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NORWALK GAZETTE, TUESDAY, 'MAY.19, 1885.
NORWALK GAZETTE.
Tuesday, May 19, 1885.
The Sewer Question. ’
Random Ramblings.
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BY OUR RANDOM RAMBLER.
I
days ago, and saw just ahead of me a
little sweet-faced boy of about eight sum-
can be attached to anybody’s bath tub,
and by means of which sulphur, medica-
ted, ncedle, vapor or other baths can be
I was walking up West avenue a few enjoyed without complicated change of
your bathtub or its fixtures, and at a cost
of less than fifty dollars, I deem the most
There never was: infill the checkered mers with early golden hair and bright marvelous and delightful. Verily. ”110
history of Norwalk borough: a more blue eyes. A team was just passing him family can afford to be without one."
complete “setback” to a contemplated
expenditure, than at the meeting held
at a moderate gait, and the little fellow
sang out with a cunning boyish hsp:
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Rev.Mr. Anderson in his home mission-
Ffidl‘y night last to comma and vote “T118?! give me a ride, mithter?” The ary discourse, Sunday morning, related
11130118 general system 0‘ sewerage. The driver’s only answer was to Whip his his observations of thc deplorable infill-
apparently studied efiort to conceal the horse into a sharp trot. The little boy ences exerted by the liquor saloons so
widest notice of the same did not Prev“t looked disappointed, and with a view to numerous in the towns of the m,- west,
the assembling or hundreds more than getting his confidence and possibly moral- where he had labored, and spoke of their
could possibly crowd themselves into the
tOwn house.
We had been informed by Mr. E. J.
Hill and others that the object of the
meeting was to obtainpermission to sewer
Maple street under the direction of the
borough authorities and at the entire
expense of the property owners on that
street. To such a reasonableand generous
proposition there would have been no
opposition, and a vote could, no doubt,
have been carried, to extend such sewer,
as should be done, down through Orchard
street and empty it into the harbor where
all sewers ought to terminate. But on
reading the entire scheme it was found
this was not the purpose. The Maple
street sewer was intended toconnect with
and empty into the West avenue seWer-
a sewer constructed on such scientific
principles that it runs up hill and empties
its filth upon the rocks and stones-of the
NOrwalk river at Brady’s~ crossing.
When this fact became known the matter
was promptly and wisely voted down and
the permission refused. ' '.
i There was, however,» another scheme
upon which the tax payers had set the
stamp of their disapproval before the
Maple street business came up. It appeared
that our youthful and ;inexpericnced
borough board had, all unknown to and
unauthorized by the tax payers whose
$200 they had used to pay the cost,—
employed Mr. Wm. B. Rider to make a
crude and hurried plan for a general
sewer system through the borough. The
modest request that followed was em-
bodied in the call, viz., to authorize this
borough board to start out upon an ex-
pcuditure of $25,000 with which to com-
mence these sewer operations.
No intelligent and thoughtful person
doubts the pressing need of sewers in
many parts of the borough. But when
built, such sewers must conform to some
wisely matured and scientifically prepared
plan to which all future sewers constructed
in any quarter of the borough may con-
form. For the preparation of such a plan
some sanitary engineer of national repu-
tation should be employed, and the
construction should have the superin-
tendence of some equally capable civil
engineer. And more than all, the tax-
payers of the borough should be fully and
accurately advised of every step in the
progress of such great but much needed
expenditure. No adroitly worded call, no
carefully prepared explanation abounding
in glittering generalities, will do. It will
not do for a warden to command tthat no
bell shall be rung to give fuller notice of
meetings at which the money is to be
appropriated. Nor will it do to attempt
to rush through thc'execution of a work
of such cost and magnitude. Everything
must be open, free and fair, and without
thchightest shadow of‘fnaclline manipu-
lotion or questionable scheming. Our
property holders are still groaning under
the burdens of taxation i‘caused by the
enormous debt unnecessarily incurred in'
introducing public water, and the use of
sheet iron pipe thinly coated with cement,
instead of strong iron pipe—thereby sub-
jecting our streets to constant ruptures and
our borough to constant cost in making
repairs to the fraglle conduits. They are
In no temper to be thus trifled with and
this public feeling found its natural and
justifiable expression in the prompt and
indignant action of Friday’s monster
meeting.
The public health and safety demand
a proper system of sewerage, but it must
be inaugurated by ,. 0P8“ undabovcbcard
A , lllemou’s and relegated to other hands than
our present incompetent and distrusted I
board of borough ofllcials.
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Sunday Mail. ' .
As soon as a new contract can be made
for carrying the mails between our post
ofiice and the South Norwalk depot, we are
to have a Sunday mail. Expressman
Buxton has been mail carrier for a long
time, making trips to the amount of thirty
miles per day, commencing "at five
o’clock in the morning and ending at,
about ten p. m. Hehas carried the mails
for just about half what the post >0fllce
department pays elsewhere for similar
service, and much less than it admits he
ought to receive, and it has been surpris-
ing that he has not sooner struck for
higher wages. We are informed that the
horse railway company expect the new
contract.
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The “Catcher” Caught.
Saturday’s Republican says: “The
Journal is authority for the statement that
the city meeting was called “to authorize
an issue of bonds to refund $20.00 of the
water bonds due July 1st."
Saturday’s Re ublican also contains the
following notice under the head of Born.
“LYON—JORDON.—-In Freeport, Pa., May
6th, by Wm. White, D. D.,Wm. A, Lyon
of Danbury, and Anna F. Jordon, form-
erly of Redding.”
MORAL—Don’t twit others on errors
common to all.
A Relic.
All there is left of the court of burgesses’
pet scheme of sewerage is a little map of
a general sewer system. This map cost
the tax payers of the borough the trifling .
sum of $200. It was ordered by the
burgesses, and now that its usefulness
has departed we trust they will guard it
safely. It is an interesting relic. And as
it cost $200 it must be a valuable relic.
Handle it with care gentlemen. You will
never have any use for it; but your suc-
CCSSOI‘S may.
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They Will Buy the Machine.
The Lamburn road machine which the
selectmen have taken on trial is now
working the Winnipauk road and is giving
the best of satisfaction. Mr. Theodore
Price, 'who is working it declares it,
without exception, the best he :has yet
had in charge. It weighs but 1,200
pounds, and will undoubtedly be pur-
chased by the selectmen at a cost of $150.
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At London.
Our Gov. Waller was welcomed to Lon-
don by a dinner given him by his prede-
ccssor Gen. Merritt. Mr. Lowell and
many other representative Americans
were present. Mr. Lowell spoke with his
usual felicity. Mr. Waller’s speech made
an excellent impression. .
Minister Phelps reached
London Satur.
day. .
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" Long and Faithful Service.
Saturday was the 24th anniversary of
the appointment of Charles Olmstcad as
postmaster of Norwalk. Mr. 0., first
appointed by President Lincoln, has been
reappointed by each president down to
Cleveland and if merit secures reward
under this present administration, he will
be reappointed again.
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Hang Out Your Flags.
