NORWALK GAZETTE. 18 OO- muwAan-nxnn, I trans-er sassssisnsa.‘ one Year, - . .00 Six Months, - - - - 1.00 Three Months, - . . - .50 Single Copies, - . - . - .06 ADVEIIIIIII IA‘IES Furnished on Application at the Gums Ofilee. Transient sum, 1' inch, 1 week, - - 81-00 Each subsequent insertion, -W Local notices in news columns, per line, .10} Births, Marriages and Deaths inserted free. Liberal terms to yearly and half-yearly advertisers. Chances for advertisements now running in this Iii?" lnust be handed in by Saturday noon to are insertion. New advertisements will be taken up to Tuesday noon. FIIE Jill Pllll'llln. 'I‘na Gust-rs Job Printin Department is equiv- pet with the best facilities or turning out 1‘]!!!- Class Work of every description. Estlnmtos cheerfully given. ______._____._.. IlllAil P081 OFFIBE. Borough Post Game open i'r0m 6 a. m. to 8 p. m. Sundays 9 to 10 a. m. Sunday mail sent out 6 p. in. Money order hours 8 a. In. to 1 p. in. Malls des- tchetl south .1: west 7 25 and 10 a. in. 3 a 8 p. in. at 5‘5, 8 55 a.m.&. 2, 5 30, A: 8 p.m. Up Danbury r. r. 915,a. m. a 615 p. in. East Norwalk ll 45, s 55 a. m. «I: 5 30 p. m. Silvermlne 6p. in. Weston ll 30. South Norwalk '1 25, it 10 s. m. 111 50, 5 30 a 8 p. in. Extra Copies of the “Gazette” On sale at this office, also by newsboya and by J. M. Benedict, - - - Post office If It? Ninth”. . - - Cassi-rigging ' " 0' er' ' - - - - Wall-at E. N. Sloan, - IN scorn sonwaax at W. 0. Merritt ii. Thelle, B. it. Bodweil, our or rows bananas: Geo. H. Cole, - - - - Bethel 1.. M. Monroe, - - - New Canaan Wm. Edgar Nash. - - - - Westport Wednesday. J an. 12, 1887. New Advertisements this week. Miss Lucretia Quintard, sister slipped on the ice last Friday and falling, broke her arm. Rev. W. B. Alfieck a quaint Yorkshire preacher, will give a free lecture in the second M. E. church on Friday evening of this week; subject “The Five W’s". At the election of directors of the Na- tional Bank of Norwalk yesterday. Mr. O. E. Wilson was electeda director to succeed Hon. James W. Hyatt, resigned. Rev. Dr. W. W. Clark will begin a series of four illustrated sermons on next Sunday evening, on “The First Four Great Events.” Each sermon will be illustrated by four large scripture paint- ings. Charles E. Robinson, who for many years, held the responsible position of chief clerk at the post office, has accepted a clerkship in the treasurer's department of the Housatonic railroad, and will begin his new duties next Monday. He is one of the oldest, most faithful and efficient, and in every way acceptable and compe- tent employees in the post office—News. It were better for our property owners that a grindstone be :tied atliwart- their necks, rather than that, by neglecting to shovel the cold waves 03 their sidewalks, they get Bailiff, Pinnco in their hair with his little fine-tooth borough ordinance. The vigilantbailiff keeps an eye, on the by- ways as well as the highways, and the walks are cleared “with neatness and despatch.” Warden Hyatt has received the appoint. meat of National Bank Examiner. This necessitates a borough election for an- other head to our‘ local municipality. Annual meeting, Lonnsbury a Bissell Co. Annual winter sale, Bryant, Besse & 00. Bank report, Central National Bank. Bank report, Fairfield County National Bank. Business opportunity, w. G. Staples. Cloaks, wraps, etc., The D. M. Read Go. Coal. wood, etc., Raymond Bros. Equitable Mortgage Co., B. B. Crawfurd. Probate notice, Estate of Samuel Besscy. Shoddy shoes. Roscoe. Camp .2 Co. Stocks, grain, eto., Laurie (Co. The Mead Abdominal Belt, N. E. Mead a son. LOCAL ITEMS. Dennis Callahan, of the Rocks road, died Monday. Mr. W. W. Comstock, of South Nor- walk, goes to’Florida this week. The public are respectfully but. firmly admonished to keep off the grass. Eel fishing is at present a popular and fruitful occupation on the creek. The aged mother of Rev. Dr. Anderson is seriously ill at her home in Boston. Miss M srtba A. Evans of Bethel, visit. ed Mr. and Mrs. it. D. i ornell last week. The Ridgefield Press, an excellent local paper, is now controlled by a stock corn puny. Mr. Lounsbury was elected governor and Senator Hewley will be as surely elected his own successor. Miss Hattie E. Osborn, of Naugatuck spent the Sabbath, at her uncle‘s, 0. E. Wilson's, in Norwalk. The teachers and some of the pupils of Center School will take a sleigh-ride to Stamford and return twnight. A little girl was run over by some of the cutter racers on East avenue last Friday, but was not seriously injured. Thomas Laughton, city editor of the Hartford Times was suffocated to death at a big fire in Hartford Sunday. Miss Stevens’ select school opened last week with a prospect of a successful term, profitable alike to teacher and pupils. Mrs. Georgiana Rosmerein died last Thursday, aged 42. Deceased was a daughter of LeGrand Sturges, of Wilton. Editor Baker of the Stamford Herald started the New Year right by getting married. Heartlestcongratulatious, neigh- bor. Secretary Whitney seems to haye suc- ceeded in killing old John Roach, but he could not kill his boat, though he tried his utmost to do so. A little son of David Beers, city, in sliding down hill sustained . a severe injury near the eye, but his sight was not destroyed as reported. Mrs. Mary A. Wickes died on Thursday at the home of her son-in-law ex-Selectman Charles A. Burr, She was aged seventy- six, and was the widow James W. Wickes. Company F’s sociable, Wednesday even- ing, was not largely attended owing to the unpleasant weather, but the partici- pants had s royal good time, just the same. A dozen or more members of the Bridge- port Turner society went to South Nor- walk Monday evening where at the hall of the Germania society they gave a fine ex- ' ' “er turning—News. ' ‘ T“‘,‘~ foboggan slide ‘l'. lug. :‘qmri “r..