Norma/k it Gazette 1800 ESTABLISHED, : TERMS IIF SIIISIlIIIP'I’IIIII. (Strictly in Advance.) One Year, . - - - - - $2.00 Six Months, - . .. - 1.00 Three Months, - - — - .60 Single Copies, - - . . - .05 _ . ADVERTISIII RATES Furnished on Application at the GAZETTE omcc. Transient advts;, 1 inch, 1 week. - - 51-00 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 aper must be handed in by Saturday noon to nsure insertion. New advertisements will be taken up to Tuesday noon. HIE .IIII Pilllflln. ’l‘ns GAZETTE Job PriutIn Department is equip- ped with the best facilities or turning out First- Class Work of every description. Estimates cheerfully given. - IIIIWAII P081 IIFFIOE. Borough Post Office open from 6 a. m. to S p. m. Sundays 9 to 10 a. n1. Sunday mall sent out 6 p. in. Money order hours 8 a. m. to 'i' p. m. Mails des- ~ patched south in west 7 25 and 10 a. m. 3 .It Sp. in. nast 545, 8 55 a.m.& 2, 5 30, it 8 p.m. Up Dilllblll‘y r.rr. 9.1541. in. .e o 15 p. at. East Norwalk 5 45, s 55 a. m. it h 30 p. m. Silvermine 6p. in. Weston 11 so. scuth‘Norwalk 7 25. a: lo a. in. 12 50. 530 .b S p. in. Extra Copies of the “Gazette” On sale at this ofilce, also by newsboys and by J. M. Benedict, - - - Wail-st S. K. Stanley. ~ - - - Wail-st H. C. Mosher, - - - GAZETTE b’ldg E. N. Sloan, - - - - Wall-st IN scorn NOBWALK or H. 'l‘heile, II. E. Bodwell, W. 0. Merritt our or rows DEALnas: Geo. H. Cole, - - - - Bethel L. M. Monroe, 1 - - - New Canaan Wm. Edgar Nash. - - - - Westport Charles '1‘. Gregory. - - - Weston # New Advertisements this week. Groceries, J. P. Nickcrson School opening. Miss Stevens Sale .of hot weather goods, W. B. Hail (it-Co. Hartford races, Charter Oak Park Fair.Meriden, Conn. State Agr’l Society Auction sale, Estate of William E. Quinton! License application, William Tuhey m LOCAL I TENS. Mrs, Geo. H. Randall is in town. ‘ Mrs. Fred Raymond is in the Catskills. ' John Doiy, of Guntherkb Co’s, N.Y. is in town. - . Miss Julia Lockwood, niece and maid, are still at Saratoga. ——Rcad the Record Saturdays. news for two cents. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. F. Kocour last Friday. Bean bag parties are among the social pastimes in Greenwich. Mrs. James Cholwell of New York, is visiting relatives in town. Read J. P. Niekerson’s new advertise- . meat in another column. Mrs. Alden Solmans, of South Norwalk, isat Lake George, N. Y. Mr Charles E. St. John and daughter are at the Kaaterskill House. _. ‘ The Record says: “The cigarette must ' go i" To which we say amen. . ‘ Mr. and'Mrs. Scofield, of Belden avenue, have been viSiting at Long Ridge. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas , S. Morison are temporarily stopping at Dorlon’s. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Coolidge are spend. '. ing the week in Stockbridgc, Mass. The Mulcahey-Grcenwood assault trial has been again adjourned to next Monday. Ex—special policeman Fitch has been again appointed special by Warden Greg- ory. ‘ The funeral of Mary Finnegan was attended from St. Mary’s church on Mon- day. Miss Mabel Vandei'hoef entertained a party of little misses at' Dorlon’s, Satur- day. The Cuban Giants will play the Bridge- ~ port Elks in Bridgeport to-morrow after- noon. Treasurer Millcr and family have re- turned from their short sojourn in Ridge- ficld. ' A favorite salutation of our citizens on meeting a Neptune is: “How is your aunt i" ' The European voyagers, Bailey and Moody, are expected home the first of the month. R. G. Wilson, formerly of the post office, is employed in the National Bank of Norwalk. Mr. B. Cohen, formerly a tailor in Nor- walk, now of Syracuse, N. Y., has been visiting in town. Wm. Dunn and bride of Danbury, are spending their honeymoon at the Baldwin House, Bell Island. Mrs. 0. E. Wilson and daughter will . start Wednesday morning for a week’s visit in Bethlehem. Miss H. M. Stevens’ Bclden Avenue School will open again next month. Read her adv. in another column. A meeting of the court of burgesses was held Monday night, but no business of any special importance was transacted. .Miss Mary Stuart is spending a fortnight at Cottage City, as the guest of Mrs. E. M. Men-lit formerly of South Norwalk. The sewer barricade in front of the Star Shoe Store is removed and the young men are scooping in the trade as of yore. The Winnipauks defeated the Norwalks Saturday, on the Woodward grounds, with the score of 11 to 10, his ten-inning game. From now on Dan Lamont will endeavor to convince the Union soldiers that the President was only in fun, but it won’t work—Detroit Tribune. Mr. Robert McDonald, clerk in Plais- ted’s South Norwalk drug store, left Mon- day for a week’s vacation among friends in Maine.