The managers of the Juvenile Pinafore
company request the citizens of Norwalk
to display their buntingfrom their houses
on Saturday. The children will ride in
- full costume'through the principal streets
at noon.
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Time vs. Eternity.
An Irish woman died in Enfield recently
at the age of 104 years. If this thing
keeps on there won’t be an “oldest in-
habitant” left in the state at the close of
1885.
izing a little on politeness I quickened my
pace and soon overtook him. Pattiug
him on the head and looking into his up-
turned eyes I said in a patronizing tone:
“My little man. do you know why that
gentleman wouldn’t let you ride 1’” With
alugubrious expression of countenance,
and an evidence of grammatical knowledge
far beyond his years, he drew himself up
to his full little stature and said: “Yeth,
I do; it’th becauth ho’th a mean old cuth.
Who the be you; hith wife l” I
didn’t stop to philosgphisc with the little
heathen but hurried on, predicting for him
in my own mind a horrible ending to a
wretched career.
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The suicide of MrfJamcs W. Raymond,
an account of which was published in the
New York papers last Wednesday morn-
ing, caused me a feeling akin to pain.
During his short stay here last winter I
became somewhat intimately acquainted
with him and learned much of his sad
story. Losing wife, son and brother all at
one horrible moment had _ completely un-
nerved him, and it was but the wreck of a
man which came back east to die by his
own hand. And I am thinking that no-
thing less than insanity, produced by his
unconquerablc melancholy, could have
prompted that fatal act. Socially he was
the prince of good fellows, and his warm
generous heart bore no evil against his
neighbor. All was fair, open and frank
with him, and the sadness which hung
around him like a cloud served to make
him of more than passing interest. Poor
Raymond-l The sleep. which knows no
waking save in the Gardens of the Infinite
maybe the‘most blessed of all boons to
him, And if he gave up the struggle before
the allotted time, let us hope that in the
realms of mercy he may be granted the
happiness so suddenly withdrawn from
him here. -
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I learn that a divorce case is soon to set
the gossips of our little city all aglow with
excitement. Charges of infidelity are
alleged to form the chief grievance on the
part of the wife, and as the parties are
among the “upper tcn" some interesting
developments are expected.
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It is on dlt that the Marvin Brothers
contemplate the erection of an attractive
house on the point of their lot purchased .
some years since of the Charles Mallory
estate, and fronting the LeGrand Look-V
wood mansion. This is a central location
and a beautiful lot, and a pretty modern-
styled house will render our West avenue
still more attractive. The extreme north
point of this lot should be reserved as the
site of the to be soldiers’ monument.
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Mr. E. J. Hill, 1 am told, is to have the
prettiest residence on West avenue. I
hope it is so, for I believe him to have
both the taste and means to attain that
result,and what should be dearer to a man’s
heart in this life than a beautiful home for
his family. Mr. Arthur Osborn’s house is
to be a neat and attr ctive edifice also, Iam
told, but I can’t foréve him for so “alter-
ing the face of nature” in cutting down
the former pretty elevation of his lot.
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Mrs. Edward P. Weed has received the
plans and front and side elevations of her
proposed new house from her New York
architect. It will be a very attractive
mansiomof the Queen Anne style, with
central hall and suites of rooms on either
side, and a corner tower fronting toward
Wall street and the. bridge. Her. mother,
Mrs. Samuel Lynes, whose estate Mrs.
Weed practically manages for her, will
make her future home, as now, with her
daughter. The old family mansion, which
was erected far back in the last century,
and was the home of Mrs. Lynes and Mrs.
Weed in their childhood, is to be taken
down and its site occupied by the pro-
posed Masonic building.
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And so your anticipated “Masonic
Temple” is not to be built by the masons
of St. John’s Lodge, ch? but by a pseudo
editor who lives in Westport; the same
who is to build our new parallel railroad.
And' how is he to locate it on the east
side of the Jaqui store ? But the import-
ant thing is to erect such an edifice as will
reflect credit upon the ancient Masonic
order, to our village and the memory of
the Isaacs family, who were among the
earliest residents of Norwalk, and ever its
helpful, enterprising“ and honorable citi-
zens. This proposed building should be
one of which we all should feel proud,
and I hope there will be no lack of means
to make it creditable and attractive in all
respects by whomsoever constructed.
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The enterprising youths who engaged
in a wild sewer expenditure scheme must
have felt at Friday night‘s borough meet-
ing that they had been pretty effectually
“ sat down upon." I doubt if anything
like a majority of that vast multitude,
who crowded into the Town House on
that occasion, were opposed to a proper
sewer system, or thought work in that di-
rection could be commenced too soon. As
I said to you last week the taxpayers of the
borough and our citizens of best repute lack
confidence in our present board of borough
officers. They do not like their methods
in dealing with the public interests any
more than their lack of fidelity to their
party obligations. “ False in ulw, falsl
in 07mm.” The board had abad start off.
From the election of its warden by the
mysterious vote of his friend Mr.’Hon-
necker, to the choosing ofa clbrk of oppos-
ing politics to those who elected a majori-
ty of the burgesses and the unwarrant-
able increase of his salary at the taxpayers’
expense; its whole Career has been puerilc,
trifling and boyish in the public esteem.
If any member of the board doubts what I
am telling you let him resign and ask for
a rel-election and he will find out to his
mortification and chagrin how far he has
sunk in the estimation of the average
borough voter.
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Your account in last week’s paper of the
narrow escape of Mrs. J. F. Footc from a
terrible accident, if not from instant death
by reason of her foot having caught fast
in the stirrup of her saddle, recalls the
sickening horror; of the young son of
the late Sheriff VanZandt being dragged
into his parents‘ yard by his pony, with
his foot fast in the stirrup, his body drawn
upon the ground till his skull was crushed
by the frightened pet of the killed boy;
and the almost precisely similar and fatal
accident to a little son of Stephen Henry
"Smith, who while riding near Philadelphia
a few years since was thrown by the sad-
den shy of his pony, and not able to release
his foot from the stirrup was also killed.
Two Norwalk children lost their lives
within a short period of each other from
the dangerous stirrups of saddles now in
almost universal use. In this connection
I am glad to say that a Norwalk man has
invented a neat, pretty and far more com-
fortable stirrup than those in general use,
by which this most exhilarating, delight-
ful and healthful exercise of horse-back
riding can be eajoyedwlthout the possi-
bility of the foot being caught in case of
accident to the rider, horse or saddle.
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Speaking of inventions, that of the New
York lad of only sixteen years of age,
apprenticed to the dubious plumbers’
elected as follows:
Cormick, Windsor, grand high priest; M.
E. Reuben H. Tucker, Ansonia, deputy
grand high priest; R. E. A. E. Blakeslee,
Thomaston, grand king; R. E. Geor e
Leo, Hartford, grand scribe; R.