- u-i: 711.43. fur- nish-L; " H.223 :2' sport. tile daughter and n... .4: m, . ., «Haip- ped with real Canadian IOtha . ~~ Beginning to-day, the bell of the electric fire alarm, at noon, will strike twelve in- stead of one, as heretofore. By this noon- day striking our citizens are enabled to get the exact Washington time every day. The Bridgeport Post’s Annual is a neat and attractive publication, crammed full of useful information and paying adver- tisements. It is a creditable piece of enter. prise, such as may be expected from the Post at any time. In one year the new management of the Danbury Democrat has increased the cir- culation of that paper from 850 to 4,000 a week. It is certainly a lively and read- able sheet and is evidently destined to climb still higher in the scale of pros- perity. » At the annual meeting of SLWs Total Abstinence Benevolent Society John McMahon was elected president; Thomas Ward, vice do.; John Vt ard, recording secretary; John Cook, financial secretary; John Carmody, treasurer; M. J. McNerny, marshal. At the Knights of Pythias fair in Bridgeport,_Editor Wood of the Post was the winner of a handsome sword. It isn’t so mighty as the pen, especially in Tom's hands, but it's fairer to look upon. Geo. W. Simmonds won the wine castor, and Frank Taylor taught him its uses. The “W. G. 0." Club went riding on a one-horse double ripper Friday night. The front end of he plank was occupied by Billy Bishop and his goatee. On the corner of Chapel street a bolt loosened and the horse and forward bob went on, leav- ing the rest of the ripper and all the boys in the middle of the road. In reply to the Gazsrra’s remark, in connection with General ()lmstead’s. ap- pointment of Col. 12!. 0. Morgan of Col- chester, as assistant Q. M. General, that “Falrfield county couldn’t expect to have everything," the Danbury News aptly says; “That’s so; only the eastern counties can expect that." Geo. W. St. John, now over 80, who used to keep a little grocery under Mill . Hill years ago, and now of Independence, Kansas, is supposed to be fatally ill. He buried his wife about a week ago and was taken ill on the. day of the funeral. He is supposed to be the oldest member of Our Brothers’ Lodge, 1. O. O. F.- A very realistic and vigorous dog fight on Main street Saturday morning between canine local talent and a strange bull dog, was witnessed by a large, select and ap- preciative audience. Local pride and patriotism had abundant cause for gratifi- cation in the fact that the home dog whip- ped his antagonist. The bull dog had a muzzle on, however. The valiant “broom brigade," that ethnological congress of all nationalities that sweeps everything before it, made several trips over the line Sunday clearing the horse car track of snow. But despite ' ir assiduous labors they were unable to . -~ s rails free and no horse cars were '2 1; :7... the entire afternoon. Mr. Hyatt is to be congratulated on his promotion, as the office is said to be worth anywhere from six to ten thousand a year. Certainly no more competent, experienced examiner could have been called to the responsible position. George Gregory got up a Spanking four- horse team, musical with bells, and at- tached his prancing steeds to his omnibus bod-sled, and on Saturday took Mrs. A. H. Bissell’s Belden avenue school out for a sleigh ridc about town. The young people, te'achers and all, seemed to enjoy the sleigh riding hugely, and the excite- ment of the ride. the vigor of youth, or the zero temperature added a glow of health and color to each happy face. The Phoenix boys went out for a sleigh ride Monday on a double ripper about 40 feet long, drawn by a double team. As they went down Wall street, with a score of frisky laddies astride the narrow plank, some of them with their heels scraping the ground and plowing a flying stream of beautiful snow up their breeches legs, the only thing in their appearance that in- dicated that they were not being ridden ona rail was the "fact that they seemed to enjoy it. Entered into rest at Independence, Kan- as, Jan. 2d, Eliza Jane, wife of George W. St. John, aged 75 years. This estim- able lady belonged to a family who had eeu identified with the interesis of this town for the past 200 years, and was the last survivor of a family of children orig- inally consisting of eight sons and one daughter. She was a native of Norwalk, and sister of the late Stephen, Asa and Henry W. Smith. so long and favorably known in this community. Peace to her memory! x We saw our good and amiable friend Ex-Representative Platt Price, sieze the hand of Representative Brady on his re- turn from Hartford, with a cordiality and heartiness that sho‘wed that Mr. Price at least, was not one of those narrow minded and small patterns of a man, who nurses partisan regrets or resentments. Then too, Mr. Price has had all the honor there is in having been a member of our state legislature, and how much more comfort- able and independent he must feel as the master of his own time and leisure, and with the right and privilege of enjoying himself just how and as be pleased while remaining at his pleasant home and among loving and devoted kindred. O. E. Wilson has received the appoint- ment of adminstrator on the estate of Capt. Jesse Bette, with special reference to the settlement of the French spoliation claims. Capt. Betts’ sloop "Rising Sun" was captured and confiscated with her cargo in 1799. He died in 1804 and his estate was administered at the time by Nathan Jarvis and Jacob Osborn. Ten of his heirs are new living, and the evidence is complete in the case of the claims against the French for the confisca- tion of the “Rising Sun," and the surviv- ing heirs will soon receive their dividends. The residence of Capt. Bette, it has been ascertained. was on the site now occupied by the new Baptist church at South Nor- walk. Toboggan sliding is all the rage, but 2 Norwalk toboggeth not, despite the fact that the town abounds in eligible sites. East Avenue presents one, where a tobog- gsn slide would not only be well patroniz- ed, but would be well taken care of besides. 