- Read the announcement in another column, of the auction sale of property belonging to the estate of the late Win. E. Quintard. United States Treasurer Hyatt returned to Washington by the Sunday evening train. His family will follow him in about two weeks. , “The President has been a reformer in words chiefly,” remarks the New York World, the leading Democratic paper of . the country. ’ ' , Deacon Easton, wife and child, have been spending their summer vacation in Wilton. “They were down to hear Rev. Col. Anderson, Sunday. No evidence has yet been given which substantiates the awful charge _ that the terrible disaster at Chatsworth, 1115., was the work of train wreckers. Mrs. George Bissell and her two daugh- ters, who have been visitinz their rela- tives on the green, return to their Massachusetts home this week. Charles Ambler and family, of Wilton, visit the White Mountains thisweek Mrs. Ambler’s sister, Miss Raymond, has been at Bar Harbor the past week. The locomotive “Danbury, No. 7," is in repair shops at Falls Village, being repair- ed and painted. When she comes out she will probably be plain “No. 48." The person who sneaked into the Tale pram ofiicc early yesterdry' morning and stole the editor’s pants, was mean enough to lick his mother.-—Hartford Team-am. Miss Edith Muckridge arrived in town Sunday, Aug. 7th, to make a permanent stay with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward Muckridge. She weighed 9} pounds. Notwithstanding the advanced stage of the- season and the subsidence of the hu- midity, the crop of railroad rumors holds out well, with no signs of running short. “Hat” Benton, driver on the street rail_ way, has reported for duty again, after a week’s vacation, which he enjoyed in Long Ridge, High Ridge and other rural points. ’ O. E. Wilson has sold lots 3, and 5,_Fer-. ris avenue, and lot 2_,_ Connecticut turn- pike, to John McGovern. Also lot 13, Stuart avenue, to Eglwalzd. Park, and. lot corner Water and Leonard. streets, to. Horace L. Hubbell. All the Comrade David Godfrey who is om- ploycd at Peter Guiguc’s nursery, accom— panied the 5th CI. boys in their recent visit to Gettysburg, and had a most l'll- joyable time. A young son of Mr. Wctuiorc, who rc- sides in the George Marvin place on Camp st. cut his face and head quite badly in diving from the steps of the Dot-ion bath houses, Friday. The public spirited parties who have so tastifully dechrated the chuieli green with plants, and kept the grass so neatly cropped all summer, are entitled to the public gratitude. Mrs. Emma Beckwith, widow of the late Captain Beckwiih, and daughter of Charles Marvin, formerly of Norwalk, died in Bridgeport Saturday and was buried here on Monday. . Dr. Schwab was prevented by severe illness from filling his last appoint- ment here, but promises to be onhund at the Not-walk Hotel, on Wednesday and Thursday, 24th and 25th inst. The returned Neptuucs seem to have “rccupcrated” wonderfully in healthful color, strength and avoirdupois, during their short stay “down East,” and none more so than the worthy Chaplain. ‘ Our associate has bad a tempting ofl'ei' to sell his Record to a powerful combina- tion of wealth and talent. We don’t won- der at it, as it is by all odds the spright— liest and best natured paper in town. The Bridgeport Elks are selling large numbers of tickets for their afternoon and evening carnival at Parlor Rock on Tues— day, 30thinst. A number of Norwalk people will probably be in attendance. -—Twcnty-oue hundred and fifty Records Advertisers will please make note of this. Rates less than any other local paper; 75 cents a year, and only 2 cents a copy. The front of O. E. Wilson’s office, in the GAZETTE building, is ornamented with an elaborate gilt lettered sign, setting forth the virtues of the New York Insurance Co., for which Mr. Wilson is the Norwalk agent. The Ncps returned Wednesday from their two weeks’ cruise, all tanned and looking contented, and in most instances fatter'tban when they went away. Col. Anderson gained fourteen pounds in flesh during the cruise. Vice President Stevenson, of the House- tonic road, has purchased several excur- sion cars to meet the increasing business of the road. They will be used on picnic trains. They are longer than the average car and will carry 70 or more passengers. The Sun throws cold water upon Presi- dent Clevclaud’s scheme to run next cam- paign on the popularity of his wife, by cruelly reminding him that “Gen. Buckner, who has just made such a poor run in