John 0. Rowland, Fair Haven, grand‘
treasurer.
appointed
publican, a Notary Pubhc for the District
trade, who has patented a device which of Columbia -
proprietors as men so intent on getting
gain that they seemed to lose all thought
or sight of the evil or misery their business
wrought. I could but think did those
far western villages much differ from
our own in this respect, except that
here in Christian Norwalk our voters sell
to the liquor dealer his privilege to deal
put his money thus paid into our town
treasury and guarantee him legal protec-
tion in his traffic, and I thought there was
much yet to be done by the Home Mission-
ary society right here at our very doors for
surely the dram seller can be no worse in
my humble judgment, than the people who
vote him such privilege for a share in the
profits of his business. ‘
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Rev. Mr. Gumbart’s departure from the
unique and pwect little Church he did so
much to cl’Ect, and which does so much to
adorn our little sister city is tinged with an
element of sadness. He delivered his farc-
welldiscourseSunday eveningtoacrowded
house, many being unable to gain admit-
tance. His people were united and de-
voted to their pastor,:till the balcful influ-
ences of the lamentable hatters’ strike
somehow penetrated and poisoned this
hitherto united and christian congrega-
tion. I know nothing of tho justiée or
injustice of the belligerent question divi-
ding employers ~and employed; I only
know the occurrence has proved most un-
fortunate to both parties and largely dis-
astrous to the social and business welfare
of our entire town, .and I sadly fear the
end is not yet. Could the employers at
the first, have been moved by the same
loving spirit President Lincoln manifested
towards the rebels in his first inaugural
utterances, I do believe there was enough
intelligence and good feeling among the
employees to have hearkened and been
moved to all reasonable concessions, for
the interests of both parties were mutual
and they‘should be friends and not ene-
mies. Now the employers feel that they
have been cruelly and wantonly injured
by the men to whom they gave employ-
ment and generous pay, and it is not in
human nature for them to now feel kind-
ly after the wrongs they feel they have
suffered by act and speech and in public
print, and the workmen, on the other
hand feel that they have been unjustly
dealt with and that a cruel hatred is felt
towards them by those to whom they
have in the past given their best service.
Would not a little kindness and mutual
concession heal these angry and distress-
ing wounds? The retiring pastor will go
from us with the prayers and good wish-
es of all God’s people for his abundant
success and happiness in his newly ac-
cepted field of labor.
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Memorial Day in Norwalk.
The programme for the Memorial Day
exercises is not yet fully completed.
Company F and Uniformed Degree Camp
I. 0. O. F. have been invited by Bucking-
ham Post, G. A. R. to join them in the
parade and ceremonies which will ocCur
on Sunday, the Bist. The parade will
probably form on the square near the
Second M. E. church at about 2.30,p. m.
and headed by the Post drum corps com-
posed of veterans, with muffled drums
march to St. Paul’s cemetery,
through the principal streets to Union
cemetery, where, after the decoration
ceremonies, Rev. Mr. Anderson will dc-
liver an address. It has been suggested
that a number of Sunday school little
-girls beinvited to decorate the graves at
Union cemetery.
A request has been made of the church-
es, to take up collections next Sunday to
assist in defraying the expense of purchas-
ing flowers, and itlis probable that all will
comply.
A cordial invitation is extended to all
old soldiers and sailors to join the Grand
Army Members in the march.
The soldiers graves in St. Mary’s ceme-
tery will be decorated as usual by a com-
mittee appointed for the purpose.
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Those "Sarpints.”
This is just the season for the recur-
rence of the annual snake stories and the
newspaper that can’t ring in a_trcmen-
dous snake lie in the spring, is sadly
deficient in enterprise. In last week’s
GAZETTE we gave a modest little tale of a
Weston man who had killed 127 feet and
7 inches of snake so far this spring. But
now comes the Bridgeport Morning News
with its snake story, which, also modest,
runs as follows: “On the land of Fitch
Smith, near Coon Hollow, there is a small
body of water known as “Snake pond,”
on account of the number of snakes in its
neighborhood. This pond is about 200
feet square, surrounded by a swamp, and
is fed from a pure spring. Friday last
several small boys -. were fishing for
bullheads and were seated quietly along
the bank. Presently they were frightened
by the appearance of black snakes by the
hundreds crawling into the water. The
boys on turning around saw hundreds
more coming through the trees from the
rocks above. The boys now became
thoroughly scared and sought an adjacent
fence, from which they watched the rep-
tiles sporting in the water. After about
an hour all of them went back the way
they had come, and to the boys it seemed
as though the largest took the lead.”
There’s no use struggling. We deliver
the cake to the News. Norwalk never will
stand any show against sucha big wicked
city as Bridgeport.
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Where Their “Calls” Come From.
Theological students at Yale who have
accepted calls are as follows : Cyrus Daniel
Harp of Benevoir, Md: called to Colum-
bia, Pa.; John David Jones of Gecrno‘gle,
South Wales, to Northern Pennsylvania;
William Joseph L'landyssull, South Wales
to near Cleveland, 0. ; Charles Luther
Kloss, B. A., of Highland, Kan., to his
native state; John Bouton Lawrence, B.
A., of South Norwalk, to Kansas; Albert
President Miller, B. A., of Lake City,
Fla., to Temple street Congrega-
liam Morgan of Johnstown, Pa., to
Mystic, Conn.; James Lee Nott, B. A., of
North Springfield, Mo., to Lyme, Conn.;
George Evan Paddock, B, A. of Nankin,
Mich., to Kansas; William George Poor,
B. A. of Andovcr, Mass. to Kansas;
Charles Warren Preston, B. A. of New-
ton, Ia., to Foxon, Conn.; Charles Herbert
Small of New York city, to Bethany,
Conn.; Edward Algerton Aiken, B. A.,
B. D. of Rutland, Vt., missionary to
China, and SilasL. Smith,Ph. B., Oregon,
to St. Louis.
Grand Chapter 3. A. M.
In the New Haven Masonic Temple on
Tuesday the cightysev'enth annual can.
vocation of the Grand Chapter of Royal
Arch Masons of Connecticut was held.
There were present over one hundred
members, representing thirty-eight chap.
ters. Officers for the ensuing year were
M. E. James Mc-
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Score One for Connecticut.
President Cleveland has recently
3 Norwalk bo ,‘ a staunch re-
out liquid poison to our citizens, and we .
thence ,
tional church, New Haven; David Wil- .
The Borough Meeting. ‘
It is safe to say there never was alargcr
crowd in the town house than Warden
Hyatt faced last Friday evening when he
called the special borough meeting to
order. The house was jammed full and
several parties climbed up and opened
the windows from the outside in their
' eagerness to see and hear the “circus.”
It is usually necessary to ring the fire bell
in order to get a quorum at borough or
town meeting here. But there was no
such need Friday night. Indeed hundreds
who walked up to the town house were
unable to gain admission and were com-
pelled to go home again.
The meeting was called to order promptly
at 7:45 p. m. Clerk Seymour read the
call of the meeting after which, by
preconcerted arrangement he made an
explanation of the intentions of the
burgesscs in particular and of the meaning
of the call. in general. He was inter-
rupted by Mr. Honneckcr who moved to
adjourn which motion was seconded by a
voice in the crowd. The warden promptly
ruled‘ that Mr. Honneckcr was out of
order and Mr. Seymour proceeded. At
the conclusion of his speech, Warden
Hyatt read the following resolution which
he said had been handed him:
Rssonvnn, That the court of burgcssos be
and they are hereby authorized to cause to be
constructed any Sewer or sewers wrtll wells or
catch basins connected therewith, along any
street in the borough in substantial conformrty
with the survey on file in said court, whenever
. a majority of the property owners along such
proposed sewer petitlon therefor and when the
court of burgesses, on the hearing prowderl by
the charter, shall deem it reasonable that-tho
entire cost thereof shall be assessed, and the
same shall in fact be assessed upon the prop-
erty specially benefitted or improved thereby.
