NORWALK GAZETTE, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUA_R_Y 93, 1887.
' 6 all 7 ill tell. Palm Helium
Mid-Winter Clearance Sale
N G ' Friday morning Peter Roach was shot 1y M. Sexton, Bridgeport; Michael Mcj posed would fall far short of accomplish- i WESTPORT,
ORWALK AZETTE. by a restaurant waiter in Bridgeport nam- gflnicki, original, Bridgeport; MOMS 108 :19? evidentliy 8;“ design, OIIPOliuinE Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Harris will —or rns— GrandlAnnual
ed BOWen. The wound will .not provo itzgerald, original, West Stratford ; Chas. a sa utary mora . t won be iab c to spend several weeks in New York. - g , , .
n-TABDI'El'Dv . 180° Smith, original, Madison; George S. Buru- misconstruction and would only add fuel Judge Sherwood expects to attend a “‘12.“.lm clotii’i g“. Gity- I i I —: BY:_ I -
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Bryant, Besse do 00., -
“III If SIIIGIIP‘I’III.
One Year. - -
Six Months, , - - - - 1.00
Three Months, . - - - .50
Single Copies, - - . - - .05
Autumn tum
Furnished on Application at the Gszsrrit Office.
Transient advts., 1 inch, 1 week. - - 81.00
Each subsequent insertion. - - - .50
Local notices in news columns, per line, .20
Births, Marriages and Deaths inserted free.
Liberal terms to yearly and half-yearly advertisers.
Changes for advertisements now running in this
nper must be handed in by Saturday noon to
sure insertion. New advertisements will be
taken up to Tuesday noon.
HIE Jill Plll‘l’lll.
Tull Gazsrrs Job Printin Department is equip-
ped with the beat facilities or turning out First-
‘lass Work of every description. Estimates
cheerfully given.
IllilWAtl P08! fifflfii.
Borough Post office open from 6 a. in. to 8 p. m.
Sundays 9 to 10 a. in. Sunday mail sent out 6 p. m.
Money order hours 8 a. in. to 7 p. m. Malls des-
atched south a west 7 :5 and lo a. m. 3 h 8 p. in.
set 545. 8 55 a.m.& it, 5 30, a B p.m. U llanbury
r. r. 915,21. in. d 615 p. m. East Nurw kites. 855
a. to. do 5 30 p. m. Silvermlneep. m. Weston 11 30.
South Norwalk '1 25. at 10 a. in. 12 50, 530 a 8 p. m.
Extra Copies of the “Gasette”
On sale at this omce. also by newsboys and by
J. M. Benedict, - - - Post office
8. K. Stanley. - - - - at -st
n. C. Masher, - - - Gazer-rs mug
is. N. Sloan. - - - - Wall-st
1N son'ru noawaax or
£1. Theile, H. E. Bodwell, W. 0. Merritt
our or rows nnuas:
Geo. H. Cole. - - -- - Bethei
L. iii. Monroe, - - - New Canaan
Wm.l'.‘dgar Nash. - - - - Westport
Charles T. Gregory. - - - Weston
New Advertisements this week.
Ciosks. silks. etc. The D. M. Read Go
lists, rubber clothing. etc. Ruscoe Cam it Go
Bargains in real estate, 6. E. ilson
Dog lost, Samuel Comstock
Legal notice. Estate of Joseph Shepherd
A rodite company. Opera House
11 bernica comedy company. Opera House
Probate notice. Estate of Catharine Lockwood
Offices to rent. F. St. John Lockwood
LOCAL ITEMS:
fatal but it will prove profitable as alcsson.
A partial eclipse of the moon was ad-
vertised to take place yesterday morning,
but as it was stormy the event was prob-
ably postponed on account of the weather.
Ausonia is having a grand religious
revival. This was the only thing that
could fill the aching void left in pie-
eat-istical circles when Brother Belch left
town.
The Danbury and Norwalk road
brought one car load of freight from Pier
50, on Saturday. The main poiiion of
their freight is being handled by the
Bridgeport boat from Pier 35 and the
Norwaik boat from Pier 23,—Danbury
News.
Do not forget the lecture of Prof. W. G
Anderson, of Brooklyn, on Physical Cul-
ture in the new chapel of the Congrega-
tional Society on Friday evening, Febru-
ary 11th.
Brakeman W. H. Bigelow fell from a
moving train, through a trestle and landed
on the ice below, at Cos Cob Wednesday.
He escaped serious injury and no bones
were broken.
Commander Schoficld, accompanied by
a delegation of members of Buckingham
Post, G. A. R., attended the anuuaien-
campment of the Connecticut Department
at Norwich Thursday.
A little German child in Danbury at-
tempted recently to give her dolly a bath
in a tub of boiling hot water, and plunged
her arms' in up to the elbows, scalding
them so the skin peeled off.
A number of Norwalk ladies and gentle-
men filled a carryall Tuesday evening and
took a ride to Cranberry Plains where
they enjoyeda delightful social evening
hum, original, Hartford; Gustavus W.
Peabody, increase, Waterbury; Samuel
ll. Chapman, increase, Centcrbrook.
Yesterday was the day appointed for
a recount of the vote for Justices in Nor-
walk, the ballot boxes having been taken
to Hartford up to the time the Gamma
goes to press, however, no word has been
received as to the result.
Bridgeport has a young ladies’ society
known as the “Merry Twenty-Four.”
Young ladies seldom get beyond twenty-
four.—-Gazarra. The Merry Twenty-Four
also has young gentlemen enrolled, and
none of the young ladies have yet reached
the limitless age of twenty-foun—Standard.
Apology accepted Then the Merry
Twenty-Four are not so willing to twenty.
four as they are to merry.
.Mr. Lewis Richards, father of cx—Mayor
Richards, died a! his residence at the
corner of West and Hi h streets at 6
a. in. on Friday morning, n his 88th year.