2 It would be decked out in pur- ple and fine linen, and would undoubtedly be taken in nights and washed. The ex- pence of a toboggan slide is not great, and the pleasure it afiords is said to be real nice. If our sport loving citizens prefer a , portable one, they might, instead of building up a trestle, get Lengthy Mills, the kerosene peddler, and John Buxton, to hold up the high end while in use, and utilize it as a bridge across the muddy street in time of flood and freshet. But let’s have a toboggan slide anyway. -—'As is their usual custom, the D. M. Read Co. have commenced their January sale of linen and housekeeping goods. They have been opening for the past few days bales and boxes of damasks, napkins, towels, blankets and comfortablcs of every grade. The balance of their stock which contained short lengths and remnants, has been remarked in price and can now be had for very little money. In going over their dress goods stocks several cases of goods that were to arrive for the heli- days but did not, have received a cut in price, and made one of the inducements for the January sale. The cloak room also is included in this sale, and in their advertisement will be seen what a good cloak can now be bought for. The excel- lent light and spacious room now given to this branch of their business has nearly doubled the sales, for customers can make selections with comfort and also during this month recure a cloak for about one- half its value at the D. M. Read 00’s. The new officers of Buckingham Post G. A. B. were installed last Wednesday evening by Commander Keeler of Bridge- port, the installation being public. There was alarge attendance, among the and- ience being a goodly number of comrades of other Posts. After the interesting cer- emonies of the installation, a sort of love feast was indulged in, when some excel- lent speeches were made by local coin- rades and visitors, and a large and tempt- ingly frosted wooden cake was presented with imposing formality, to Commander Kceler on behalf of Buckingham Post. It is only fair'to state, however, that a gen- nine and delicious cake, a complete coun- terpart of the wooden one, was sent by express to Mr. Keeler’s wife the next morning. After the speechifying, acol- lation was served in the hall, of which nearly all present partook, and it was about midnight when the festivities ended. Balabrega’s miracles, as performed in the Opera House this week, constitute an entertainment abouuding in merit, interest and instruction. Miss Lynden's mind reading, musical specialties, and trained birds; the tumbling and contortions of Fritz Young and Emelle Sells, and C. W. Littletield’s mimical powers, are excellent featurrs of the entertainment. But the magical mysteries, spiritualistic “mani- festations," and experiments in mesmerism 6" of Walter Quintard Esq., of So. Norwalk, NORWALK GAZETTE, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 12, with amazement. He had a man running and kicking like a maniac from the rear of the hall to the stage, pursued by an‘ im- aginary d0g.‘ Another mesmerized sub- ject was made to believe that his back itched, and his desperate contOittons in his efforts to scratch it were pitiful but extremely laughable. Two young men were made to imagine themselves by a river side on a hot day. They felt of imaginary water and immediately began to prepare for a swim. Off went the costs and vests quick as a flash; down went the suspenders and—snap went the Pro- fessors fingers over the ears of the be- witclied subjects, breaking the spell just in time to prevent them from slipping out of their trousers and diving over the footliglits'. The expression of shcepisli- ness and mortificaiion’in their counte- nances when, on coming to, they found themselves in the act of stripping on the stage before a large audience, and the agility with which they grabbed up their clothes and dodged behind the scenes, could only be appreciated by being seen. Balabrega will give his last entertainment to-night. ' The girls at Beatty’s straw hat factory turned out on strike Saturday, againsta reduction of wages. At the time of wriL ing they are still out. ———-4.>—_—- Y. A. A. F. 0. These cabalistic capitals stand for Yale Alumni association of Fairfield County, which organized at their first reunion, October 26, 1886, at the house of Rev G. S. Plumley, pastor of the Congregational church, Greenfield Hill, where, by general invitation, thirty-fiveAlumni met and were most hospitably entertained; most of them having been transported thither from the Sonthportstatioa by the teams of Fred- erick Bronson, Esq After prayer by Rev. R. G. S. McNeille, of Bridgeport, an address of welcome by “Provisional Pres- ident” Plumley, a'report by “Provisional Secretary" Rev. A. N. Lewis, of West- port, the singing of Gatideamus, and the appointment of committees. 