E, J. Hill seconded the motion amid
derisive laughter. He then begged the
meeting would not adjourn before they
had finished the business for which it was
called. He stated they might vote down
the resolution it they chose and if they
did he had another that he desired to
offer and he Would ask as apcrsonal favor
that the meeting would not adjourn,
Mr. G. W. Cram stated that he was
emphatically against any addition to the
present borough debt, and he not only did
not think the present a proper time to
bring up this matter but he also thought
the parties behind the measure (the court
of Burgesses) were incompetent to take
charge of it. (Applausc.) - He should
surely vote against the resolution. (Ap-
plause.)
'Messrs. Sheldon, Price and Walsh
hereupon made several inquiries which
were replied to by Messrs. Hill and
Seymour. After some further remarks
had been made by J. B. Hurlbutt, A. B.
Woodward, E. J. Hill and G. W. Cram,
the "question” was demanded and put.
Four, possibly five, weak, straggling
voices answered “aye.” A perfect
thunder of “noes” which fairly shook the
building rendered the sarcasm in Mr.
Sholdon’s asking the warden if he
The motion was sat upon, in fact was
buried, and with it was buried all the
hopes of the court of burgesscs.
Mr. E. J. Hill then offered a resolution
permitting the property owners on Maple
street to build a sewer on that street at
their own expense, and own the same,
connecting it with the borough sewer on
West avenue. Mr. Hill explained this
resolution at length. He was replied to
by Mr. Cram who stated that he had built
the brick sewer on West avenue; he
knew whereof he spoke when he said it
would not be to the borough’s interest to
allow a connection of this sewer with the
sewer of Maple street or any other street ;
the grade was by no means sufficient to
carry off the foul water. Messrs. Moody,
Walsh and Coolidge also spoke on the
subject. The matter was finally put to a.
vote and lost by a considerable majority.
The meeting then adjourned in such a
hurry that it didn’t stop to consider the
clause of the call appropriating $25,000
for a general sewer system. But then, it
wasn’t necessary to stop for that. The
temper of the indignant tax payers was
too apparent.
I The court of burgesses was conspicuous
by its absence." " ’ *
Now the sewer scheme is snowed under,
what is your next pretense for increasing
the borough's debt, gentlemen?
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Our Contemporaries.
The Bridgeport Morning News thinks
strawberries should be kept securely
locked in the safe, at their present value.
The Bridgeport Post's second attach-
ment for libel took place Monday.
, The skeptical Ausonia Sentinel accuses
the World’s Bridgeport reporter Of being
“very imaginary.”
Bailey of the Danbury News wears his
necktie inside his shirt, for a chest pro-
tector. .
The Ridgcficld Press is passing the hat
for the pedestal fund.
The Waterbury American informs the
Danbury News that it’s no wonder the
“black snake didn’t sting the boy” around
whose leg it was coiled according to an
item in the latter paper, for the reason
that “black snakes never sting anybody ;
are perfectly harmless.”
The Winsted Press says the Thomaston
Clock company recently madc,_up $800,-
000 worth of watch movements, and when
they were put togethcrthc pointers turned
backward. The Canaan News suggests
that they be sold to the people who sigh :
“Backward, turn backward, oll, time in
your flight." ,
Pair-field Teachers’ Association.
The ninth annual meeting of the Fair-
field County Tcachers‘ association will be
held at Danbury on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. The speakers announced are
W. M. Peck of West Stratford, the Rev.
A. C. Hubbard, Miss Somerset, E. L.
Staples of Monroe, F. G. Graves 'of
Ridgeficld, F. H. Baldwin of Canaan,
George B. Hard of Bridgeport, Professor
C. F. Carroll of New Britain, Superin-
tendent H. M. Harrington of Bridgeport,
Miss Page of the State Normal school,
Secretary Hine of the state board of
education, the Rev. J. A. Freeman of
Danbury, Professor Hibbard of New
Britain, and Miss Lydia S. Treadwcll of
Danbury. Saturday will be given to the
reports of committees, the election of of-
ficers and miscellaneous business.
A Clear Foresizht
In view of the result of the borough
meeting, and the overwhelming vote
against granting any privilege to our
pseudo republican friends, the remarks of
our female correspondent in her “ random
ramblings” in last week’s GAZETTE, are of
peculiar interest. Therefore we reprint
them as follows :—
The truth might just as well be spoken
out plainly. T e residents of property
and highest character do not repose suf-
ficient confidence in the ina‘ority of our
present board of Borough o cers to em-
power them to enter upon an expenditure
of $25,000 for sewers or anything else,
badly as sewers are undoubtedly needed
in' many localities; so that a fierce 0 po.
sition may be looked for at Friday's or-
ough meeting.
Probably All Four.
The New Britain Herald thinks it is
probable that the entire Connecticut
militia will go into camp at Niantic this
summer. The only difficulty to prevent
them is the one of expense. The state has
been a little too niggardly in its appropri-
ations for this purpose. ,We think the
state should show its appreciation of our
militia, by making the life of its soldiers
less expensive than it is.‘
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New DIEM.
Superintendent Hanford's son exhibited
a novel gas burning lamp in the GAZETTE-
Buildiug Saturday evening that made the
electric lights look sickly. It is a new
invention by which the ordinary gas is so.
much reinforced that it wonderfully in-
creases the illuminating power of the gas.
A New Proverb.
Well done, burgcsscs! You have been
faithful over nothing, and that is what the
borough meeting gave you.
doubted the vote, plainly pcrceptiblc._
,
Of the Mlddlesex Banking 00.. of Mlddletown, '
Conn. Princl al and Interest of both guaranteed.
”'2
Suicide of J. W. Raymond.
In the ‘ GAZETTE of February 3 was
published along account of the drowning
of the family of Mr. J. W. Raymond, at
Houghton, Michigan. Mr. Raymond who
was a native of New Canaan, was then
stopping at the- Norwalk Hotel. He had
in his room an unusually fine collection of
copper and other valuable ore, of'which, -
through the GAzn'r'rn, he cordially invited
inspection by any interested in such
matters. This collection he seemed to
take a delight in showing and explaining
the curious formation of the various
metals, and to a GAZETTE reporter he
explained the process of mining them.
Mr. Raymond stayed here through the
‘month of February, during which time
he made many friends. It was noticed
lection of the distressing accident which
robbed him (if his entire family, seemed,
at times, to drive him almost wild.
Oftentimes [he sought to drown his
trouble in drink, but that relief was only
temporary, and he would immediately
relapse into his former dcspondcnt state.
