel from Norwalk
to Bethcl by way of United States mail, it
is about the the mail service, like Lin-
coln’s rat lmle‘, was “looked into."
The finil'txers in Farnum’s hat. shop
struck last week for an advance of prices
on certain l grades of hats. The boss
refused. and threatened to turn the shop.
“foul." For some reason, however, ho,
didn’t do it. After being out for three
days, the men were called in and went to
work, their new'bill having been accepted.
Them is'ncithor a “foul" nor “independ-
ent" shop in'this town. ' - .
Company A, ofthe Fourth Regiment,
is being “repaired and improved," by the
enlistment“ new recruits. About_80 new
“soldiers“ure booked. Some of them,
who. put. their names down, 'with the
proviso thatunless- the. full complement
of new members wis’prcised they would?
have the privilc‘ge. of‘ withdrawing, are
chagrined to find. that the quota is quite
likely to be filled, and thus they are held
to a five years‘ enlistment. ' ‘
The “Yellow Spasm" polo club con-
template having a game with the “Blues"
of New Milford. Tho Spasms, named
after the “deardepnrtcd” Sunday school
journal'of Budgeting made a good record
last season, but‘foa. the organization is
somewhat changed in membership, and
for want of practice, they haven‘t done
themselveojustloc this season. They will
be sure of (good time when they meet
the New Milford boys, gany- way, which. _
evor’side wins.‘ I " .
. Derick was rolling Saturday night,
with} light attendance. ' ’_ The boys
"skinned the devil," and “strapped the
whip" on the floor of ”the rink whenever
the ~.. ubiquitous . manager‘s back was
tux-w, to the amusement of the few who
occupied the stage. "Buster says'the rink
business in Bethelghaa had its day. A
doublngiand skating seeiableut the close
of Lent, will wind up‘the skating season
for this year. .Bustcr‘has had a ‘ good
deal. or lively opposition in the Methodist
churchduflng tho-past two months, and
as too 'much' competition kills business,
he has .mgllinimously 'withh‘eld his en.
'“push‘? and let his ', competitors
“strike-while the'iron was hot."_ '
The Methodist revivol, I understand,
was brotfght‘to a close Sunday night. It
we“ . ‘und'ouocc'osfuls'et‘los. It resem:
bled till loo harvest of thcprcsent season
income particulars-it was “after many
days" of anxious watching and proving,
that the first fruits appeared; when they
did appear, however, they came in pro-
fusion. .And if, like the ice harvest, a
large per cent. of the fruits should melt
and run back from whence they came, it
would in nowny detract from the merit
of the gleamers who gathered them.
Brother Barton and his earnest and
efficient aidshave labored zealously, and
with whole-hearted energy to accomplish
the wit-l: which now crowns their efloris,
and much-credit is due them. '
Rumor has it that our popular and polite
assistant post master contemplates em.
barking on the troubled sea of matrimony.
He hos hitherto kept aloof from the little
giddy god with the bow and-arrow, and
dofiéd him'and‘his darts. The Wiles and
witchcrics ot ‘the gentler sex who “set.
their caps" for him found no response in
his bachelor heart. But now it is said by
those who know—and be it understood
that in Bethcl “those who know” make
that 'their'_business, and never make a
mistake whcn‘they strike it right—that
the little sprite has flnaliyfiucceeded in
prodding; Arthur with an arrow: clear to
the tip of the feather, plumb in the centre
of his manly heart,’and the upshot of it is
to be an immediate union of hands and
hearts. Those who know, say so.
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new carriage to go with his now horse.
3 One day last week John BuliCl‘SOll bad
' the misfortune to get his-nose broke-n3
Regular communication of Temple
Lodge No. 65, F. &‘A.M. Thursday even—
ing. _
Presiding Elder P. 9. Mains preached
at the Methodist church last Sunday
morning. ' .
'Westport was represented at the man.
gumtion by Messrs. L. T. Burns and Chas.
'LaCi-oik‘. ‘ '
Mr. Thomas D. Elwood, principal of the
East Saugatuck school, is quite ill with
pneumonia.
Regular meetings of Compo Engine
and Pioneer H. A: L. companies last Mon-
day evening. ‘ '
The Ladies' Beneficent society of the
Congregational church will meet on Thurs-
day afternoon.
The Aid society of Christ church will
meet with Mrs. George Tuttle on Wednes-
day afternoon. '
Miss Minnie Decker, of Stamford, Spent
Sunday with her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jarvis Renaud. ,
The Young Ladies Reading Clubmet on
Saturday afternoon with Miss Charlena
' Nash of Greens Farms. .