'Rev.’Timo- thy Dwight, D. D., LL. D., President of Yale University, and grandson of Timothy Dwight, who was pastor here and; princi- pal of the Greenfield Academy from 1783 to 1791,and then became President of Yale College, was welcomed with ‘fithree time three,” and addressed the‘meeting in regard to the condition, dimé‘aud brilliant prospects of the University. Then the-day was spent in the enjoyment cf hearing papers and impromptu addresses: and stories and college songsLadoptin’g'a con- stitution and selecting officers. Rev.G. S. Plumley, president; F. St. John Lock- wood, oue of the vice-presidents; Rev. A. N. Lewis, secretary and treasurer, after which the Association adjourned. A com- plimentary dinner is to be given to Presi- dent Dwight by the Association at Bridge- port, Tuesday, January 18th, at 3 o’clock, p. m.; tickets two dollars. The Associa- tion meets at the Sea Side Club rooms, Main street at 3:30 p. in. All Alumni‘in the county are invited, numbering, this said, about 200. +>——-—- As Insetsoll Sees it. Colonel Ingersoll, discoursing on the antagonism of capital and labor, says: “Here isashoe shop. One man in the shop is always busy at work during the day—always industrious. In the evening he goes courting some good, nice girl. There are five other men in the shop who don’t do any such thing. They spend half their working ‘hours in loafing, and their evenings in dissipation. The first young man by and by cuts out these oth- ers, and gets a boot and shoe store of his own. Then he marries the girl. .5001] he is able to take his wife out to ridertof an evening. The five laborers, his former companions, who see him indulging in this luxury, retire to a neighboring saloon nd pass a resolution that there is an tcrnal struggle between labor and capital.’ —Work and Wages. +0- : Ienator Platt, , g The New London Day remarks that the name of Senator Plait of this state should not be left out of the list of available pres- idential candidates, adding:— He is.as has often been said, a man of the Abe Lincoln type and has a strong . hold on the common people. He stands in the front rank in the senate and com- mands the confidence and esteem of his associates in that body to a remarkable extent. ' . Senator Plait is a man inwhom straight- forward, sound comman sense rises to the hei ht of genius. There is no empty Corner in his head for a presidential bee to buzz in. For that reason, not least among a thousand others, he would make an excellent candidate and . an exception- ally good President. And he’s a. safe man to compliment, , too, for he doesn’t care a snap for public flattery so long as he is sure that he' is doing right.-—-New Haven Palladium. ————————<*>—-—~—————— A Weston Male. Driver Gregory, of the Weston stage and mail route, was accosted On the Street the other day by a lady, with the direct query: “Are you the Weston mail ?" “I believe I’m one of them," blandly re- plied the polite Gregory. ' “Well, a couple of ladies want you, on blank street.” ' é‘But I'm a married man und—” “Well, if you’ll let-me finish—a couple of ladies want to go to Weston by your stage, 'so if you’ll stop at blank street on your way—" 7 . Here the amazed Gregory “caught on" and heaved a soulful sigh of deep relief as he faintly ejaculated: |a0h P) -————<*>———-—-—- ' New Books. ' A. L. Cassino of Boston, has issued the daintiest, most artistic and poetic of all the seasonable gift books we have seen. Its title is "Long Shore" and is the cul- tured work (if Miss E. N. Little, who has already given us “Beacon Lights forGod’s Mariners," and other kindred gems of soul sustaining sweetness and power, espectal- ly to hearts bereaved. It is silver leafed, tied with silken cord and peculiarly rich, pretty and tasteful in both sentiment and print. Price $1.50 and sent by mail on recipt of price. ' _____‘...>———-—- Another Oldestfla'son.‘ And now it is Capt. Henry Lamb of Norwalk, who was born in the same year the old Gazx'rrs was, i. e.. 1800, and who was initiated a Mason in the year 1824. Israel Lockwood is another venerable citizen of Norwalk, though not a Mason. He was born in 1801. —-—‘——«>-—-———— Another Fire at Hartford. ‘ Hart-mono, Jan. 11.-—Fire broke out last oveningin the large brick building in the rear of No. 70 Asylum street, owned by the Hill estate. The building is occupied by tho Fowler 85 Miller Printing company, Hastings a 00,, cigarbox manufacturers, and White & Niles’ livery stable, and by J. K. Parsons 66 C0., hardware, and Charles Soley, cigar manufacturer, for storage. The fire origina- ted in Hastings a: Co.’s shop, and it was at first feared that the entire corner of Main ' and Asylum streets would be destroyed. The firedepartment got to work promptly, and in an hour the flames were subdued. The damage by fire was confined to Hastings & Co.‘s factory, and is slight, but the damage by water makes a total ofnearly 86,000. . Bo Wants Blokes! Men. , Suez, Jan. 11.—Dr. Junker, the Russian explorer and friend of Emin Pasha, the be- Ieaguered Turkish viceroy of equatorial Africa, has arrived here, and will go immo- dlately to Cairo. He urges the utmost haste in organizing and dispatchirg the expedition for the relief of Emin Pasha, and points‘cut the necessity that the men composing the expedition should be picked with special reference to the peculiar duty they will be mlled upon to perform andf the hardships they will necessarily undergo, and also insists that they shall be well equipped. Should these requirements not be complied with there is danger that the expedition may re- sult duaatronsly. are alone worth the time and expense 'of ) witnessing them. His. psychological ex- 1 periments at once convulse his large audiences with laughter, and fill them , I Grand Army Republic. We publish the following extract from i ters, Grand Army of the Republic to all Grand Army Posts throughout the Coun- try, which is of interest to all ex-soldiers and sailors of the war and their widows and orphans. *- Through the pension office [an advance copy of the report of the chief of the army and navy survivors’ division of it at office, has been furnished national headquarters, the substance of which, together with the correspondence. is here promulgated be- cause of its value to all comrades: Dnrxn'rnsnr or run InrxaronJ ' . Passion Orrlos. ' WATnlNGTON, D. C , Nov 2, 1886 GEN’L LUCIUS Famonim, Commander-in- Ulzz'ef. G A. R.. Madison, ll is.: Sim—Your attention is invited to the enclosed copy of the report as made by ' the chief of the army and navy survivors' division. for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1886. As the Grand Army of the Re— public has, in a. very great measure. been instrumental in perfecting this useful and indispensable branch of the pension bureau. 