He was looked upon as “queer” by those
ignorant of his sad story, while those
acquainted with his history often thought
his mind to have been destroyed by his
troubles. This latter was probably the
case as he was seldom free from melan-
cholia.
Wednesday’s New York papers con-
tained the account of a suicide in that
city. The suicide proved to be Mr.
Raymond. Upon leaving Norwalk he had
accepted a position as agent for the
Fidelity and Casualty Insurance company
at 214 Broadway. His mineral collections
he presented to the School of Mines in
New York city. He boarded at 38 Market
street. . ‘ . ~ '
On Tuesday, Mr. Raymond seemed to
be unusually depressed. He kept his
room all the morning; . Shortly after' noon
his landlady heard a pistol shot. Going
to Mr. Raymond’sroom she found him
sitting in a chair- at the head of his bed,-
his head resting on the pillow and blood
flowing from a wound in the right temple.
He was then dead. The coroner was
summoned and the remains given to his
charge. A search among the effects of
the deceased discovered a letter from his
father in New Canaan and also one from
a cousin, W. L. Raymond, who is a law-
yer at ,17 Broadway. This latter gentle-
man took chargc of the remains,
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List of Patents
Issued from the U. S. Patent Office for the week
ending May 12, for the State of Connecticut,
furnished as from the office of John H. Earle,
Solicitor of Patents, New Haven,Coun.
L. Bau‘meister, Bridgeport, vopor burner for
solderinianda branding irons.
E. W. lake, Waterbury, bedstead. -
19% S. Boynton,'Bridgeport, station train indi-
ca r.
I. F. Brown, New London, cotton gin.
I. A. Candeld, Middletown, manufacturing
dress shields, 2 patents.
‘ Same, dress shields.
G. H. Dimond, assignor to Wheeler & Wilson,
Bridgeport, sewing machine.
A. J. Gilbert & G. Wendling, Norwalk, port-
able ovol.
E. Horton. New Haven, die for finishing
blanks from sheet metal.
H. B. Ives, New Haven, sash fastener.
A. H. North, Bridge ort. carving fork guard.
G. W. Swwe, New aven, thill coupling.
T. H, Thompson, assignor to Sigouruey Tool
00., Hartford, drilling machine.
A' M. White, Waterbury, assignor to Pope
Mfg. 00., wheel for veloclpedes.
A. J. Worrall, Bridgeport, corset stay.
onerous.
L. E. J eromo, assignor to New Haven Clock
00., clock case.
“—7—.“
List of letters remaining in the Post
Office, at Norwalk, Conn., May 16:
Silas B. Byxbeo, P. J. Burnham, Kate A.
Barney), Miss Anna B. Colcs, Mrs. B. J. Coles,
‘. I’. amon,“.’lames Dorsey, Mary J. Fitzpat-
rick. Herman Fox, D. K, Felty, Arthur Gathim,
Elmer Hendricks, Jean Halter. William Jesse,
Martha Kyle, Annie Lent, Ina Me Nanghton,
T. or J. Richardson; Pasquale Sealesse Miss
1
Smith, Cora Whaley, Charles Youngs. '
Attest Owls. OLMSTEAD.
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Hale's noneytbs greet Conch mm.m.,u.‘
Glenn's Sulphur Soap heels sud besutiflsgfis.
- mannemoverkillwomsmunionm
Illll’s llslr and Whisker Dye—Black A Brown.“
rum- Toothqehe Drops cure in 1 Minute.“
M’s Rheumatic Pills are a sure can.“
HEBRIED.
MAnsnALL—Mrzmmellnil’ea ack, N. J .. April
For Sale.
OYSTER STEAMER. Lengthufectwlth drcd -
ing machine ,all in good order and re y
for business. App y to W. A. Cummings, Stam-
‘ford, Conn. ‘ 1t‘20
ON
can have same by calling at GAzn'l'rn Office, prov-
ing property and payin for thls advertisement.
N orwalk, May 15, 1 . . ‘ 3t20
For Rent.
HE Rooms over Jackson’s store.
lodge or office. Enquire of
mo LnGnAND JACKSON.
For Sale Cheap.
ASecond-Hand Parlor Lounge Bed. Cost $45.00
new. Will be sold for $10.00 to a quick cus—
tomer. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. 2t19
- To Let.
ASTON]! Cottage House. Seven good size
rooms, pantrles, closets, cemented cellar, all
in first rate order. Apply to
13“ HENRY I. HOYT
To Let.
E first office at the head of the stairs in
GAsz Building. The best office rootrgcin
Found.
Main street, near Lamb’s, Blacksmith. some
four weeks since, a Sealskin Collar. Owner
Suitable for
TH
the building. Apply to B. J. STURGES.
For Rent.
HE Little Store beneath the GAzlz'l'rn publica-
tion office. A most desirable location.
we Apply to B. J. Srvncns.
To that.
THE Country Seat of Mrs. I. B. Woodbury, on
bill opposite place of the late LeGrand LOCK-
wood, arlly furnished. beautiful view of the ound,
stone ouse,16 or 16 rooms one stable and barn,
garden, fruit trees and slirubbery, shade trees,
pasture and meadow, 15 or 20 acres; water intro-
duced in house and grounds ; furnace, laundry, etc.,
all in perfect order. Occupied dnrlng last 9 years
b H. J. Cbapllu, Esq., of 10 Barclay Street, New
ork. For nrther particulars apply to Mrs. I. B.
Weodbury, Barrett House, Broadway and 43d
Street, New York. strep
ISTRICT 0F NORWALK, ss., Probate court,
May 15th, A. D. 1886.
Estate of MARC liar BELDEN, late of Nor-
walk, fn said district, deceased.
Gunman-That the trustee under the will of said
deceased exlublt his account of his said
trust to this court for adjustment,
at the Probate Office, In Norwalk, on the team an
of May, 1885, at 9 o'clock forenoon; and that 111
persons interested therein may be notified
thereof the said trustee will cause this order to
be published In a newspaper rinted in Falrlleld
Ooun , and st a copy thereo on the sign-post in
said prwal ,ncarest the place where the deceased
last dwelt at least 10 (lgys before said 29th day of
May, 1886.
mo . ASA B. WOODWABD. Judge
Probate Sale of Real Estate.
URSUANT to an order of the Court of Probate
for the District of Norwalk, will be sold at
. Public Auction on the 25th day of April, 1885, at 2
o’clock in the afternoon, (unless sooner disposed of
at rivate sale so much of- the real estate of
AM, ~DS and,<SARAII, A. HANDS, as
will raise the sum of $5,324.92, ’wtth incidental
charges of sale. Said real estate ls;sltnated on the
east side of Main street in the borough of Norwalk.
Terms and conditions made known at time of sale
on the premises. - - AIMED E. AUSTIN,
t 15 Administrator.
Above Sale adjourned» my 234, at 2 p. m.
TRADEVITAMARK
P I I..- Ij S .3
For the cure of
Fever and. Asue,
And Intermittent Malarlal Revers.
VITA Co. : . Knvmnr, N. J. A ll 21 885.