The Stones for the steps of the' new
. church have arrived. The two largest
weigh about seven tons each. ‘ ‘
The evening service at Chist church
was omitted on Bunday evening~ of last
week on account of'thc storm.
At a meeting of Vigilant Engine com.’
[may last Tuesday evening no business was
”done as there was not a quorum present.
Mr. Peter R. Facts, of this place, has
taken the contract fur painting the house
_ and building of Mr. Walter Fitch in Nor.
walk.' . g
The Westport band have removed their
quarters once more going back to the rooms
over Mr. J. N. Betts’ store .in Jesnp's
building.
Work at the ,Wcaver Terry Manufac-
turing company factory was stopped some
days last week on account of the failure
of water. '
The Methodist chinday School held their
usual monthly concert last Sunday even.
ing. The exercises were more than usually
interesting. . j
Last Sunday morning the service at
Trinity church was held in the Sunday
school on account of the clutch being
(filled with gas.
We understand tbstWestport is to have
another grocery store, a man named
Gray having (rented the. storc'belonging
to Mrs. Lewis Bradley.
The ice in the river isbroken up to such
an extent that. Captain Serino Allen and
Captain William H. Allen expected to
leave for New York yesterday.
On Tuesday of last week Mrs. John If.
,G ray reopened her school, which has been
closed for some weeks on account of the
serious illness of her motherinlaw.
Mr. J. B. Tufts, principal of the High
school, who has been at his home in
Manson, Mass, rccoveri‘from an illness,
returned last Friday and resumed his
duties Monday. ‘
Mr. Edward H. Nash has commenced
operations on his new house ‘and barn on
the corner of State street and Burr avenue.
When completed Mr. Nash will have. one
of the finest places in town.
The supper and sociable gven by the
young people of the Comegational soci—
ety in the lecture room on Thursday
evening of last week was largely attended,
and was a very enjoyable afi’nir.
Mr. John H. Jenbingsmf Greens Farms,
is erecting a large barn and, when com-
pleted, Mr. Jennings will commence oper-
ations on his house which he preposcs to
enlarge and improve by the addition of a
French roof.
. The smelt fishing was opened on Satur»
day, the first seine being drawn and about
number of frost fish. This is quite a
large catch for the first, and gives [ remiss
of good hauls in the future.
On Saturday night thieves paid Mr.
Wilson Harris a. visit. They broke into
the wood house and took a box of car.
penters‘ tools worth aboutten dollars, and
then visited the hen house and tool: as {a r
as can be ascertained one fowl. '
. . . ,. win-on." ‘
This" regular meeting of , the Wings
Farmer‘s club-was held at the residence
of Mr. John Dudley on Tuesday evening.
Visitors from'ull parts of the town were
present and ’a' verypleasant time is re-
ported. ' - ‘
Last Tuesday evening a large party of‘
young people gatheredat the residence of
Mrs. Jane Bennett, Hurlbutt street. Danc-
ing and games were. the order of the
evening and continued until the. party
broknup at a late hour.
i'Last'week Rev. Mr. Upson'beld meet-
ings in the school house .on- Eurlbutt"
street on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
and Sunday evenings. ' The meetings will
be continued through the present week on
Tuesday, Wodncsdoy, and many even-
ings at the. same“ place. A'consldcmble
amount of interest is manifested. '
‘ 0n .Wedu'esduy evening-.iastm large !
puffy “friends from this" and' adjoining 3
towns gatheréd at the residence of Mr.
George Abbott to celebrate the thirdannh
vernal-y of his marriage: Games were in- .
dulkedglu until 11 o’clock when the guests
Were called into the dining room and par-
took of a bountiful supper. Games were
resumed until one o‘clock, when the party
broke up promising to come again next
year. - -.
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' - pwns'r manta. * ~
The worst shot in Bedding is the man
who aimsat thctruth. “ _' -- ,_
The new bicycle is now being run daily
over the road'between'innnbury and Nor.
walk. '. T -'- “'Af ,'
The last fish story is told us. byrthe man
who caught twentysé'ven skunks in an
ocl pot. '
The gentleman who had the misfortune
to lose his hat the other day can recover
the some by calling atMr. Chas, Peunock‘s
I understand that Orrin Plan, of Empa-
waug, has lately purchased the hotel
property at Brookside for the purpose of
erecting a steam grist mill, which is a
thing much needed in this place.
”Air. Henry Barlow, formerly of the
firm of Barlow Brothers,'Bridgeport, died
on Friday last with rheumatic fever. Mr.