'it is deemed only fair that the comrades of every Post should have an opportunity to become familiar with its record and learn from this service render- ed to veterans everywhere. It is thought, furthermore, that if the comrades of the G. A. R. fully understoodthe aim of the division and its facilities for assisting ap- plicants for pension, the knowledge would act as an incentive. and prompt returns from Posts. now delinquent. be the result It is earnestly desired that before the close of another fiscal year a complete record of the full membership of theGrand Army of the Republic may be on file it) the army and navy survivors’ division. Service cards, with an ofilcial frank for the free return of same. will be promptly forwarded to any Post upon the request of the Adjutant. All requests from comrades of the G. A R.. or any veterans for the addresses of surgeons, ofiicers. comrades or ship-mates Will be responded to at the earliest practi- cal datc. Very Respectfully, JOHN C. BLACK. Commissioner. The aim of the army and navy survi- vors’ division has been and is, to establish a roster as nearly complete as possible of all the surviving soldiers and sailors who served in the Union Army or Navy during the late war. together with their present post-office addresses. thus enabling claim- ants for pension to readily obtain the tea- timony needed in their claims. also aiding the office to detect attempts at imposition. 'The total of names and addresses fur- nished to departments and comrades fOr .all purposes during the past year is 1‘4.- 818. The total number of pension cases affected thereby was 23,802. During the past few months the War Department has forwarded to this office all calls made upon it for addresses of of- ficers and comrades. with the understand- ing that the information is to be sent di- rect to claimant. This arrangement has proved entirely satisfactory, not only to the officials of said department, but to those seeking the information. as the ad- dresses in our file are, with a few excep- tions of recent date, and are almost invar- iably correct. Circulars have been printed and will soon be mailed to all Posts of the G. A. R.. requesting a list of all members who were at any time incarcerated in Southern prisons. and through this medium we hope for satisfactory results. When it is re- membered that, of the 196 585 soldiers who were actual prisoners of war, 60,000 '2’.- * * 1- * II still survive, it would seem that we ought in some way to gather in their complete history. .. . . FRANK A. Burrs, Chief. .Comrade Frank A Butts, Chief of this Division (U. S. Pension Office,) has a force of thirty thoroughly disciplined clerks. nearly every one a G. A. R., man. ho will be glad to answer the request wrtltiout the cost of postage to the appli- can . _All such requests coming to this office Will be at once sent to this division of the pension office, and the answer will go di- rect from there to the person inquiring. Such arrangement dispenses with the former slow, uncertain and almost worth- ess practice of answering inquiries by general orders. Attention is called to the following cir- ular from the pension committee of the G A. R., tersely setting forth their aims and purposes. . The Commander.in-Chief urges every sincere comrade who has the good of. our order and of all our veterans at heart to join us as one in pressing for the enact- ment of the laws recommended by this committee. If we divide, all our cfiorts are wasted. .If we unite 350,000 strong on the same lines of thought and effort with this committee, we can so influence na- tional legislation on this subject as to meet with the approval of the people and satisfy every reasonable demand of the' veterans. LAWRENCE, Novxnman 24, '1886. Constant inquiries are made by com- rades and Posts, of the National Commit- tee on pensions of the Grand Army, as to the exact character of the legislation 31 p—s O favored by this committee. We ive herewith the recommendations of the ension Committee as made to and urged upon the two houses of congress at the last session, and endorsed by the Na- tional Encampment at San Francisco. 1. These recommendations were as follows: , ' 4 2. That the record of the acceptance and muster-in of the so‘dier.or sailor shall be primafacz‘e evidence that he was sound at that time. An increase of pensions to widows to twelve dollars per month. [This has ,since become law ] . ‘4. The continuance of a pension to the widow or dependent relatives, whether the pensioner dies from the effects of wounds or disease resulting from the ser- vice or. not , 5. An increase of 2' pension to minor children from two dollars to five dollars per month, and extending the limit of age from sixteen to eighteen years; and in cases minor child is insane, idiotic. or otherwise helpless. the pension to con- tinue during the life of said child. 6. A re-cnactment of the arrears law. 7. Pension to parents, if new depend- ent, instead of requiring proof of depend- ence at the time of the soldier’s enlist- ment. _ . 8. Pensions to‘ :eurvivors of rebel prisons who are suffering from disability, without proof that said disability arose from said imprisonment. 9. The following special rates of pen- sions: . 10. To those who lost both eyes, or arms, or legs, or an arm and a leg, or dis- ability equivalent thereto, one hundred dollars per month. 7 , .11. For amputation at the hip or shoulder joint. or so near thereto as to .prevent wearing an artificial limb, fifty dollars per month. , 12. .For amputation of leg or arm. above the knee or' elbow, or amputation so near the knee or elbow joint as to ren- der the joint useless, forty dollars per month. 13. For amputation below the knee or elbow, thirty dollars per month. 