Dear Sirs: ' " Iliad been sulfellnE’lvvltn'malarl.
al intermittent fever for more than twenty years,
until my life had become aburden to me, The last
attack which was four years since, threatened to
terminate fatally. Through my brother-in-law
who had been recently cured of fever and ague, I
heard of the PILLS, and procurlp them was cured
by them In a few weeks. and berg him no return to
this hour. I most cheerfully and earnestly recom,
mend these PILLS to all suiferlng from this mlsr
erable disease. . Jnssn: HAL anApn,
Prlce so cents. Send for clrcu ar.
Vita Cambium 12 and 14 Cliff St, New York.
ll. B. lllllllfllllll,
Insurance, Real Estate and
Investment Securities,
3| Main Street, Norwalk.
AGENT FOR THE
Amef‘lgggmlpsfl Co., of Newark, N. J.,
. .. ..... ,_. ............... 5 1,721,424
Northern Assurance 011,, of London ..... 15,225,422
Germanla Flre Ins. 00., of New York,; $709,070
Moutauk Fire Ins. 00., of New York. . . . 889 686
3116:8133
7 per cent. Bonds d Mortgages
0f the Equltable Mortgage Co.', of Kansas, and
0
Jersey City, of Jersey ............. , .....
6 per cent. Bonds
Securities 0 all descrl tions bou ht and so (i
ew York Quotations. p g . l at
Aim-go number of desirable dwellings and farms
or sal 18t16
that he seemed depressed and the recol- .
Mary E. Staples, Minnie Sullivan, Miss ouisa,b
29, by Rev. J. Mead (Dr. . D. Marshalhof
Wont bury, Cltlniss’Lydmu. Melicknf'l’on-
pack, N. J. . ' . ’
Norwalk Opera House,
' I Saturday Nfltl‘llflllll and Evening,
SHERLOCK
GRAND JUVENILE PRODUCTION or
H;M.S.PINAFORE!
1 00 ONE HUNDRED 1 00
CHILDREN.
Beautiful Costumes! Elegant Scenery!
Average Age of cm 8 Years!
llmissiuu 15 as, Reserved Stats 25 Ch.
For Sale at Plalsted's Drug Stores.
Matinee at 2 sharp. Evening Performance at 7:80
MUSIC HALL.
Tuesday Evening, May 26th.
rllllxllllllllllns.
An Operatic Cantata
In Three Acts, given under the Ansplces of the
Old Well Hook and Ladder 00.
50 Chorus Trained Voices. 50
. —CAST.——-
Mary Miss Alice Selleck
Anna', } Farmer’s Daughters, “ lezlc Po ve
Dalr aid, .................... “ Jennie Nash
Mr. rown, Farmcrrm . Mr. H. P. Price
Wllllam 'lst Assistant,. .. “ Horace Hatch
John, 20’ Assistant, ..... . . “ Phil. N. Knapp
Sulpkins, city gentleman, unnscd
to rural affairs, ........ Dr. C. W. Mancy
—CHORUS.—-
Misses Selleck. Poyvcy, Masher, Nash, Byxbee,
Carter, Rice Byxbee, Fritz, Newcomb, Staub,
Malkin, Golden, Nlckerson, Haulenbeck, Nicker—
son, Austin, Po ey, Mrs. ‘Keut, Mrs. Camp,
Mlsses Selleck, hasmer, Haulenbeck.
Messrs. Hoyt, Treadwcll, Holmes, Hatch, Rnscoe,
Clark, Amolcr Mead, Price, Poyve , Scott, Til-
ly, Comstoek arren. Knapp,
Nlckerson, Rice, Nash
sell, Ferris, Couch, Nash
of chorus. '
Proceeds for the Mutual Benefit of OLD WELL
HOOK AND LADDER CO. AND ORGAN
FUND 0F an M. E. CHURCH.
ADMISSION FIFTY GENTS,
2t19 INCLUDING RESERVED SEAT.
1885 GRAND OPENING 1885
Roton Point Grave.
a
Immense Attractions !
DECORATION DAY,
MAY 30TH, 1885.
Ma n, Chasmer,
Benton, Warren, Rus-
. Mr. H. P. Price, leader
' TWO BANDS or MUSIC!
Prof. Heine’s Brass Band,
16 Pieces. ‘
Of Stamford, will furnish Music in the
GRAND PAVILION AND GROVE,
From 10 a. m. to ll p. m.
Dancing in the Afternoon.
Roller Skating in the Evening.
One of the Palatlal
IRON STEAMBOATS
that day.
First-Class Steamers
WILL LEAVE
South Norwalk Steamboat Dock,
will leave
ROTON POlNr GROVE
Every hour from 11 a. m. to 11 p. m.
EXCURSION TICKETS, "
25 CENTS.
ROLLER SKATING RINK
—-—\VILL OPEN—
Monday, J une 1st.
AT
Barrows’Shoe Store
May be found an immense stock
of New [and Desirable Goods
bought directly from the manu-
facturers of New York and Boston.
The benefit of tllc’profit thus saved
will be allowed to our patrons. In
Lalies’, Missal and Gillian Sluts
We have nobby Spring Styles,
also in .
Boots and Shoes,
For Boys and Youths, which we
are selling at the
Lowest Pusslllle Print! '
A large portion of these goods
must be disposed of at once in
order to make room ; therefore we
offer the following special sale for
two weeks:—
Lot No l comprisingfio pairs of
Mel’sHand-Mall Gulls,
made by, our own workmen at the
extremely low price of $4; former
price $5.50, '
Lot No. 2, comprising .100 pairs
Mel’s Button, Congress and Ball,
at $3 ;. former price $5. Every
pair of the above goods warranted
in fit and wear.
Lot No. 3, comprising 30 pairs
of Ladies’ Fine All-l-Vool Top
French Kit Fox Button,
at $3; former price $4.50.
Lot No. 4, comprising 50 pairs of
Laflia’ American Kid Button,
at $1,257; former price $3.
Lots Nos. 5, 6, 7, and 8 are now
open for your inspection, and com-
rise goods at prices lower than
the lowest;
Custom Shoes’Made
, AND
REPAIRING,
e
As heretofore carried on by Mr.
Fancller'will be continued by the
same skilled workmen, neatly and
with dispatch.
”V;
H. D. Barrows, J r.,
Prof. Campbell and. Orchestra,
Will make her first excursion of the season on
Every hour from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. Returning
Miss Agnes FitCh,
BRESSMAKER. and man,
49 Main St., Norwalk,
Invite: the publlg to examine her stock of .
MIL-LINER? GOODS,
whichvincludes .
Round Hats, Bonnets, Flowers, Feathels'
And all the Novelties 'of the Season. Havl se-
cured the services of First-Class Trimmed]: sne
feels confident of pLeasing all. Suits and manner!
made in the latest style
Careful attention given to I?
home making.
at reasonable rices.
lttlng and Drap ng for
Agency for
STATEN ISLAND DYE WORKS.
13t12
SPRING STYLES NOW OUT!
—AT——
FAWGE'TT’S
HEADQUARTERS FOR
MILLINERY!