Kentucky. has a popular wife—and baby too.” ~ The Pine Grove camp meeting at Canaan will be in session next week. The last three days of the present week there will be Sunday school, temperance and mis- sionary conventions on the grounds, at which Governor Lounsbury is expected to be present. Miss Emily Weaver has declined a re- cngagemcnt as Aes't. Principal ‘of the Center school. This is greatly to be re- gretted, as she has been very successful during her long occupancy of that position, and contributed largely to the success of the school. Escaped from the state prison, Ernest LeCourt, aged 25, height 5 feet 7e} inches, black eyes, black hair, dark complexion, front teeth gone, had on black hat and light pants. He is a crank. One hun- dred dollars reward is offered for his arrest and return to prison. Henry Ayres, business manager of the Philadelphia Record, and his wife, are spending a few days in the city, the guests of Fred Curtis. Mr. Ayres was formerly a resident of Norwalk, removed to Phila— delphia, and has been connected with the Record a number of years.—~Standard. George A. Farnan, a Clinton oyster dealer, has brought suit against the police of West Haven for malicious arrest, claim- ing $5,000 damages. He was arrested at Savin Rock on the evening of August 4, as a suspicious character, and was re- leased the next morning without a hear- ing. The twentieth annual reunion of the Sixth regiment, Conn. Vols. will be held in Waterbury on Tuesday. Sept. 13th, at which time and places monument is to be unveiled and dedicated to the memory of Col. John L. Chatficld. The exercises are expected to be of a very interesting nature. There is much satisfaction felt among borough water drinkers, because the city’s huckleberry water is worse filtered than our own. The sources of the borough water supply are pure and abundant, and a little wholesome attention to better fil- teratiou would remove all reasonable com plaints. Justice Selleck naturally feels that he was unjustly dealt with by the Saturday papers in their accounts of Thomas Britt’s escapadc. He was brought before His Honor charged simply with drunkenness, and no evidence was introduced against him for any other offence, and he was faund guilty and punished accordingly. A large and appreciative crowd of spec- tators were attracted to the bridge Monday forcnoon by Dutch George and Dutch Charlie, who were endeavoring to snare some fish into _a seine in the creek. They kept paddling their respective boats and frightening the fish away, and finallyliad to haul up their mosquito netting ‘without even a fin. Our August Pansy has come with its forty pages of boy and girl stories and pictures. We wish we could lend it to all the young folks we know. But what is better, send to D. Lothrop Company, Boston, for it. The subscription price is $1 a year; but they will send you one number for five cents—it may be a back number. It is a veritable missionary. Mrs. Gen. Charles Olmstend has been stopping at the Morton House, Niantic, since August 1, and dcserting the grand army of “aunts” at Cottage City, the Gen- eral, at the end of the Neptune cruise, re- joined her there. Next week Mrs. Olmstead will visit Block Island in company with her sister, Miss Hobbic, Mrs. Jennie Cooper, of Detroit, and Miss Weaver, of Deerficld. The printer’s dollars—where are they? A dollar here, and a dollar there sclttcrcd over numerous small towns all over the country, miles spark-how shall they be gathered together? Come home, ye are wanted. Come in single file, that the print tcr may send you forth agin to battle for him and indicate his credit. Reader, are you sure you haven‘t a couple of the print- er’s dollars sticking about yourclotlics ?— Ezehange. Another big engine and boiler on wheels, has arrived, having been drawn all the way from New York by horses, and is set up near the Brunswick Hotel. It. will work the steam drills for blasting the rock in the sewer ditch near Lockwood’s store, on Wall street. With these two steam engines in the street, only a few. rods apart, both pufilng and snorting, we hope to be able to keep our readers surfeited with accounts of spirited runaways. Now that we have such a powerful working force on hand, what a prime op- portunity is ofiered Messrs. Lockwood and Merrillto bring around the discontinued end of the harbor wall (in rear of the Holmes & Keelcr store) to the south— east abutment of the bridge and then erect three or more fine brick stores on the ex- ceedingly eligible sites of the present old- timc, wooden tenements. This improve- ment is among the things inevitable, and the