Mr. Richards, despite his great age, rc-
taiued the use of all his faculties and was
always “ busy at something," He was a
public spirited man and deeply interested
in every improvement. Mr. Richards
leaves five children and a large number of
warm personal friends to mourn his loss.
His funeral took place at 2:30 p. m. on
Monday afternoon—Journal.
No matter how chestnutty may be
some of the jokes cracked by a minstrel
troupe there are always cople in an audi-
ence to hill 11 heartily. his was especial-
ly noticeab c at the recent pc'formance
given here by Lester &. Allen’s minstrels.
n Norwalk, according to the GAZETTE.
“they brought down the house With the
same vigorous enthusiasm they called
forth in the unremembered days of their
pristine youth, long, long ago. when
mince pic was a novelty, and there was
honesty in politics.”—— Willimamt'cJaurnal.
to the flame. instead of directing the
attention of the busybody gossips to a
self examination for a justifiable reason
for “casting the first stone,” as she plainly
intends. -
From the Sentinel :-—The first grand ball
of the Hungarian S. do B. Society “Mayer
Betegscgelyzo Eg let” Will be given at
German a Hall onday evening, Feb.
14lh.———On Tuesday night, James Ellis,
while under the influence of liquor, crcat-
ed a disturbance in the Hollow and was
placed in the station housc.——i’llief of
Police Colgrovc did not forget the boys
on Tuesday last. but opened a box of
cigars at Piaisicd’s drug store for their
bencfit.——-Thc public will be glad to
learn that Architect Knapp is busily cn-
gagcd drawing the plans for the new car-
set factory to be erected on Ann street,
although it may be some time beiorc they ,
are completed. The building is to be 160
feet deep, and 80 feet facing on Ann street.
It is to contain a basement, 3 stories and
a mansard roof. In order to have plenty
of light. one hundred windows will be on
earhfioor, and in fact the building will
contain all the modern improvements for
the convenience of the employees. It is
not yet known when work will be com-
menced on the building.
Friday afternoon an Irishman in the
employ of the electric light company was
industriously punching a hole in the.
ground on West avenue, preparatory to
erecting a pole, when his crowbltr struck
what Pat thought was arock. In oder
to loosen it he raised his crowbar, gather--
ed his strength for one supreme effort, and
and drove it down withirresistiblc force—
plumb through the main water pipe A
stream ot water shot the crowbar up into
ti eair, kuockedPat downand cverflowed
the street ’in a twinkling. Pat gathered
himself together, and with eyes bulging
probate convention in Hartford to-day.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Wood celebrate
the fifth anniversary of their marriage to-
day.
Mr. Frank A. Burr of New York, spent
Sunday with his father, Representative
Burr. '
Contractor Raymond has broken ground
for a new house for the Misses Wheeler
of Saugatuck.
The board fence at the east end of the
bridge is to be replaced by an iron railing
similar to the railing ou the draw.
Captain John F. Bulkley is having his
house on Main street, which has been un-
occupied for some time, put in complete
repair.
The new lamps have been placed in
position on the bridge. There should
have been one more near the center of the
bridge.
Mr. E A. Godfrey is having a building
erected on Nash’s dock on the west side
of the river for the purpose of storing
phosphate.
On Saturday Mr. Royal Adams of Nor:
walk, had a shaft broken near Mr. Lloyd
Nash's residence by his horse shying, it
being frightened by a sled.
At the annual meeting of the Westport
Library and Reading Room Association,
held on Thursday evening the old ofilccrs
were elected without exception.
The Greens Farms Farmers’ Club will
hold their annual meeting and oyster sup-
per this, Wednesday eveuing. at the resi-
dence of Mr. John H. Jennings.
The Woman’s Auxiliary connected with
Trinity church on Thursday completed
the filling of a barrel with clothing, and
sent it to Mrs. Beaufort at Lawrenceviile,
Bargains! Ballalls! Ballallls!
The Bee says that the
With Mr. and Mrs. H. Barnes.
discharge papers Pioneer hook and ladder
A large delegation from the Norwalk
company; with
a good sprinkling from the hosa com-
out with mortal terror, ran madly as if
Satan himself were-in hot pursuit. for the
electric light station. where he gasped out
a. ‘
The entertainment which was to have
EcuRE
Ciel: Headache and relieve all the tsoublesincl-
t‘.:-_lt to a billous state of the such as Blue
r'ucss Nan Drownin after
l-‘lzla i5 the S33. (:2. fills imitating:
ablcsucecsshusbcenshowuiucuriog
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neadach Carter’sLlitleLivchllls equally
Fumble ll'qy‘tzftonaiipatiotr'l, gain and Evelina
.lsonuo n complain w a canoe
all disordgrsgl the stomach.atimu’into the liver
and mguiatctheboweia. Evenifiheyonlrcmed
Ach th would be almost eels. those
oufieor {ran this dietrossiugggmplal‘ug but f‘qlrthng
untoly their goodness does not
who once try them will find these ltttlo'gi’lis was:
But after '
ableinsoman we th tth will
todo thout ya a ”unsigned
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They are strictly vegetable and do notgripoor
pu both their gentle action please all
use hem. u vials at 25 cents: five for 81.
by druggists everywhere, sent by mail.
CAREER MEBICINE 00
How York 0 av.
wild
Sold.
Scofield & Hoyt
Will offer for the next thirty days
been given 'by the Westport Division Sons
4,000 yds. Merrimac Prints,
Principal and interest Guaranteed.
Security from three to six times the amount of
loan. Coupon Bonds. Interest payable in New
York. Also, ,, lyu
Six per cent. Debs-taro Bonds of the
Middlosex Banking Company, of
Middleton, Comm.
Organized under the banking laws of the state
of Connecticut. Coupons payable in New York.