14. Pensions to all honorably discharg- ed soldiers and sailors now disabled or dependent upon their own labor for sup- port, who are sixty-five years of age with- out proof thst such disability arose from service. 15. Equalization of the beauties paid by the general government. This would provide pensions for the widows,the orphans, the dependent par- ents, the prisoners of war, the aged, the disabled, the depentlent,—-absolutely for every one except the well and the rich, with a large increase for all severe disabil- ities. Senate bill 1886 comprises,substantially, the most important of the above recom- mendations: it has passed the senate and is now pending in the, house. May we not ask your aid in securin the enactment of the foregoin libera legislation? Yours in F. C. and ., GEORGE S. MERRILL LOUIS WAGNER, JAMES TANNER, JOHN C. LINEHAN, JOHN S. KOUNTZ, Pension Committee. By Command of LUCIUSFAIRCHILD, Commandenin-Chicf. Before the recent raflle of “Ben Butler,” two Ansonia young men made a bet. One of thembackcd his statement with a dollar thata Stamford man would win the horse, while his companion wagered an equal amount that an Ansonia party would carry off the honors. Everybody knows that John L ons threw 46, and sold his chances to Dr. lowell, of Stamford, for $100. The question now is, who won the horse, An- sonia or Stamford? The matter was re- fcrred to the New York Clipper, which paper is authority on sporting subjects, and an answer will arrive with its publica- tion next week. Many are of the opinion that the Stamford man won the horse, in- asmuch as Dr. Rowcll paid $100 in addi- tion to his own chance at rafiling. Much interestand not a few dollars are ventured on the Clippei’s solution of the interroga- tiou.—Au.'om'a Sentinel. ._.__.______...._....__ Mrs. Charles Smith, of Jimcs, Ohio, writes : I have used every remedy for aid: headache I could hear of for the past fiftien years, but Carter’s Little Liver Pills did me more gcod than all the rest. ' General Orders No, 5, National Headquar- /Americauseea .' WESTPORT. The sleighing during the past week has beencxcellcnt. A number of cases of scarlet fever are reported in town. The Saugatuck Iron Works have shut down for inventory. Mr. Daniel- Kirk is recovering from a severe attack of pneumonia. Most of our local ice dealers have filled their houses with ice of excellent quality. Mr. B. S. Lewis made a visit to friends in the western part of New York last week. Mr. George Platt, formerly of this place but at present city engineer of Erie, Pa., spent a few days with his brother-in-law Mr. George Jelliifc last week. At the special town meeting held on Monday of last Week the selectmen were authorized to pay for the draw, or at least tlie'amount asked by the bridge company. Town Clerk W. J. Finch is established in his new quarters in E. A. Gorham’s building. We do not see why the town offices could not be in the same building. The public was certainly much better accommodated when they were so. We think the proper authorities should at once provide a more suitable railing at the east end of the long pier near the new draw. A good stout rope would be a great improvement on what is there if nothing better can be put up at present. The annual meeting of the Lees’ Manu- facturing Company was held on Tuesday of last week. The following officers were elected: President. Thomas R. Lees; Treasurer, James E. Lees; Secretary, Robert T. Lees. A dividend of three per cent. was declared. A public installation and installation ball were given by Temple Lodge No. 6'», F. and A. M. in National Hall. The furniture of the Lodge was arranged-upon the platform, in its proper "order, where the installation took place. The officers elect were installed by Past Master George B. Smith assisted by Past S. W. John S. Jones, acting as Grand Marshal. After the ceremony the floor was cleared for dancing. The music was by Wheeler and Wilson’s orchestra of Bridgeport. Supper was served in the lodge room at twelve o’clock. l WIL TON. Sherman Morehouse, Esq., ran up to Hartford last week to witness the incom- 'ng of the legislature. , l Dave J enks gets out his best horse oc- casionally and ventures down to "Pud- ding Lane" where he causes somerbf the Norwalk horse owners to gnaw the file of envy. The purchaser of the White place is reported to be Mrs. Chauncey Foote, who will utilize the premises to provide Wilton with hotel facilities. —————-——<-o+——~—~— BEDDING. The snow fall of Wednesday night pro- duced fine sleighing. Tuesday evening the Methodist Aid Society met at Mrs. Kate Reed’s. Rev. A. J. Crockett of New Milford conducted services at Christ church by exchange with the rector on Sunday. Last week was very cold; thermometer at zero Monday morning, 2°.above zero Tuesday and Saturday 1 ° below zero. Friday the Congregational Society to- appointed the old officers, A. B. Hill, H, B. Rumsey, and E. Hill Committee; L. Sanford Clerk and Treasurer; and Des. J. H. Lee and H. S. Osborn'Collectors. Col. Nelson Bartram, who died in New York, Christmas, lived in Redding in his younger days, and was alive boy. His grandfather always went by the name of Major Bartram. When Nelson came to Bedding to bid his grandfather good-bye before going into the army, he said: “Grandfather, I am going out captain, but I am coming back major.” —_~—¢->————-——— concensso news. The old Chesapeake and Ohio canal, of ' which Washington was the projector and the first president of the company, no longer pays expenses, and the governor of Maryland declares that unless it is aided by the state or the nationll government it must be abandoned. A single earload of furs recently shipped from Winnipeg by the Hudson Bay company represents the destruction of 437 bears, 65 silver foxes, 5,187 beavers, 800 foxes, 4,255 lynxes, 8,478 martens, 291 wolves and a host