sooner it is accomplished the better. sold again on Saturday before 6 p. in., NO RW-ALK GAZETTE, WEDN Jeweler Spencer has not had it quite :so hard as the late Mr. Grccly, who waited for thirty years, and then failed to get an afternoon off to go fishing, for Spencer only waited about a dozen years for a summer cxcurstou. and then he went west, like a sensible man, as be Is and had it good time. He returned Monday look- ing as refreshed and breezy as the winds that blow abOut Niagara’s whirlpool, which he visited. Mrs. S. has not yet returned, but is visiting in New Jersey. The last Legislature voted to send com- mittccs to tile centennial celebration at ' Philadelphia in 1887, and Columbus, 0., in 1888. The state has appropriated $2,- 500 for the one and $1,500 for the other, and these are appointed to go: To Phila- delphia—Vincent Coflin of Middletown, James Gallagher of New Haven, Ira D. Bates of Thompson, Oscar Leach of Dur— ham. To Columbus—R. J. Walsh of Greenwich, Geo. G. Sumner of Hartford, F. A. Lucas of Goshcn, Joseph lluichins of Pluiuficlil. The President, we are glad to see, has appointed Editor William Parsons, late of the Register and late of the Hartford Tele— gram, 9. special agent to allot lands in sev- erally to the Indians in Oregon. Thus do we see the valiant Judge Birdsall left to work the laboring oar at the pen and paste pot in the office of tlic Telegram, while his late “wicked partner” makes summer excursions to the wilds of Oregon at gov- ernment expense and ten dollars a day. Thus is the party in power constantly , showing its ingraiitudc. Supernatur’al happenings about the court house at Bridgeport have enraged the officials and aroused the curiosity of the citizens Several unpleasant missiles have fallen from the window over the door of the police station, seriously injuring the dispositions of their victims. Officer Willis Lockwood, while asleep in a chair under the window recently, was aroused by a pitcher of ice water poured upon him and no one could be found when search was made. Others have been treated to other insults equally ridiculous and disre- spectful. An investigation will be made. The Bridgeport Sim, after' a short sus- pension, pecps from behind the clouds again, and its editor, "Billy" May, prom- ises to continue its genial and cfi'ulgent rays henceforth without intermission. He says: “No help for it! Our fate is to “die in harness," and so we resume this week the helm,und shall pile on the fuel and make the Sun red—warm! With no enemies to reward and no friends to pun- ish, and sustained by a sincere desire to do the right thing by all, both great and small, with an undying faith in the cause of ‘thc under dog in the fight,’ we fipose to push on the fortunes of our humble luminary to victory or—dcath i" There has been another disruption in the Book family. Last Sunday, according to John’s story, his bride got drunk again and “made Rome howl” in the neighbor- hood of the Book mansion by smashing the dinner table, dishes, dinner and all, with an ax, then attacking him with a hatchet and sauce-pan, striking him vio? lcntly with the latter and dislocating his shoulder. John said Sunday afternoon he intended to have her arrested and severely punished, thinking she was “good for three months in jail,” which would be a happy three months for him, but up to date no arrest has been made, and it is probable that harmony has been restored. The young men of the Young Men’s Christian Association of Norwalk, were not disapointed in the anticipation of a good time in theirvlsit to the rooms of the Bridgeport Association. The fellows were much pleased with the appearance of the Bridgeport Association rooms, and more than pleased with the cordial wel- come cxtcnded by Mr. Collcy and his as- sistants. Only an hour was spent in the rooms, yct timc' was found to visit the gymnasium, sample their lemonade, cake and watermelon, and to close. with a most hearty sing. The refreshments were ex-. ccllent, but the anticipation of such a good spread was too much for one of the party, and he was heard to say faintly, “No, thank you.” ' Frederick Gr. Limcburgb, of the “Blue mountain road” near Newtown avenue, was found dead in his well Friday even- ing, having as it is supposed, fallen into the well while attempting, in the dark, to draw a pull of water; He was 34 years of age, and leaves a wife and two children. The funeral was held on Monday, Rev. Mr. Selleck, officiating. The Episcopal service of the dead was read in a very im- pressive manner, and Mr. Sellcck made a beautiful and pathetic address. He said this was the sixth