Ladies will find the lar est and finest (NIB lay of
Mllllnery ever exhibited ntown. Havln (l sposell
of all our old stock we are now prepare to show
an entlrely new stock, consisting of
Straw Hats and. Bonnets
in all the leading Shapes and Colors.
Elegant display of Plaid Scarfs, Trimmings, 50
cents up. , .
Plaid Ribbons, from 25 cents up to $1.25 per yd.
Brocaded Sash Ribbon, all Silk, 95 cents.
Line Colored and Black Crapes at only 50 cents
per vard.
Bargains Ill Children’s Hats, Lace Calls.
We have a most elegant (llsrli‘lay of Flowers and
Novelties in Ostrich Feathers, om Poms, Tlps,ctc.
Also Gilt, Silver and J et Lace, Braids, Cords and
Ornaments.
Black English Grapes and Mourning Goods al-
ways on hand. '
Bonnets made to order at short notice.
Please call and examine our goods, and we will
guarantee to please you every time, at
No. 3 Water St., Norwalk, and
7 3 Main St, South Norwalk.
Tex Collector’s Notice.
OTICE is hereby given to all persons liable to
pay taxes to the Town of Wilton, in the
County of Falrlleld, and State of Connecticut on
the Assessment List of- 1881, that I will meet them
to receive said taxes at the following times and
places to wit :—
At the store of Henry C. Olmstead, Georgetown,
on Tuesday May 19, 1885, from 10 o’clock forenoon
until 12 o’clock noon.
At the store of William F. Renoud, Cannons,
from 1 o’clock until 3 o’clock afternoon, and at the
Post Office, Wilton, from 4 o’clock until 6 o’clock
afternoon, of the same day.
At the store of Nelson anfords, South Wilton,
on Thursday, May 21, 1885, from 10 o’clock fore-
noon until 12 o’clock noon, and at the store} of E.
Roscoe & 00., Bald Hill, from 2 o’clock until 4
o’clock afternoon of the same day.
At my store in North Wilton, on Monday, the 1st
day of June, 1885, from 7 o’clock forenoon until
9 o’clock in the evening of the same day.
On- all taxes which shall remain nnpald after the
1st day of July, 1885, interest at the rate of nine
- per cent. will be charged from the 1st day of June,
1885, unit. the same shall be paid.
ROBERT W. KEELER,
Collector in and for said town of Wilton on the
List of 1884.
Dated at Wilton, Conn., April 28, 1885. ms
I
D May 7th, A. D., 1885.
Estate of WILLIS BURR, late of Norwalk,
in said district deceased.
The Court of Probate for the District of Norwalk
hath limited and allowed slx months from the date
hereof for the Creditors of said Estate to exhibit
their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to
present their accounts, properly attested, within
said time. will be dcbarred a recovery. All persons
indebted to said Estate are requested to make im-
mediate payment to
SILAS P. TUTTLE
sue Administrator.
Tax Collector’s Sale.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned,
Collector of Taxes, under and by virtue of a
certain tax warrant, duly executed and“ signed by
proper authorit and directed to the undersigned,
commanding h m to levy and collect of Charles
Beers, and other persons named in the rate book
on the list to said warrant annexed, their severe
proportions of the sum total as therein stated, said
sum beluga tax or assessment laid upon the as-
sessment list made in 1583 by the Inhabitants of the
town of Norwalk, regularly and legally assembled,
to Wlt, on the 24th day of December, A. D., 1883
met for the purpose of providing for the indebted-
ness of said town levies upon the following de-
scribed real estate of said Charles Beers, situ-
at‘tedilzn town of Norwalk, and bounded as follows,
o w :— r.
Northerly by land of lel Newcomb, easterly
by land of heirs of James cers, deceased, south-
erly by highway, and westerly by land now or
STRICT 0F NORWALK, 88., Probate Court,
so called, and known as St. John lot.
And I shall sell at Public Auction, on the prom-
ises hereinbeforc described, on the 10th day of
J uly, A. D., 1885 at ten o’clock forenoon so
much thereof as .will raise the sum of Two Dollars,
that belng the proportion of the said Charles Beers
of the sum total in said list, together with the
charges of levy, sale, ac. ‘
GEORGE B. ST.JOHN,
3t19 Tax Collector, List 1883.
Dated at Norwalk, May 11, A. D., 1885.
Tax- Collector’s Sale.
OTICE ls hereb given that the undersigned,
Collector of axes under and by virtue of a
0 tax warrant, duly executed and signed
by proper authority and directed to the undersigned
commanding him to levy and collect of Samuel
Pike, and other persons named in the rate book
on the list to said warrant annexed, their sever
proportions of the sum total as therein stated, said
sum beln a tax or assessment laid upon theses-
sessment lst made in 1888 b the inhabitants of
the town of Norwalk, re lar y and legally assem-
bled, to wit on the an day of December A. D.,
1883 met for the purpose of providing for the uncut,
edness of said town, levies upon the following de-
scribed real estate of "said Samuel Pike, situated in
town of Norwalk, and bounded as follows to wit:
On the north by land of the heirs of Samuel
Byxbee. deceased east and south by land of John
A. Partrlck and others, and west by highway, con-
tainington (10) acres more or less.
And shall sellat Public Auction, on the premises
hereinbefore described. on the sand day of July A.
D. 1885 at 10 o’clock forenoon so much thereo as
will ralse the sum of Four Dollars that being the
proportion of the said Samuel Plkc, of the sum
total in said list, together with the charges of
levy, sale, 8w. .
GEORGE B. ST.JOHN,
Tax Collector, List 1833.
Dated at Norwalk, May 18, A. D., 1885.
To the Commissioners of Fairileld County.
THE Ulllldersigned hereby applies for a license
ge .—
Spiritnous and Intoxicatlng Liquors—Ale, Lager
Beer and Older to be drunk on the premises, and
name wme onIy—
Pursuant to the laws of this state now in force
relating to the sale of intoxicatin liquors, at the
building situated at Bell Island, new as Sca-
slde, in the town of N orwalk, in said County.
S gned, NAT REQUA.
Dated at Norwalk, the 9th day of May 1885.
I hereby certify that the above application is
endorsed by five electors and taxpayers as defined
by law of the town of Norwalk. Dated Norwalk,
May 9 1885. HENRY K. SELLECK,
2th) Town Clerk.
W. B. HALL to 00.,
BRIDGEPORT. ,
Wondrous Collection of Bargains!
‘\
We have again been fortunate in the purchase of
several hundred pieces of Dress Fabrics for spring
wear, and also several cases of Colored and lack
Cashmeres. W9 511101001189. Bell“)?- on MOM“ r
commence a special Dress oods Sale which w ll
continue throu h the week,
The leading eature of the uni no sale will com-
srlse an unequalled display of lack and Colored
ros Grain Silks Summer Silks. Black and Colored
Satlns, Surahs, llhadames, Radzlmlrs, Black and
Colored Brocaded Velvets, French, English, Ger-
man and American Dress Goods, comprising the
latest novelties in Plaids, Cashmeres De elgs,
Nun’s Velllngs Shoodas,Albatross Cloths, Yacht-
ing Cloths, 'l'r cots, Are. A rich and varied exhi-
bition of Black Dress Fabrics, embraclng French
Cashmeres, Nun’s Velllngs, Rantings Henrietta
Cloths Trlcots, All Wool Grenadines, is, be.