B. B. CRAUFURB,
Agent, 31 Main Street, Norwalk.
MISSESxST.+JOHN,
33 Main Street,
We are making a special display of
Reliable Combination Clothiers, Hatters
and ,Gents’ Furnishers. '
We have marked down our jeutirc stock of Mens’, Youths’, Boys' and Children'
OVEIRCOATS. ULSTERS AND REEFERS
1887. This season we anticipated and
Previous to inventory the last of February,
pre red for a larger business than ever before. We bought more goods, and
ave sold more than ever before. We have carried a larger stock, and
consequently have lots left to sell. Everybod who knows Bryant,
Besse do 00., knows that they handle cliable Goods at
Van Low Pawns.
Wln'tler Overcoats.
' ' _ 5_ Men's Black Elysian 0vereoats............ ...... . ......$ 4.50, former price, $ 5.50
mm and Hummeflammmets “ Black and Blue Elysian Overcoats. .. ................... .00, “ . “ 7.50
" All-Wool Gray Diagonal Overcoats .50, “_ “ 8.50
am] Hats “ Dark Gray Caesimere Overcoats. 9.00, “ “ 10 00
I “ glackDBeaverlfgrercoats...... §3 33, “ “ 12%
v v ' . “ tie ' ona vercoais......... .. . , “ “ .
[fancy leathers é- Ostrwh .. Black lite... Overcoats ..... 13.00, “ 15.00
Tips. “ Blue Elysian Overcoots 13.00, “ “ 15.00
" Fine Brown Caster Beaver Overcoats...................... 10.00, “ “ 18.00
We 681161100181 attention to our Mflmeni 0' 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, 8.00, 4.00 and 5.00.
Men’s and Boys’ Winter Suits at our usually low prices.
Mourning and Fancy (tools of all kills.
Hilll 00008 A SPECIAlll.
AFuilLine of
EMBROIDERY MATERIALS ”atsv CaPS- Trunks. Bags.
Constantlyonhand. Horse Blankets, Lap Babes and Wolf Robes.
Stamping Neatly Executed.
Misses St. John,
33 Main Street.
Como while the assortment is good. One low cash
price to all. All goods warranted ate-represented.
Bryant, Besse e2: 00.,
anornxnas AND EATTEBs,
29 Main Street, Norwalk.
belonging to a Newtown veteran were
recently eaten up by rats. It is prob.
able that they are now on their way to
Washington to get his pension. ‘
Rev. Mr. Delano’s conundrum, “Is
South Norwalk the worst place in the
the cause of his fright, and the break was
repaired. Poor Pat evidently thought he
was going to be the innocent means of
drowning the whole world;
These be the times when the slippery
stand on wicked places, and he that
panics, attended the ball of the Bethe] fire
department Wednesday night. The next
morning they came up to Dsnhury and
melted at number of our fire laddies and
were shown about town. Just before the
time of the departure of the 12 o’clock
train they partook of a delectable and
Phoenix engine house is being repaired.
Newtown avenue petitions for two elec-
tric lights.
Herman Peiter, telephone repairer, is at
home seriously ill. .
of temperance in National Hall on Tues-
day evening bas been postponed until
Thursday evening on account of the Sun-
day School Convention which is to be
held on Tuesday.
Glover ll Olsen,
No.42 Wall so, Noon,
at 5 cents ; 10 dozen
Ladies’ and Misses’ Leggins,
at 30 cents per pair 3 so dozen
A. H. VHOYT & SON,
The Consolidated road “995 “P about world?”ma nowbe em haticall answer- elaborate lunch at A k r’s . - '
2500010115 0‘ 0031 a d3)“ ed in the Segative. Apnother 3first-class They then llaSleDed l0 Eh: traizfsézgggg- lthinketh he standeth Shmfld take heed afilblfifvbfifm pgposes t0.0pen ' I '
The Norwalk fire police will hold an restaurant has just been opened there. ":15 their); “yaks g”. dtheir hospitable and dest he hear something drop. For a few front of Chrifit 01111113101); [3'] r_ eginuxlg I: Chlidl'en’s Handkerchiefii, Leaders Of the Shoe Trade DEALERS IN ,
important meeting to-night. The boron h th 't' s h v ontra t- 3 Joy: e tiff]; or ed by the Danbury ays past the field has been covered With th _ r "‘8' 30“. an -
. . 3 an on ie a e c c epur men . owe. the slain; we have Witnessed the downfall ence east at right angles intersecting the at 1 cent each. Wish to cal. your attention toafew of the many -
(339mm. Enos K9110“! .Of Elm street is ed “"11 the Norwalk and 50‘1"“ Norwalk 0. H. Harvey after closing his store last of brave and promising manhood - woman. depot road “b0"! MY- Hilbbell'fi P1309. ‘ “mg “no“ “media Stock by men. BOOTS AND SHOES
seriously ill With diphtheria. Electric Light Co. for street lights'at $100 Tucsdly evening started for home and as ]y grace and brilliancy and l’ovcliness The property ““15 made available will 10" wraps & Namai'keii at can. I OUR LADIES, .