time that he had officia- ted under this roof. The first was the father, the next the only daughter, then the eldest son, then another son, then the mother, and now thc'ycungest son lies be- fore us in death. He spoke solemnly to the living to be prepared for death, as in this case, come So unexpectedly, and so suddenly. W. 13. Hall (is Co. will continue the free fare until Sept. 1, in order to give an op. portunity to all to visit their silk sale dur- ing August. We copy. from the Bridge- port Farmcr : “Immense crowds visit this monster establishment in response to these weekly announcements, and the sacrifice goes on at a fearful rate, the sidewalks being alive with purchasers lugging arm- fulls of bundles ‘homeward bound.’ A noticeable feature of these sales is that the goods sold on these special occasions are from the identical stocks that were marked at quadruple the bargain figures the week prevtous. Of course Mr. Hall’s object is to ‘clear the track’ for goods al- ready ordered for his fall campaign. Such a house as W. B. Hall d5 Co.‘s buys in large quantities from importers and manufac- turers, requires a vast amount of room for storage, and these ‘give-away sales’ are intended to relieve vault; and shelves of all spring and summer stocks.” The wall tents for the officers, in rear of the streets for the rank and file, were up Friday at Camp Lounsbury. and the platforms were being placed for the head- quarter tents up on the right. Some of the A tents bear queer inscriptions inv crayon, charcoal or ink. Among them are‘ the following: “Four solid men,” “Two Bridgeport bummers,” “Who enters here leaves hope behind,” “Spirits in this camp too, and rum ones at that,” “Give us a rest—after taps,” “Why isthc provost an epileptic? Because he took Crazy Fitz last night," “Who trained Waller’s horse to carry a pillow ?" “General Nuisance was in command last night,” “Who stole Browh’s pig?” and a lot of others, includ- ing pictures of bottles, coffins, skull and crossbones and caricatures of well known ‘ officers. The wits and artists will find a new field this season, for the tents have been changed around promiscuously, and a Fifth battalion man may lie under the canvas that covered one of the dudes of the First regiment last yawn—Bridgeport Post. - Henry B. Smith was brought before Judge Selleck, Tuesday morniugcharged with having stolen a pair of gold rimmed spectacles from Mrs. Lafayette Bartram of Beldcn Avenue about a month ago. He admitted, as witnesses testified, having tried to sell a pair of gold spectacles to parties in Weston, for $5, asserting at the time, that they. were worth $10. At the trial he said they were brass spectacles which he had found at the South Nor- _ walk depot, and which were afterwards stolen from him. He was found guilty of theft and fined $7 and costs, aggregating $21.12. The prisoner, who came into court intoxicated, burst forth in an elo- quent and maudlin tirade of righteous indignation, insisted that he did not “transact" Mrs. Bai‘tram‘s bureau, and told- the court he might “take my frame, I: shan’t pay a d— cent,” then suddenly changing his tune he assumed an air of injured innocence and dilated on the tem- blc disgrace of being unjustly branded as a thief, and finally decided that he would pay up rather than go to jail, but char- acterized the J usticé’s penalty as “highway robbery.” The new tax commission of Bridgeport, appointed by the Legislature, last session, have organized with these officers: Pi'csi- dent, Louis Feldmau ; secretary. George D. Wotrous. ’I‘iixCollcctor Geo. B. St. John has been absent several days, visiting a two thou- sand feet elevation at Mount Everett, in Massachusetts. We poor tax payers have had a comparatively quiet time of it, dur- ing his absence, but after getting so “high” as that, it was high time he returned home. Cram's drill engine was fired up yester- day, and— “Ancicnt maiden lady Cautiously remarks—— Thinks there must be danger Among so many sparks.” School-tax-collector “Saul" Johnson is greatly better, we are glad to say, because there was much need of it. His liver hhs worked badly for some time, though no one would ever have suspected it, for he got around so lively after the delinquents. lie is so much improved, that we pity any one who is now behind hand in his Over River school tax. An item is going the rounds of the state press to the effect that Cornelius D. Kane. who lost a log by the fall of a derrick in Eaton, Cole & Burnham’s factory, has brought suit against the firm for $14,000, claiming that the accident was caused by the carelessness of employee. There have been no papers served in the case. The injured man lives in New Haven. and was at work for other parties at the time of the accident.