To those ladies contemplating their usual outfits
for Spun and Summer this will afford a rare
0 ortufl y to obtain the newest and best fabrics
a rlces far below the'cost of production.
6 have only space to meatlon a few nartlcu~
lars : One case Summer Cashmeres has twenty new
shades, besides the regular standard shades. These
are 38 Inches wide and are not now and never
were sold elsewhere elsewhere at less than 62x04
One lot of sixty pieces 13‘ yards wide—the regular
dollar quantlt . These are marked «axe. ; One lot
of Satin-face ods, made to sell at a dollar are
in all fashionab e shades. We have marked t em
85c: One lot fifty-five pieces Annurcs, best 88c.
gnallty, so inches wide, prlce 75c. ; One lot beautl-
nl Serges at 75c. Extra Wide
Camel’s Hair Serges.
One lot of 26 loses, 56 inches wide, two inches
wider than es Cloths, especially for draping—
theso were Intended for $1.25 serges, but we are
some to m Flies at any on.
Broche Cloth Suitings. .
1r.
A beautiful single feld fabric, on a canvass
ground—ordinary priceis half-Mollar: we have
marked it 11c. One lot Broche, also oncanvass
grounds, tobcsold at 25c. One lot double wide
pltlngs also 25c. One lot flft inch, almost cloth
glam, well-known as 15c. go
a. . .
FROM THE MANUFACTURER ' DIRECT,
Three thousand six hundred yards of
Beautiful Sateens,
In lengths from three three to eight yards.
These are remnants of the lac a ll tion. goods.
We sell them st file. a bargain in cell. Elegant
Sateens at 12%, 15, 20, 25, so, 35 and 37,14.
Foulard Cloths.
A perfect copy of Foulara Silks, 125m
Short Lengths Of' J aconets.
Two thousand yards of Handsome Plaid J aconets
and Swlss Checks—the quality of the 85c. goods.
l’rlce 12)“.
Ladies’ Tam-ed Cloths,
A beautiful article for dresses. Will not kink or
tumble and are usually sold at 15c. We have
marked them So. Come and see our various styles
of Dress Goods. 1y43
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; those are marked
W. B. HALL a CO
17 MAIN ST. NORWALK.
Successor to
. EUGENE FANGHER."
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And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid losses
or claims for losses.
. flwless.
W. C. Smear, Pres. S. E. OmsrsAn, Tron,
" " " TiI'EP'
Norwalk Fire Insurance 00.
Has now completed its
18lh SUCCESFUL BUSINESS YEAR
No sound company insures
formerly of Isaac Church, lying near Woll'pit Hills, ‘
WlllCll is one of the best on the market.
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In Reliable Goods at Low Prices.
. Bryant, Besse 8» Co,
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Never have we been able to offer such Genuine Bargains to the
publlc as now. I :
MEN’S ALL WOOL SUITS $6.50 AND $8.50.
MEN’S FINE WOOL SUITS,
In great variety of colors, $10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, and upwards
.0111: Young Men’s Suits-
Arb the most perfect fitting suits ill the market at $6.50, 8.50, 10 12
13, 14, 15, and upwards. ’ .'
Boy/8’ and Children’s Suits,
.82, 2-50, 3, 3.50, 4, 4.50, 5, and upwards.
Odd Pants at all Prices. Hats, Caps, Trunks, Bags and
' , Q Gents Furnishing Goods.
We Defy Competltlon.
We buy for 27 first-class stores and for c
and can give you better goods at lower
thc’town of Norwalk. Trash we don’t keep, or advertise .tllin s we
don t. have. Our success in the past and still increasing busineis are
proofs of our appreciating public. We can and will save you mOllby.
All gcodsmarked lll plain figures. Store open cvcry-cvem’n-r.
. .. BRYANT, BESSE & 00.,
The Great Bargain Clothiers.
29 Main St., Norwalk, Conn.
GOOD GOODS.
LOW PRICES
The Best French Kid Shoe in Town
Style and Quality considered, $4.50. '
The Best American Kid,
$3. 50; a Very Nice One at $3.00; a Good One at $2.50.
Look at Our. $2 Kid Shoes.
Also ill Pebble Goat at $2.00.
A Good Grain Button $1.25.
AN OTHER LOT OF
GLOVE TOP SHOES,
$1.25, worth $1.75.
"Men’s Hand Sewed French GalfShoes, $5
A Good Hand Sewed Lace Shoe for $4.25.
Sole Agent for James Means’ $3 Shoe.
A Large Line of Boys’. YOntlls’ and Men’s Shoes..'Ever_ythiug as
repre sented and at
BOTTOM PRICES.
A. Is. mowers,
Under Opera House, Wall Street, Now-coal e.
ash, and sell for cash only,
Pl‘lCCS than can be found in
- E. K. LOCKWOOD. -
9 - l gs ‘
it 9’3», Gillian g: $.23
,% e’ 2 Cannes. 3*
it ”94> fr. i“ r? a“?
g? a; A $9 :3
New ‘% 5? A? S New
Goods. 6??? Prices.
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. UFOs-gale by
W. H. Smith. :23 00.,
15 and 1'7 Water Street.
... {Misses St. John,
F.J.CURT18&CO.[ 33 MAIN STREET.
‘: Our display of Ladles’, Misscs’ and Children’s
Trimmed ‘
Stores and Ranges, I Bonnets and Hats
‘ Is superior in design quality and finish to any ever
before shown by us. We are also displav- '
ing a full line of ‘ "
Wooden Ware
Tin and Willow Ware, STRAW GOODS
' In English Mllans of the Newcst_Shapes and Colors
for Spring and Summer wear, and
Flowers, Feathers, Ribbons, Scarfs
I and Ornaments
At the Lowest Prices. We have on hand at all
times a full assortment of
Mourning Bonnets all Veils,
Also Mournlng Materials. We have the agency
for Refinishing CREPE by a Patent Process,
which makes it equal to new.
I ,
i
g
flgate W'lulc,
.——.-:AND—-.-.-
Glass Ware,
In New Shapes and Colors.
Hall, Library and Table Lamps.
A Full Line at
‘ We have a fllll line of
FAN CY GOODS
Including all kinds of materials for Embroidery.
Combings Made Up.
Porcelain, While Granite
and 0. 0. Ware,
New Square Shapes in
DINNER AND TEA SETS,
Plain and Decorated. Agent for the
Baldwin Dry All Refrigerator,
Switches at all Prices.
WAVES, FBIZZ 55, &c.,
9’.‘ the best natural curl. Warrantcd to stay in.
We have the agency for Madame Griswold Ar. Co’s,
———PEli.PEOT FITTING CORSETS.“
Please try them. No other agent authorized to
sell in Norwalk.
0111' Opening Announced in Next Issue.
Also agent for the
Gso. R. Combs. Secretary.
Monitor Oil Stoves
3.4.3.5595 St. John.
Norwalk Chronicler