Chief Prowittland wife started for Den- per year, to be burned “In“ 1 o’clock he was passing Crofut & Knapp’s factory have been brought low; and pride and furnish some fine building sites. ' I
.515. 1555... Field Kill, Halli-Malls Wallellllllasl, FEEL CONFIDENT
No. 1, a fellow stepped up to him and ambition have groveled in the slush; the ‘ Mr. Edward Elwood of Compo, and
ver Friday, for a month’s visit. every night, the contract being for two
Messrs. Perry & Perry have removed years. asked him what time it was. Mr. -H.,with- air has been filled with the wails and Miss.Belle Burr of Greens Farms were Child , Cl 70 h swerve ofComfortandEase. ..
their law business to Bridgeport. James Hughes, a carpenter, was walk- out consulting his watch, said it was about groans and bad language of prostrate but married at the ,residence 0f the bride 0“ ran 8 on, S, 0 eap‘ - ' _ , . , _
Druggist Lapham has returned from an ing on the track near the Bridgeport de- ninc o’clock, whereupon the fellow took vigorous Youth, and the little screams and Thursday evening 0f 135‘ Wfil’k- The Gents’ W001 Half H S our $5 Hand'uadfl much Kid Willi That they are selling BOOIS and Shoes CHEAPER than any
extended visit in New York state. pot Monday when a train came along and hold of him and at the same time Mr. H, feathers and muffs of dear ones gone ceremony was performed by Rev. B? J- - - 0 e’ ““5““ '0" "9 $0110“ in o'er! WI and ' . ‘ '
There will be a whist party at E 0 knocked him out of the way. He was struck him abiow that knocked the fellow before. The slippery place is no respect' (1;er ea- They will make their home in ascents, worth40 cents. "mum“ ”3"”, ”1‘1““ Other house 111 Norwalk. we call atten-
. ' ' t seriously hurt. bilt his dignity suffered down, and Mo. H went home leavin him er of persons nor bu tl ' ompo at present, 000“!)in the house 0f -
Keeler’s on Mott avenue to—night. no ' . l g S 95 1101' high hats , L d ' For $5 50 e
. ashock. inahca on t! c d. - .. Mr. Rufus Couch. a 138 All-W001 H088 ' ’ .
Clinton Commandery K. T. will hold . p i group nor icreeds, nor prevmus condition of _H'* Ovud1e8,Hmd.Mad°Mch Km TurnShoes _ thDIO some Of 0111‘ g00dS below
On the occasion of Governor Loans The Rev. Trowbrldge Woodi nit, who 5‘5" t‘lde- The man that’s tall has farther WILTON at 25 cents; mamr b "elliedlfltgeCo..of New Canaan. are the
. acme s y e an auty,and positively cannot be
LADIES’ FRENCH KID 'LADIES’ GLOVE KID
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excelled at any price.
Chi Chi for $3,
Those Nobby Little French Kid, Band-Made
Oxfords with patent leather tips are b
all that have eeeuand worn them. You must cal
to fall than the man that’s little and lame;
he may handle his feet in a way more
discreet, but he gets there just the same.
.From the Republican: Mr. A. G. Betts.
of the GAZETTE, celebrated his 25th wed-
ding anniversary one evening last week.
Both Mr. Betts and his wife know how to
died in New York last week and~ was
buried from Zion Episcopal church corner
Madison avenue and 38th street. was for-
merly assistant to Rev. Win Cooper Mead,
D. D., rector of St. Paul’s and was after-
ward rector of Trinity church, South Nor-
walk. . For many years he has been
.too,
a special meeting Friday evening. b
Hector Gerard of Bridgeport, dropped h
dead at New Haven Sunday night.
Walter Hyde, Danbury’s expert violin-
ist, has joined Balabrega’s company.
Miss Emma E. Rowe of Brooklyn is
Miss Kittie Sturges has returned from a
visit from Hartford.
Mr. John V. Thompson has recovered
from his recent illness, and has resumed
his duties, at W. S. Foot’s.
The funeral of the unfortunate George
Lalles’ Plain ll Silillllll Baillitall
at 20 cents per pair.
10-4 White Blankets,
at $2.00, cheap at $8.00.
ury’s visit to New London on Thursday
e will be entertained at the house of
Mayor Williams. The reception at the
armory in the evening promises to be large
and brilliant.
Victor Heisterhagcu, a musician of the
Hand-sewedWeltsand'Turnsgvery fine,$ Top Shoes, $1.25 and $2. Good Value.
LADIES’ DONGOLA KID, Hitler and 01110le School .Slloes.
' New York toes, also box toes, $3.50 31! 3133134150. $2-
BOYS’ SHOES.
and see them.
e
visiting Miss Fannie Vt ilson on Arch st.
Hope hose sent a delegation to the fire-
Howe band, who kept a saloon in Bridge-
port, committed suicide Thursday morn-
city.
ntertain, and a pleasant evening was
engaged in mission work in New York passed—A young man from this city
He was graduated at Yale college
was pretty thoroughly frightened in
Lynch took plice at the Congregational
church on Sunday afternoon the Rev. Dr.
35"We are making this
Special Sale to Reduce
A Perfect Misses'Wankenphast for school or a
walking shoe cannot be equalled.
F” 32'5“ LADIES’ AMERICAN KID, w. 5., 5.55, .,55 5.55, 55.55,
New York and box toes, fine, $3.00 and $2. You will find these. shoes can’t
be best. Our
Seward conducting the services.
A surprise took place at the residence
Stock.
ilig by shooting himself through the head.
Business depression is supposed to have
. owayton last Sunday night by a sword
in the hands of an angry resident of that
men’s ball at Milford Wednesday evening. . .
m 1849 in the class with Col. F. St. John
rrIn a word our line of shoes is complete in
LADIES’ AMERICAN KID Old Reliable Plough Shoes,
Mr. and Mrs. William li. Earle contem- b th Lockwood 1 (, ll fD b
lat m“ t C l d - t l een e cause. - p ace.——-— ‘ouuc 0 on ur , and Ken _
Iciiitee.a p 0 o ore 0 Springs a aneary A milk car took fire in Bridgeport , An excellent serial by Frank A. Munsey Of New. Canaan, "I“ "“"Fhe for a 10%: 0f 8' H'.Bames’ Esq., Chestnut H1“ in PLEASEGDDIDS ANN?) PFIEIIEBESNE OUR every respect.