Barlow was the son of Mrs.‘Deborah Bar.
.lc'ovv of this place, who is now over eighty
years old. and who until a. few days past
has enjoyed perfect health, being the
mother and grandmother of . four genera.
titans-now rcsiding'under one roof. -
mums. ' ‘
Scarlet fever is Iquite‘prevalent here.
Darien democrats were lpppy on
Wednesday and .lebrated the inaugura-
tion of their president by the firing of guns
and‘partalting‘freelyf bf .the’ usual dem o-
cratic beverage. ‘ .. f ~ , '
'Westeru panics atonegétiotingfor the
right to manufacture band sell the Dr.
Homes painte'd' horseshoe.~ The fgeniai
Doctor has made {further improvement
in his ingenious device and its success is
thoroughly established.
'5'
six pounds were secured, besides a. large _
Thursday night.
P. T. Barnum insists, notwithstanding
the glittering pageantry in Washington on
inauguration dAY. that his is “the only
greatest show on earth." _
Charles BM, the negro rape fiend
who outraged Matilda Gilbert in Eastou
two months ago, was sentenced Wednes-
day iofourych‘rs in state prison. '
Three wild cats have been caught in c .
steel trap in East Lyme within a week.
The last one weighed twentytwo pounds,
and measured, four feet in length.
Five hundred thousand trout fry will be
distributed by the state'from. the hatching
establishment at Poquonock this spring.
Thcywill be divided among 150 applicants.
. Henry Réldici‘, a Bridgeport youngster,
shot off two fingers of his hand with a
pistol the o‘tlmrfday. A remarkable fea-
ture of the pose is, be positively knew it
was loaded. ,,
A larger registering business‘is done. at
the Waterburyjpost~ ofilco than at any
other post office’ln New England, except-
ing Boston. “The famous Waterbury watch
is the muse. - .
Hubert Williams, the Lakcville lawyer
who disappeared suddenly a few weeks
ago has been heard from in Illinois. No
reason hasyet been brought to light for
his singular action. . "
The Hartfofd ”Telegram is authority for' ,_
the yarn that on inauguration day a hen
who hadn't hid_.bcforc_in munths, dropped
three eggs on 955011 of which" was plainly
visible the letter ,‘.‘ R": '
Eleven new lodges of Good ’l‘cmplurs
have been organized in the state since
February 1. such an increasing array of
opposing virtué'fnust needs canoe Satan
to stand aghast gnd tremble.
Danbury had five tickets in the field for
the recent borough election, but singularly
enough, only one Was successful—the
“Non-Partisan? which was elected
throughout with the exception of one bur.
gess. '
Editor Valli sum Winsted 11m in
inhaling the aligatorial ozone of Florida.
He will’bc absent about three weeks-
then look ‘outf‘f‘dr fish stories. George
Cook writes “pleats for the paper” whilo
Valli is away. ’
A Bridgeport merchant is having a
‘spccial sale" _of._ladies' underwear, and
the Post _unwi§Qngly accuses some of
Bridgeport's fair-ones of shiftlessuess by I
advising “ladies, in want of these ‘ goods"
to go and examine. ‘ ‘
Watci'buryAiig'erfcan : Mrs. Mary Ayers,
formerly of Litcltfleld, an old lady seventy-
two years old, has a. claim to property in
Canada said to be worth'a million dollars,
which is now hiring pursued by D. C.
Bitter, her son-l‘anaw.
A New Haveniwidow recently died in
Ohio, ‘who was once married by ex-
President R. B. igpyes. Mr. Hayes pro.
posed to her, hut'she gave him the mitten.
Who knows but . if she had married him
she might have grade a man of him?
Miss. Likzie Biggins, aged 28, entered
the New Havennhospitsl, Saturday, Feb.
28, gave birth t6 3'. male child within two
days, and died cn~Wednesday. She could
notbeinduced to give the name of the
child's father, ev'én to a priest, who on-
deavored to get the secret from her.
An attempt was made early Sunday
morning of last week to. reek the night
freight train on the consolidated road
near the Greenwich depot by placing
obstructions on the track. A big pile of
ties was discovered on the track by the
engineer .in time to avert and accident,
and at Cos Cob a pile of rocks was dis-
covered and removed before any damage
was done. ‘ _
The postmaster-general has disallowed
the claims for losses incurred by the fol— a
{THE GREAT BARGAIN BLATHIERSE-
Coaches. Lnndaus" Landaulets, Bro
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_ .MISREPRESENTATIO‘N
OF THE NEW YORK
At-Ia meeting of. the State Board of Health held
February nth, 1885, it was '
RESOLVED, That the advertisement, or the
Royal Baking Powder Company quoting the State
Board of Health of New York, as recommending,
through one of its analysts, its purity etc, is a
misrepresentation. In no case does the State
examination to be made with a view
mending particular products. . '
ALFRED L. CARROLL,
of recom-
M. 13.,
Secretary.
gm me" is TY“; 3
_ .s‘or 13.85- ” ’ .