—Brz‘dgcpm't Stamford. W. L. Gilbert, of Winsted, president of the Hurlbcrt National Bank, and at the head of the Gilbert Clock Company, has given $400,000 to found an institution for the education of friendleas boys and girls. The foundation of the building has already been laid in the western part of the town and will be 176 by 45 feet and three stories high. Mr. Gilbert has also given $400,000 for a high school in the eastern part of the town. A grand harvest excursion for the benc- fit of the dwellers along the various rail‘ roads running into Bridgeport, will be given on Saturday, Sept. 3d, by the steamer Sirius, from Bridgeport to Coney Island, at greatly‘g'edueed. figures. The affair is under the efficient management of Mr. Henry Wright of Gt. Barrington, Mass. who is a well known and popular caterer. . Good music will be provided and a memorable time Will be assured all who attend. ' An unjust discrimination against colored people, appears not to be wholly confined to the Georgia Legislature. as is shown by a recent incident on a Hudson River steamboat. Dr. A. P. Miller, colored pas- tor of the Dixwell Avenue Congregational church, New Haven, was refused a state- room ou the steamer Drew at Albany last Tuesday, and the only reason for the act was the hue of his skin. Dr. Miller is one of the leading ministers of New England and a graduate of Yale college. The second of the series of illuminated lectures given by Dr. W. W. Clark in the Town Hall, Wednesday evening was as deeply interesting as the lecture on the. Emerald Isle. At this lecture the Doctor carried his hearers into ancient times and made .them live in the age when Rome was in her glory. The vividness with which the combat of the gladiawrs was portrayed on the canvas; the striking picture of the Christian martyr in the arena with the hunger maddened lion; the grandeur of the palaces of the Cmsars ; the able description of the ancient customs and manners of the Roman people—all played on the emotions of the large an- dience present. Many of our best families were in attendance at the lecture, among whom we noticed Governor and Mrs. Lounsbury.—Ridgefield Press. A certain deputy collector, of this dis- trict, was taking a vacation in Litchfield county recently and one Sunday nightwas induced to attend church and listen to a sermon on “The Duties of Exemplary Christians." The deputy had been attenti- ing to some duties in connection with im- ports and to them his mind turned instead of to the sermon. Towards the close of the clergyman’s remarks he called out: “What are the duties of exemplary chris- tiaus ?” Up jumped the deputy and called out in reply: “Thirty cents per hundred and 40 per cent ad calorem." The congre, gation was astonished and so was the min— ister. He paused and then announced the usual evening collection. Some one roused the deputy from his dream of innocence and the next morning he left town.— Bridgeport Post. - From the Republican :——Work is pro— gressing on the new corset building; the foundation for the Old Well cigar manu— factory is being laid; the first—floor timbers of the Haviland block are being set, and carpenters and builders in general are having a plenty of work.-—Some weeks ago an Orchard street young lady fell through a culvert near Pine Island; ‘the other day she was thrown from a wagon and somewhat injured. What the next accident to happen her will be we cannot surmise, but if it be a wedding, she shall have our “bestest” wishes.——-One day this week, the owners of the Roton Point property refused an offer of $36,000 for the same, from New York capitalists who proposed erecting a large summer hotel thereon. The proprietors of this desira- ble piece of shore property are Messrs. John Lowuds and Jacob Raymond. A resident of Winnipauk says that the road leading from that place to the borough is ina most wretched condition, and that appeals to have it reconstructed go for naught. Who is to blame ?——-Johu Con- nolly has started a news-stand on Main street, borough. Mr. C. has but one hand and hopes for a liberal patronage.