Washington Chapter No 24 R A M Thursday .and was extinguished by thecon- i: gifl'lvorfui‘illtieli-‘gsltnlitdiia ifingtfiibggg/d will bill; agililrratg;0?l}1%ga—w'il§heat Stimlggi: :he chc-ningnof the, first. h A delegation , We have the best line of 600d Style “(1 a Nice Shoe, ‘2'” Still reliable, ’31-50- We still keep the
. . . . . , ' . _ ‘ . . _ ' , - , _ rom orwa { assis c in t e merry mak- - —_'
tents of the milk cans being thiovt n upon ll, haldly fml of increasmg the already large Saengerbund, Of this 01W. W111 be repre— ing. s c 0 fi 31 d & H 0 y t, CHILDREN ,8 SCHOOL SHOES LADIES’ CURACOA KID OLD RELIABLE BOOT,
. , .
At the low price of $2.25. Look at our
SEWED BROGANS,
sented at the Ital masque of a similar
oclety ill Bridgeport, February 15th.—
“Noisy Mack, the Blood Washed Carpen—
Ever shown in town and at prices from the
will work the Mark Master degree to~
cheapest to the best.
night.
circulation of» that excellent paper.
Among the other features of the paper
during February are new serials called
the rescuing firemen explaining that they
Can’t be beat for price. $2.00
always go for the water supply that is The price for a railroad ticket from
Wilton to New York and return is $2.30
No. 3 Gazette Building.
hefil Eat??? m:§;:gr0:fm:h:fv§:twpzfiz nearest at hand. “Little Nan,” by Mrs. Mary A. Denison ter.” is the name a prominent western . . . '
Tuesday p » I Chin Lockwood and Ofliccr DeForcst, and “Nature’s Young Noblemeh’n by salvation army warrior .sails under. He but by buy mg a trip Poket to South Nor- LADIES, PEBBLE GAOT
' I “two of the finest ” have just come on; Brooks McCormick; sketches of Murat '8. coming east and W'“ "1 all probability walk and the“ two tickets to New York lover & Olsen - - , , The easiest shoe in the market. Every
The Old Well Cigar Co. are to erect . h b 1’. l l h ‘ft f l-lalstead, M, P Handy, Samuel Bowles, Visit South Norwalk.——-—WilliamG Line. the fare is $2.23. The railroad people A Pretty ROSIGGIGG for 59.1 t ’ Fine and Nice,,$2.00 thing as represented.
another large building on Washington W“ ran new P0 1°C ‘9 mets,t ‘3 gt 0 and Wm. M. Singerly. and a number of burg, a native "f Norwalk, was on MO"- ‘should revise their rates and establish a 0 a
street soon Frank Comstockof~‘outhNorwalk, under interesting stories and articles and fine day elected a director 0f the Bridgeport little consist 9, Bar gin 42 Wall Street '
' _ _ which they lack just as pretty as they are illustrations, among which are handsome Mutual Life Insurance assocmtion, and cncy. g ' ’ AT
Two barges of coal arrived at Wilson’s brave and popular. full-page pictures of ,.iicc_bomingn and also its secretary—The strike utBeatty’s A young man, the skilful master of it THE subscriber intending to leave the country ’ N Wm
Point a few days ago, the first for a num- _ toboggnlilng." o straw hat shop was _ deCided 03’ 0“ useful trade, warmhcarted honest and in- next smmg‘omm 10' sale at 9 very great 03 ' ’ N
Scnnc— A coal yard “le8 me abarrcl Thursday and the girls went to work i bargain his residence on Spring Hill. It is well .
ber of weeks. ' of coal." “Where have you been gettino‘ ‘ Prudence Cl'andall. W110 was recently their demands for an increase of pay on d telligent. but in“ not his own master, Exagghtrgh‘labyleligi-Ik'itghgnigdl’oglsih: Golgi-bl:
St. John’s Lodge, F. and A. M. will your coal all winter?” “In Norwalk." pcnsioncd by the Connecticut legislature certain class of work being acceded to. overcome by the 939015 0f 88" adminis- showtime finishedonev him and large lg, gar- . ' 5 . ,
work the entered apprentice degree to- “You had better go to Norwalk for a bai- in partial restitution for the destruction There were about ahundred Masons on tcred poison, falls .by.the wayside, and gfifiiéi‘ggfgfiyfig’flygggg gglggf‘ggggglgfifi ’ For Sale. ‘ ' ,
there alone in, the midnight,wltli .the fro. verym crate cost. ,1. 0.5ESKELSE‘N? , AcnestnutStandlusDuk- A991; 3‘ om“ wan Street. _, q Norwalk
relfull. Coal is very scarce and regular
customers must be furnished first, after
that Norwalk patrons will be supplied.”—
Memnger. ‘
The New Canaan mail, which for the
past nineteen months has been carried
twice a day by wagon from Stamford. is
of her school for colored children iii Can- board the Danbury train Monday evening,
tel-bury. by O fanatical mob in 1833, i3 “ll-5. most of whom were members of St. John’s
ingo comfortable and 1199935 at Elk Falls, Lodge, of Norwalk, who went to Dan-
Kansas. She is 83 years 01d and i9 bury to witness the exemplification of the
inspired by the noble and, let us hope not Master Mason’s degree in Union Lodge
vain, desire to live long 9110113“ to "see ”‘0 by the officers of St. John’s in flill eveh-
55
Norwalk, Conn. November ‘57. 1886.
zen snow for a bed, perishes. It would
seem but natural that this sad incident
would serve as a warning, but the experi-
ence of the past only leads us to wait with
bated breath the answer to the involun-
morrow night.
The revival at the South Norwalk
Methodist church is largely attended and
full of interest.
Mr. Seymour Curtis and family‘ are
CIMSTOCK ”BROTHERS
comfortably domiciled at the Belden house, now placed on a footin more in liilc with - - - - . - u 5 - - n
Belden avenue. the spirit of the ago an the properservicc eraquiflo“ thhlcrusex 'fder political ”‘33 dress. The work was handsomely tary question, who. w' m perish he“?