of small animals. The oldest practicing attorney in the Penn- sylvania courts, Elijah Babbitt, died in Erie. He was born in Providence, R. 1., July 29, 1795, was admitted to the bar in March, 1828, and was in his 9241 year at the time of his death. A freight conductor and brakeman are dead in Delaware. They were drunk on duty and in consequence lost their lives ip a col- lision, for which they were responsible, on the Wilmington and Delaware railroad. Papers published south of the Potomac are boasting that out of ten University of Vir- ginia students who offered in the examina» tion for the medical stafl of the navy nlno , while of tion from Harvard univer- sity nine failed. Gen. Lucius Fairchild, commander-1m chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, is making a tour of inspection of the posts in the middle and New England states ' A company of London capitalists has been organised to operate mines in Kentucky and supply the demand of English gas companies for cannel coal. It has been ascertained that twenty-psych lives were lost in the wreck of the German ship Elizabeth, of! Cape Henry, Va, instead of twenty-two, as previously reported. Henry Myers, one of the oldest men in the world, and who, according to documentary evidence, was born in Holland 126 years ago, died at his home in Vermlllion parish, La, Sunday. Key West, Fla, has no tramps or beggars and no Objects of charity. The horse trade in Montreal has been com- pletely paralyzed by the order of Collector Smalley,’ prohibiting the importation of horses from that district into Vermont on account of the prevalence of glanders. It is claimed that not a single case of glandsrs can be discovered in Montreal. Red estate circles in St. Paul are excited over the statement that the visit of the Chi- mgo millionaire, Philip Armour, to that city hfor the purpose of selecting a site for exten- sive stock yards and pacflng houses. it the consistory to be held in Rome this month several bishop will be nominated to W The combination, proportion and process in paring Hood’s Sarsaparilla, are pecuhar to Rites medicine, and unknown to others. O Three Peculiarities Hood’s Sarsaparills, the great blood purifier three peculiarities, namely: ,_ lst. The combination of the various a The proportion in which the roots. 3 herbs, barks, etc, are mixed. 3d : medicinal properties are secured. The result is amedlcine of unusual strength tofore unequalled. These peculiarities belong exclusively to Hood’s Sarsapariiia, and are Hood’s Sarsaparilla is prepared with the greatest skill and care. by pharmacists of medicine worthy of entire confidence. Ifyou suficr from scrofula, salt rheum, or any dis- headache, or kidney and liver complaints, catarrh or rheumatism, do not fail to try “I recommend Hood’s Sarsaparllla to all my friends as the best blood purifier on “ Hood’s Sarsaparilla has cured me of serof. ulous humor, and done me worlds of good A book containing many additional state- ments of cures will be sent to all who desire. sold by all am'ggnts.‘ si: six to:- .15. Made only by c. I. 11001) 8 00., mellfllass. '1‘’1 b and but recently built, has 15 rooms, a double basement, suitable for kitchen an] laundry or a shop, attic finished, new barn and large lot, gar- den, fruits, etc. Situation very sigbtly and healthy, and altogether forming a most desirable home at a very moderate cost. 'cuns Sick Headache and relieve all the troubles inct~ c :;it to a billoun state of the system, such as Diz- ziness, Nausea, Drowsines Distress aftercatin , Rain in the Side, 8:3. Wh in their most able success has been shown in caring ,1 SICK. Headache, yet Carter’s Little LiverPillsarecqnnlly valuable in Constipation, curls and revcnting this annoying complaint, while t ey a so correct all disorders of the stomach, stimulate the liver and regulate the bowels. Even if ihey only cared HEAD Ache they would be almost priceless to those who suffer from this distressing complaint; but fortu- nately their goodness_does notcnd here, and those wno once try them Will find these ltttlo ills vain- cblo in so mungl ways that they will not c willing to do without em. But after all sick head ACHE Is the bane of so many lives that here is aircrew; make our great boast. Our pills cure it while others do not. Carter's Little Liver Pills are very 51.11511:th very easy to take. One or two pills make a done. They are strictly: vegetable and do not gripe or purge, but by their gentle action please all who use them, In vials at £5 cents ; five for :31. Sold. by druggists everywhere, or sent by mail. CARTER IIED‘ ICINE 00.. new Yoris Citv. Bruins! Bargains! Bargains! Soofield & Hoyt Will Offer for the next thirty days 4,000 yds. Merrimac Prints, at 5 cents; 10 dozen Ladies’ and Misses’ Leggins, at 30 cents per pair: 20 dozen Children’s Handkerchiefs, at 1 cent each. 100 Wraps 0081111111130 at Cost. ——Job lot of— (Jlll'ldren’s CloaJes, cheap. Gents’ Wool Half-Hose, 25 cents, worth 40 cents. Ladies’ All-Wool Hose at 25 cents; Lalles’ P1010 81 8110000 Balhrigan 11080, at 20 cents per pair. 10-4 White Blankets, at $2.00, cheap at $3.00. fill/'0 are making this Special Sale to Reduce Stock. PLEASE CALL AND EXAMINE OUR GOODS AND PRICES, Scofield & Hoyt, 'No. 3 Gazette Building. A. Pretty Residence for Sale at a Bargain. Esahscriberlntending to leave the country next spring, ofi’ers for sale at a very great argain his residence on Spring Hill. It is well i 8 8 7. 6 all 7 per cent. Farm Mortgages ——-OF THE— Equitsble lertgsge 60., Kansas City. Incorporated—Capital, $000,000. Principal and Interest Guaranteed. Security from three to six times the amount of loan. Coupon Bonds. Interest payable in New York. Also, 1y34 Six per cent, Debentures Bonds of the Middle-ex Banking Compnny, of Mlddletown, Conn. Organized under the banking laws of the State of Connecticut. Coupons payable in New York, R. B. CRAUFURD, Agent, 31 Main Street, Norwaik. Mliilltxtl‘.