BRYANT, - BESSE _. & 00.
We shall begin to receive and display this week, the
largest and finest line of
. Men’s Yohth’s .and’ Children’s
CLOTHIN .
And at Lower Prices '1' ban Ever.
Mn and alter April li-‘l, uiil‘ store will be open ererv evening.
BRYANT. BESSE (it 00.
AND HATTERS.
29 Main 815., Norwalk, Conn.
JESSE HOPSON.
MANUFACTURER OF
.FINE’ ‘CA-BBI'AG ES.
‘___. hams. Mail Phastons, T Carts,
Villagn Carts, Hearscs and ndertaker’s Wagons.
Carriage Repairing in all its Branches.
NOR WALK. CONN.
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lowing postmasters in Connecticut:—
Hollis G. Parker, Buckland, loss by lar.
cency of $103.50; Lewis Searls, Brooklyn,
burglary. $186.55; E. A, Rough, Collins—
ille, burglary, $70.00; Louis S. Regent,
Stamford, larcency, $100.00; B. C. Atwvod,
Watertown, burglary, $20.00. The post.
masters arc‘informcd that they failed to .
exercise sufficient care.
Miss Elisha Chittcnden, aged 101, died
a few days ago in Guilford. In her youth
she was a reigning belle and popular choir
singer. Her first husband was Joy Meigs,
whom she married in 1800, by whoin she
had four children, all of whom survive
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enjoyed her “second sight.”
Bridgeport Posh'PThe 107th annivers.
cry of the birth of Robert Emmet, Ire-
land's martyr patriot, was celelebrated
SPECIAL! SPECIAL! SPEC-1
20 Dozen Hack “ilowols at
her, one of thorn being eighty years old. .. ..- l , .. . .' “
For sixtyycars she was a snuff taker, and 20 ‘ 1 " p I ‘ 2‘)
dunng thelutseve'n rem ofhm‘ “who 20 “ Damask Towels, Knotted Fringe, at the ex-
AL
Now for the Bargains, mad these are
the Gc'eatcst of the kind
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. Ever offered in Norwalk.
W ARI) STREET
Will Sell This Week, ‘
19% etc a piece, worth 18 etc.
treme low price of 25cts a piece, cheap at 40 cts.
in ortier that these Damask Towels ma be distributed amour our 3
.Y is
last‘evening by the Emmet club of this
city. Visitors were present from Strat- ;
ford and Norwalk. Mr. P. D. Lyons ,'
acted as mnsterof ceremonies. A pleasant E
feature of the evening was the presents-
tion to Mr. Willlam Glancy, the retiring f
president, of
City Audito gating made the presenta- }
tion spcoch, ich was appropriately re- E
sponded to by "ML-Gum; After the
banquet a seasou'of specchmaking. music, ;
cte., was enjoyed... ' ,
Champion Huvy-woléht. ; »
Norwalk- has a wonder in the shape of a ,
showmcn for a ~four of exhibition of . the
infants—Corresgo'ndenca Standard. ‘
Q.
The Mitchell? grave given up the store .
they have occupied for the past thirty- '
eight years as finest market, on account
of its poor condition and the refusal of the
landlord to have it properly repaired.
Tlie'y will mové'fnto the rooms now occu-
piéd by the Chiqsmeu in Hardenbrook’s
block. '
Mr. A. J. 1134:... who lost both arms by
being run overtby 'a- cool cortln a Penn
sylvania mlne,~.ia' 'galnlng a livelihood by
selling verses composed by himself do. 2;
scriptive of his accident and treatment. ,
also a portrait ofhimself. lie is a skillful
musician, performing with wonderful
dexterity on bells, xylophoue, organ, etc.