- f the people. From and after February c 355‘ ca 10“ W“ “0‘“"551 lots,paupcrs, done, our local brethren sustaining the BEDDING
.—
iusanc criminals, and Jeff Davis."
When Auctioneer Jim Mitchell was
taken with severe cramps at his home the
other night, he called for Fred, and while
writhing with pain he implored: “For
God’s sake, Fredi take hold of my toes ’ u
iigh reputation they have achieved for
excellent work. At the closing of the
lodge a bountiful supper was pal-taken of,
which reflected credit upon the fore-
thought of the Danbury brethren, and
pon the appetites of the visitors. A
HO
Mr. George N. Burtis, of Butler street,
is about to move into his new house near
Newtown avenue.
Starr’s opera company took New Lon-
don by storm last week, and played to
st, there are four mails per day carried
by railroad—Advocate.
Horace Joyce, the victim of the recent
double~ripper accident was buried Friday
in Pine Island Cemetery. His funeral
was attended by Co. D., C. N. G., of
The snow storm of last Wednesday
caused good sleighiug on moat .of our
roads.
On Monday of last week Mrs. Arthur
Todd died, aged about twenty-two years.
very large business.
Ash Wednesday, the Mid—Republican,
which he was a member, and the company
It can’t do any hurt now, Fritz; the sieigh- marched to the cemetery and fired a salute
ing is spoiled any way.
, The Standard says: “Bridgeport pleas-
ure seekers will be more numerous than
usual at the Montreal carnival.”
Invitations are out for a whist party
at the residence of Mr. William A. Curtis,
West avenue, Tuesday evening next.
7‘4
ing ——Mrs. Mathews who has
‘ng a P
arrived
g
over the grave of their late comrade.
Miss Perkins of Mass. is visiting at Mr.
Winfield Moody’s, East avenue.———Thc
people'swhist club was entertained
8. Fred Betts on Wednesday even-
been spend-
ortion of the winter in California
home on Thursday.—-——The Pro-
ressivc whist club met at Mrs. John
3%
The improvements on Newtown avenue Treadweli’s on Wednesday evening—Star.
necessitated the removal of the venerated
elm tree near the North Center school.
Miss Stevens isslowly recovering from
the efiects of her fall upon the ice, though
not yet able to attend to school duties.
Charles H. Sanford of Danbury, has
patented a newspaper binder which is
pronounced a very meritorious invention.
At the South Norwslk barracks the
salvation army now bombard the devil’s
ramparts in the fitful glare of the electric
light.
Real estate agent 0. E. Wilson has sold
the Charles Selleck place on Bayview
avenue, South Norwalk, to Charles E.
Ferris.
An eflort is being made to secure the
services of the great and only Sam Jones,
the rcvivalist, for a series of meetings in
Norwalk,
The sixth annual masqperade ball of the
Germania Smugerbuud is tobe given in
Germanic Hall, city, Monday evening,
2lst inst.
Next Wednesday evening our colored
brethren, the “Red-American Flag club"
will give a concert and dance in Lock-
wood’s Hall.
Stamford’s new horse railroad is now in
operation, and the grand opening was
suspiciously celebrated by giving the local
press a free ride.
The annual meeting and election of
officen of Pioneer hook and ladder com-
pany will take place at their truck house
tomorrow evening.
The West avenue whist club met Mon-
day evcning at Gen. Craufurd's ouArch
street ; to-morrow evening at Matthew
Bird’s, Vt est avenue.
Full moon again Tuesday—Seymour
Times. What! again? we'll just note that
down; that's another argument in favor
of a very high license. -
Mr. and Mrs. LeGrand Betts are to cele-
brate the tenth anniversary of their mur-
riage next Monday evening. Feb. 14th; in
the form of a whist party.
A taxpayer suggests that the Borough
assessors meet on Saturday evenings dur-
ing the period advertised for receiving
the lists of taxable property.
E. S. Adams has purchased two vacant
lots on the Westport road, of O. E. Wilson
trustee of the estate of Flavlus Clark, on
which he will erect cottages.
The dull season among hens, occurring
while the miners strike is in progress,
makes it apprOpriate to remark that eggs
are worth their weight in coal.
Last Wednesday evening the Elite
Social Club met with Mr. Everitt Lowndes
at his home in South Norwalk, where
dancing wasenjoyed until a late hour.
Stamford is well supplied with means
of grace. The Comet has been doing this.
sionary work there for some timc, and
now they have a lodge of Good Tcmplars.
Rowayton has a society called the
“Have another" club. One member re-
-cently jeopardized his good standing by
calling it the “set ’em up again” society.
About twenty-two Norwalk people are
going to unite with the excursion party
made up of mcmhersof the Hanson Place
Methodist church, Brooklyn, in a trip to
Washington, February 16th. They will
have three days in which to do the city,
says the Standards Norwalk correspond-
eut.
_ The latest in regard to the proposed
removal of the Roth & Goldsmith corset
factory is that it will remain in South
Norwalk, the public spirited citizens of
that city having secured for it an accept-
able lot in a desirable locality, on which
a building will be erected 120 feet long, 80
feet wide, and five stories high.
Nelson Raymond, foreman of the trim-
ming room in the Co-operative hat shop,
South Norwalk, has accepted a position
as book keeper with the new hat firm of
Hayes&Co. on withdrawing from the
cooperative shop Saturday. he was pre-
sented by the ladies of the trimming room
with a handsome gold headed cane.
David-W. Sherwood, for many years
the Bridgeport real estate agent of P. T.
Barnum, died in Chicago last week and
his remains were brought to Bridgeport
for interment. For several years past, he
had been residing near Mr. Edward C,
Betts in Colorado, having had charge of
the Craig ranch. Later he was superin-
tending a mine of his own locating.