+00llll, 33 Main Street, We are making a special display of Mourning and Fancy 00003 of all kinds. Hilll 6000M SPECIllll. A Full Line of EMBROIDERY MATERIALS Constantly on hand. Stamping Neatly Executed. Misses St. John, 33 Illa/lat Street, Grand Annual Mid-Winter Clearance Sale --—-:BY:—— Bryant, Besse a 00., Reliable 'COmb'lnation Clothiers, Hatters and Gents’ Furnishers. - We have marked down our entire stock of Mens’, Youths’, Boys’ and Children’s OVERCOATS, ULSTERS AND REEFERS Previous to inventory the last of February, 1887. This season we anticipated and prepared for a larger business than ever before. We have carried a larger stock, and consequently have lots left to sell. Everybody who knows Bryant, Besse dt 00., knows that they handlelReliable Goods at anx Low Palette. Wlnter Overcoats. - ' - -, Men’s Black Elysian Overcoats .......... .. ......$ 4.50, former price, 3 5.50 TIIIIIIIIIHN and Ullll‘lillmfliiarBllllllflH “ Black and Blue Elysian Overcoats. ...... ‘ ....... 6.00, " " 7.50 ‘ “ All-Wool Gray Diagonal Overcoats ..... 7.50, “ “ 8.50 and Hats “ Dark Gray Cassimere 0vercoats...... 9.00, “ “ 10 00 f :‘ giackDBeaverIOgercoats...... .. 13 g, :‘ :‘ 13.33 , . ‘ no is one vcrcoats........ . , ‘ , ‘ . Fancy .lielltllers H‘ Ostrlch “ Black Efivsian Overcoats........... 13.00, “ .. 15.00 Tips “ Blue Elysian Overcoats 13.00, “ “ 15.00 ' " Fine Brown Caster Beaver Overcoats...................... 16.00, “ “ 18.00 Young Men’s Overcoats at the same greatly reduced prices. Look at our Ulsters for $6.00, 6.50, 7.50, 8.50 and 11.00. Boys’ and Children's Overcoats, $1.25, 1.75, 2.50, 3.00, 4.00 and 5.00. Men’s and Boys’ Winter Suits at our usually low prices. a. Hats, Caps, Trunks, Bags, Horse Blankets, Lap Robes and Wolf Robes. Come while the assortment is good. One low cash price to all. flll goods warranted as represented. Bryant, Besse eke 00., CLOTEIEE s A'N‘D HATTEHB, 29 Main Street, Norwalk. Glover 0 Olsen, 00.420011810010011, Leaders of the Shoe Trade Wish to cal. your attention to a few of the many styles of shoes carried in stock by them. OUR LADIES’ I'l‘flllfli Kit, Hail-Male Waulennliasl, A Marve of Comfort and Ease. 0111' $5 Halt-Mate French K10 Welt For ladies wear are perfect in every respect and as good a shoe as any sold at so. For $5.50, . Our Ladtes’ Hand-Made French Kid Turn Shoes A. H. HOYT & SON, DEALERS IN BOO-1's AND SHOES FEEL CONFIDENT That they are selling Boots and Shoes CHEAPER than any other house in N orwalk. We call atten- tionto some of our goods below. made by Benedict & 00., of New Canaan, are the acme of style and beauty, and positively cannot be excelled at any price. Oh! Oh! for $3, Those Nobby Little French Kid, Hand~Made Oxfords with patent leather tips are admired by all that have seen and worn.them. You must cal ' For $2.50, A Perfect Misses’Waukenphast for school or a walking shoe cannot be equalled. Win a word our line of shoes is complete in every respect. We have the best line of CHILDREN’S SCHOOL SHOES Ever shown in town and at prices from the cheapest to the best. Glover 8: Olsen, 42 Wall Street, ‘ noawanx. For Sale Cheap. lLI.be sold at a Bargain,“ applied for sea a small, neat Cottage, of SIX! ooms, in tf48 T. 0. ESKELSEN. Norwalk, Conn, November 27, 1886. H I ' NORWALK. and regulating medicine, is characterized by remedial agents used. 2d The process by which the active and curative power, which eifects cures here- ‘ Unknown to Others 6. education and long experience. Hence it is a case of the blood, dyspepsia, hiliousness. sick Hood's Sarsaparllla earth.” WI. Gm, drugglst, Hamilton, 0. otherwise." 0. A. Anson, Arnold, Me. Hood’s. Sarsaparilla ', I00 . Doses . One Dollar. Suitable for Holiday Presents is not equalle far as prices are concerned they have no Headquarters for Horse (Nothing. neighborhood, and three minutes’ walk 0 the ridge. Apply at- GAZE’I‘TE OFFICE Hand-sewedWelts and Turns, very fine,$ LADIES’ DONGOLA KID, LADIES’ AMERICAN KID, LADIES’ AMERICAN KID LADIES’ CURACOA KID, LADIES’ PEBBLE GAO'l‘, 'wan Street, LADIES’ GLOVE KID Top Shoes, $1.25 and $2. Good Value. lllsses’ 0000111le School has. $31, $1.25, $1.50, $2. BOYS’ SHOES. We cxcell: $1, $1.25, 1.35, $1.85, $1.75, and 82. You will find these shoes can’t be best. Our Old Reliable Plough Shoes, Still reliable, $1.50. We still keep the OLD RELiEfiLE BOOT, At the low price of $2.25. Look at our SEWED BROGANS, The easiest shoe in the market. Every thing as represented. A. H. will; SON’S, Norwalk LADIES’ FRENCH KID, New York toes, also box toes, $3.50 New York and box toes, fine, $3.00 Good Style and a Nice Shoe, $2.50 Can’t be beat for price, $2.00 Fine and Nice,'_$2.00 :IMSTICK BROTHERS Are displaying, in their line, the Largest and Richest Assortment of AY Goons Ever exhibited in this vicinity, and at prices surprisingly 10w. Sil-kUm iellas.wi hSilvertfiuld Handles. mm$2l10 all]. SILK MUFFLERS, . $1, 1.25. 1.50, 2, 2.50, 3, 3.50, 4 and 4.50. GASHMERE MUFFLERS, 25 eta, 35 eta, ‘50 eta, 75 eta. and $1. SILK HANDKERGHIEFS, 250., 400., 500., 750., $1, $1.50, $2. A FULL LINE OF SILK SUSPENDERS. SILK HOSIERY, $1.00, 1.50, 1.75, 2.50, 2.75 and 3.50 per pair. THEIR LINE 01" R1011 NlillK DRESSING IS UNSURPASSED, EMBRAOING Tllll LEADING MAKES 01’ THE GOUN'I'RY. LAP ROBES FROM Particular attention is called to their 25 Cent Scan-Is, Satin Back, which they claim are the best for the money ever shown/m Norwalk- Smoking Jackets and. Morn1ng Gowns. Their Stock of ‘Boys’ (1 in the county for Attractiveness, workmanship and Fit, and as fear of any competition at home or abroad. and Men’s Overcoats $1.35 TO $8.00. SILK PLUSH LAP ROBES‘FROM $16.00 TO $35.00 FUR GAPS, TRUNKS AND TRAVELING BAGS. OO-MSTOOK BRO THERS, - 45 MAIN STREET, _ INSURANCE BUILDING. SOUTH NORWALK.
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