He has ' a wife ' and three small
children dependent on him for support.
and as he is in 'every way deserving, the :
communities wherein he canvasses, might
do worse than buy his verses to help him 3
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“Women,"wrotc Diderot, “aresub- :
feet to an epidemic fcrocity. The i
example. of a single one draws along ‘3
a mnl ' e. The first alone is cirxninal' i
and 0 rs are diseased. 0h. woman, l
you arevery extraordinary creatures!" '1
At the present'moment‘ not only the 5
women. but the men too, seem to be ;
subject to an epidemic of ferocity. i
Madame Hugues kills hermanin the I
very Palace of Justice, and Iso renders
herself a. fitting match for her husband.
who has killed his man too; then a lady },
of Tonnerro shoots a gentleman whose 5
attentions troubled the tranquillity of ;
her afternoon walks; a. few days ago an. 3
angry father, irritated by the pressing
instances of a young mnnwho wished to I
marry his daughter, fires upon the sup-
pliant couple and wounds his own child; 5
finally, two panama“... the brothers i
Ballerich, invade a newspaper-oflce, ,
arms in hand, with uview of'assassin- '
ating Jules 'Ynlies, arcane other man. I
who had bespcttcred. them with his i
flippant ink. And this is thowoy';
France is
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“ 8°“ “or... “W- é 'lh'. unocnunmnorosg
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year old baby weighing so pounds. That ’ . , _
.is the weight chimed by its parents. It I
is said they boys had liberal offers from i a .
:‘BRIDG'EPOlRT;
gSlCClRlPPA BLACK SILKS
' these justi celebrated Black Silks..made
will give a written
Great tall [If that Sills.
é goods were ever offered or ever willbo
PER YAR‘D. ' mm omen, NEW Y m“
. We will simply state that for styles and ' . .
qualities these sure the greatest val- 9. H. "ngggag‘ 00.,”-
l ritivel ~.cumot
chowins' the world the path of :
EDWARD STREET
No; 5 GAZETTE BUILDING. s...
'O. E. WILSON,
insurance A Red Estate Agent.
Money to Load. _
Room No. B Gazette Buildiuu. Norwalk. Conn.
S. B. WILSON, .
Carpentersllliider,
Steam Band & Scroll Sawing.
, Windowl'ramcs, Blinds. do.
Packing _.Boxcs. Mouldings and
Brackets Made to Order
roars by Telephone or lull promptly attended to
First-Clan Turning lane in Ui‘lfli‘.
Shep an: Residence, 11, Summer. Street.
"“9 , Nowell-l. Donn. '
ROOMS'TO LETonmodera ermmtue mm
to 2
parties. in amt-class neighborhood}; A ‘ :23
SECCESSOB '70
hr. E. F. Birch.
be Found It the old Number on fluff: Street.
between l and 4 p. m., and 0 and 8 p. In.
General
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SH QT G U N S.
All filo-Latest Improvements. -
Ion ocoon‘tgzargsgmouuuo.
Lam'berson, Furman la 00:,
‘ SOLE AGENTS FOR I -
Ehmrln‘ronflomsiy
{portly MINA-mould...
an O. 283, 3mm ,
We shall offer on Monday a full line of
by the Bus ‘ell Silk Compan and known
as the SAOGARAPPA SI KS. Prices,
$1, $91.25, $1.50, $1.75 and 32.
On the above line of American Silks we,
uarantee to every cus-
tomcr warranting t em not tobreak, crack
or shift, and we shall make good every
justifiable claim made within six months-
fl'om date of purchase. -
We will also offer twelve numbers of the
best Guinet Silks at lower prices than the
Silk Department
$598" sales of.
00 I‘iccespof
in connection with our
this week, we shall offer
Fancy Summer Silt—s,
37 Lil cts., 50 cts..&_58 Piss
in Summer Silks, and poo-
. be dupllcflted. We: shall
also o‘er 200 pieces _
SILKS
'Lvous BLACK
At the followinc extraordinary low prices;
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uncover ere ARMORY. - - . “JON, .N‘ y.
REMINGTON
SHOVELS,
; canons, staple.
4? 1-20., 506., 62 Lilia, 75v.
son's? BOARD OF HEALTH
ROYAL BAKING POWDER co.
Board of Health or its representatives cause such '
Would Respectfully , Announcer that
. they have placed in stock their .
‘ - Entire "line of
T ‘IJBSDAY, Flfllllllilll ,
cumsmu BRfllH .
mime: BUILDING
45 m lulu, .
m mm.
roams
PER YARD, - ; lug ll'llli usr cum. I! mun um
l new TIN our GIBBS AIE AWAY: mm.
One Piece of Solid Stool.
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GINGHAMS ANDSATTEENS.
.. Will finer 200pieces on Monday at start-
ung- pr es. ‘
w. B. HALL & pp. e
’ can con clacuuno.
Blilllll‘l‘lll AGRICULTURAL 00..
“JON. pm I.
new York Ola. 118 Clan-horn SM
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