'1 he numerous friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward C. Betts of Colorado, will be
pained to see the announcement in these
columns of the d-ath of their youngest
child. Mr. and Mrs. Betts are at present
visiting Mrs. Betts’ father, Corpus Christi,
Texas, and the death of their little one is
indeed a sad ending to their otherwise
pleasant trip.
This is the way the question was put at
a recent meeting of prohibitiouists in
New London : “ Vi ho killed Horace Corey?
Was it the man who filled his bottle—an
hour before he was drowned, or the coun-
ty commissioners who licensed the man
who filled the bottle, or the party who ap-
pointed— the commissioners that licensed
the man that filled the bottle that killed
Horace Corey ?”
Eight members of Pioneer hook and
ladder company attended the consolidated
ball of the Eureka and Grassy Plain com.
panies in Bethei Wednesday evening.
The ball was a pleasant and successful
affair, and the visiting firemen were my.
ally entertained. They will return the
compliment when the Bethelites come
cer ball.
Norwalk, and Mrs. Mai Cholwell Miller,
avenue and Leonard street.
down next Tuesday evening to the Piou-
The marriage of Mr. H. P. Price, the
popular cashier at the National Bank of
will be solemnized at St. Paul’s church on
Wednesday next, 16th inst. at 12 o'clOck,
and will undoubtedly be one of the bril-
liant society events of the season. Mr.and
Mrs. Price will occupy their new and
handsome residence on the corner of West
The following pensions Were granted
Wednesday :—-Harriet A., widow of Hen-
ti
several years ago.
he ever dies at all.
The twenty-seventh annual ball of
Jim will die joking if
given next Tuesday evening in Lockwood’s
tickets are well sold, and the arrangements
about perfected.
is engaged. The committee of arrange-
ments is as follows: W. E. Duncan,
H. Decker, Geo. Wymau, E. L. Hoyt,
J. 5H. Jones. The floor committee is
W E. Duncan, Geo. Wyman, H. W. Kemp,
J. F. Sherwood, W. C. Hart.
In the Opera house next Wednesday
t
tainment is pronounced a decided hit, the
the most interesting portions of Ireland.
struments.
That popular laughing sensation,
feast of fun next Tuesday evening. Of
this company the Bridgeport Post said
when they were in that city last spring:
This echediugly amusing play was pro-
duced last evening at the opera house by
Atkinson’s Aphrodite company to a fair
audience and jumped at abound into pub-
lic favor. The piece is refreshingly
unique in situation and dialogue, and keeps
the audience convulscd with laughter from
rise to fall of curtain. The music is new,
written especially for this play. and is of
the popular nature that appeals alike to
the educated and uneducated ear. The
company is a good one.
In a slang phrase of the day, a young
girl who makes it a practice of going
around to skating rinks and club dances,
is known as a "chippy." Bridgeport is
full of them. A “chippy” wears a short
dress and can drink beer and smoke cigar-
ettes, with the boys in the ante-room until
the small hours of the morning. The
partners of a “chlppy” are store clerks
and young men who are just beginning to
see life exemplified in the delights of the
dance and similar social pleasures. A
“Chippy" .
and can make a night of it with the best
of them. Gray-headed men have been
seen whirling away the starry hours with
these birds of night and their going and '
coming is a matter of much wonderment
but they get there just the same.—-Bridge-
port News.
Assistant Chief Engineer Wm. Fitch has
received aletter from-J. J. Murphy, sec-
retary of Hope hook and ladder company
of Palestine, Texas, requesting an ex-
change of photographs with the Pioneers,
the Texas fire laddies having seen in the
Firemen’s Herald an account of the
Pioneers” recent visit to the Harry How-
ards of Port Chester, and their presenta-
tion of a framed group photograph of
members of the company. Our boys pur-
pose to have a large photograph of the
company, truck and house taken as scan
as convenient, and appoint a delegation to
visit their Texas brethren to present it,
compare notes, and cultivate fr.ue:-nal re.
latious with the fireside defenders of the
land of cowboys and lariats.
“Rosie Rowe’s” contribution this week
is “unavoidably crowded out” for various
reasons. First, for lack of space; second,
because it was received too late; third and
principally because her allusions to a
“scandal,” of which it is mainly com-
is on to all the ideas of the day 5
and pull as hard as you can i” at the same pleasant feature of the visit was the pres-
me holding up the foot from which entation of a handsome and valuable
every toe had been cut off by the cars gavel to St. John’s Worshipful Master,
Mr. John H. Lee, who responded to the
presentation in his usual felicitous man-
ner, notwithstanding it took him com-
Pioneer hook and ladder company, to be pletely by surprise. The visitors returned
by special train, arriving here aboutjl2z30,
Hall. is already an assured success. The well pleased with their entertainment at
the hands of the Dahburians. and grati-
A first-class orchestra fied at having imparted an added degree’
of hardness to the cement of brotherly
love.
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A Man Frozen to Death.
George Lynch a Wilton blacksmith
came to Norwalk on Wednesday and took
be 5:19 train for Wilton, at which he fail-
ed to get off and was carried to Branch-
evening Howorth’s double ShOW, Hiberni- ville where he took the down train as far
ca, Comedy and Specialty company will as Cannon's.
give one of their inimitable entertain- place for an hour or so and then attempt-
mentsi and present their successful farci- ed to walk to Wilton on the railroad track.
cal comedy. “The Twin Jarveys. or the At the bridge below .Cannon’s he fell into
Merry 1108 and Lively 09-" This enter— the river but dragged himself out and
crossed the bridge, but his unfortunate
company furnishing their own 9930i“ condition, and the chill of the water over-
scenery. descriptive of a tour through came him and he sank beside the track
, and was overcome by the cold. He was
They 81W 3 street parade. With full brass seen beside the track by one trainman on
hand 81111 a varietyeof other and novel in‘ the night freight and by the track walker
who was so frightened that he told no one
until he reached Branchville.
“Aphl'Oditel” is to give Norwalk another ington the medical examiner was sum-
Hc wandered about that
Dr. Hunt-
moned, but as nothing of a suspicious
nature was found the remains were turned
over to his friends.
9
Insurance Men Win.
Judge Hall of this city has for some
time been hearing at New Haven the case
of Henry'F. Hall of that city vs. the Not-
walk Fire Insurance Co. Yesterday be
rendered a judgment for the defendant to
recover costs. Hall will appeal to the
supreme court. The case has been in the
courts fora long time and has attracted
much attention among the legal fraternity
and insurance men. The property was
insured for $8,000, and the insurance
company, through its adjusters, ofiered
Mr. Hall $4,000. This he refused. and
the matter was left to a committee, who
awarded Hall $4,500. This was also re-
fused and a suit brought with the above
result—Bridgeport New.
Mrs. Ann Phinney.
Mrs. Ann Phinney, wife of Dr. L. N.
Phinney, of this place, died at the home
of her parents at Ovid, N. Y., on Monday,
Feb. 7th, after a long and painful illness.
She had been a patient and uncomplain-
ing suffer for nearly two years, and her
death was but it happy release from a
malady for which there was no cure. A
devoted wife and a conscientious Christian
lady, she will be missed by a large circle
of friends and acquaintances, who “kncw
her but to love her, who named her but to
praise.” Mrs. Phinney was about 45 years
of age
QP——-—-
High License in Minnesota.
Minnesota will soon have a high license
law. The bill now under consideration
fixes the license in places of 10,000 popu-
lation and over at 1,000, and in small
places at $500, biit still retains local option.
The state Republican platform squarely
promises high license, and as that party
hasalarge majority in the legislature it
will pass the measure.
There is serious trouble in the Putnam
Phalanx of of Hartford, Captain Joseph
Warner having been elected major by a
small majority over, Major C. H. Case, and
outsiders warmly sympathize with the
minority. ~-
At her funeral the next Wednesday her
pastor, Rev. L. P. Perry. ofiiciated. The
interment was at Dover Plain, N. Y.
Mrs. Todd was amember of the Metho-
dist church at Long Ridge.
Last Thursday the committee on the
erection of a monument on Gen. Putnam’s
camp ground and other members of the
legislature, with the editor of the Hart.
ford Telegram, visited the ground in com-
pany with a number of the citizens of
Bedding. They were met, escorted to
ground, given alunch at Mrs. A. Tread-
well‘s, and returned to Redding station
by citizens. They seemed greatly pleased
and resolved to favor the erection of the
memorial. The ground. which is well
adapted to the propOsed structure, and
contains a considerable number of the
ruins of the chimneys of the huts erected
by the soldiers, is owned by Mrs. A.
Treadwell, who will give to thestate just
as much as is deemed needfnl for the
purpose, perhaps about ten acres.
~—-——‘-.—>————-
Three years ago Oliver Taylor, of New
Fairfield, stocked a pond on his farm with
German carp. One of the fish which was
carried by the recent flood intoa small
stream and there caught by Mr. Taylor,
weighed seven pounds.
The Rev. N. G. Lippitt of Norwich,
di- d on Friday, aged 70. During the past
forty years he has preached in almost
every Methodist church in Windhau and
New London counties and has been highly
valued in that denomination. For the
past twenty-five years he has also been
bookkeeper at the Norwich National
bank.
Salmon Barlow, of Canaan, who was
found guilty of writing threatening letters
to certain cider-makers, retracted his plea
of not guilty, and pleaded guilty to
one of the counts of the indictment. 1n
the case of another count abiil “of excep-
tions is being prepared. Barlow is under
$3,000 bonds to appear from day to day.
0
Three Peculiaritles
Hood’s Sarsapariila, the great blood purifier
and regulating medicine, is characterized by
three maturities. namely :
lst: 25222222222 NW
2d
- The proportion in which the roots,
. herbs, barks, etc, are mixed.
5 The process by which the active
3d : medicinal properties are secured.
The result is amedicine of unusual strength
and curative power, which effects cures here-
tofore unequalled. These peculiarities belong
exclusively to Hood’s Sarseparlils. and are
5 Unknown to Others:
Hood’s Sanaparilla is prepared with the
matest skill and care. by pharmacists of
education and long experience. Hence it is a
medicine worthy of entire confidence. It you
suffer from serofula. salt rheum. or any dis-
ease of the blood. dyspepsia, biliousnels, sick
headache, or kidney and liver complaints,
catarrh or rheumatism, do not fail to try
Hood’s Sareaparllla
"I recommend Hood’s Sarsaparilia to all
my friends as‘ the best blood purifier on
earth.” WI. Gm, druggist, Hamilton, 0.
“ Hood's Snrsaparills has cured me of serot-
uious humor. and done me worlds of good
otherwise." 0.1. moap,Aruold.Me.
A book consuming many additional state-
mentsofeureswfiibesenttoallwhodesirc.
Hood’s Sarsoparlllo
Soldby aildrugglsts. sinister-st. Made
mayonnoon aoo.,meu.nau.
'. loo , Doses, Ono boiler.
W i-
NORWALK.
45 MAIN STREET,
Will for the next 60 days offer their entire stock of .
liter Suits
,AND
vcrcoats #
AT
REATLYBEDUCED PRICES,
To make. room for l. heir PRING GOODS, which they will place in
stock the latter part of February; -
s
HORSE BLANKETS AT COST.
“ COMSTOGK BROTHERS,
INSURANOEIBUILDING. _
SOUTH NORWALK.
Norwalk Chronicler