-—-—Jas. Loweth, of the borough, has for the past eighteen months been a “grass widOWcr,” but, everything being lovely, his wife will arrive from England Sept. 18, and two English ‘arts will again thump as one. "Rceord”-ed. It is said that the powerful experimenh :11 electric light on the Brooklyn Bridge can be seen on a clear night from, Spring Hill. It is extinguished at about 10 o’clock nightly. ' Mr. Rufus Wakeman, proprietor of the Sangatuck mattress manufactory, has just received a large contract from the United States government for mattresses for the Indian Bureau. . A large boiler and engine have been set up near the corner of Wall and Water streets, ,to furnish power for drilling by steam a huge ledge of rock encountered in diggin the sewer on Water street. Judge all declined to issue the injunc- tion applied for by the Leonards, to stop work on the second sewer division, etc., on the ground that they had| their remedy in a civil action for damages against the borough. ‘ Rev. James Hubbell, now of Mansfield, Ohio, was in town last week. He is spending his summer vacation in the east. He reports everything parched and burned up by heat and drought at the west, and that-old New England never looked more lovely. Now that Brother E. 0. Keeler has re- turned from his salt sea voyage with the Neptunes, we may hopefully look for a revival of the New Hotel enterprise. Pass around the subscription paper, Brother Keelcr, and let’S'gct the much-needed edi- fice started. Mr. James Coburn, who has so long been a cutter at the'shii't factory, has been putting the Mrs. Ambler cottage on the Westport’ road, into renovated and modern shape, preparatory, so dame rumor asserts, to his nuptials withMiss Meeker, d aughtcr of our popular coal merchant, B. IlIeckcr. Faucher do 00., of New Canaan, have bought the Couch shoe manufaet 'ory at Bridgeport, and will immediately remove their New Canaan shoe factory to th. at city. Nearly every one of their large number of New Canaan operatives will follow them to Bridgeport, which is going to be at seri- one business loss to New Canaan. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens had a very del Light- i‘ul reception at Ex-Mayor Daskam’s resi- dence on East avenue last week. Thcl Iritlal party. had also, a most enjoyable trip “. Iown east,” visiting Newport, Boston, Portl 'niid, Bangor and Bar Harbor. 0 The woman’s christian temperance u. lieu of Connecticut will hold a temper: mcc convention on the Willimantic CI imp grounds, Sunday, Aug. 21, at 9 a. m.,. to be opened by a. temperance praise servi ice. An,inf_ormal service will be held on the preceding Saturday evening. 4 WHOLE FAMILY KILLED; As we go to press the terrible news comes to hand that the Shore Line ex- press train for New York, which passed South Norwatk at about 5 o'clock, struck a team on a egossing at. Five Mile River, instantly killing the occupants of the wag- on, a man. up: womeh and a little child. They had driden onto the track without seeing the approaching train which crash- ed into them at the instant that the wagon was squarely on the track. Particulars of the tragic affair” are meagre at this mo- ment, but we the informed that the un- fortunatcs wore all of one family named VunlIooscar, ‘vvlio lived near Five Mile River. so UTE-NOB WALK. Rev. Mrs. "Wooley returns to Rhoda Island Friday. " A new sign adorns the office of Wilcox & Pardee, in the Lauder building. It is from the artistic hand of H. Tilly, and shows well as a work of art. Mrs. Bennett and Miss Dickcrman, daughters of A. Dickern-au, were sum- moned home item the Catskills on account of the death of their grandmother, Mrs. Downs. Mrs. Ann Downs, a widow, mother of Mrs. Asabcl Dtckcrmau, died at home on Friday night, in the 91st year of her age. She was the last survivor of a family of fourteen childacu. Robert McDonald has at last taken a time off for his annual vacation, and prob- ably is now enjoying the hours as they pass at his home, or in and around the pine woods’of Maine. A lively fight between-two newsboys on the platform at the depot, on Saturday, was suddenly ended. , A waiting passen- gertook each boy by the car and held them until they begged. The first of a block of houses to be built for Johii H. Knapp on Day and Tollcs streets,lis raised and covered. It towers above the adjoining houses, being designed for one or more families. Printing is becoming one of the princi- pal industries of city, and inueh of it is being done by amateurs. 'Harry W. Nash has just printed 50,000 circulars for the Stamford depot restaurant, and has ac. quitted himself well for an amateur. Residents of Elmwood and Bay View avenues, have of late been re- alcd by an bffensive odor, which has been freely waftcd to their dwellings from some unknown source. It has at last been discovered that a brood of hogs were be- ing kept in the neighborhood, shut in bya highboard fence. The second track of the Consolidated road was completed from New Rochelle to Mamaroneck on Wednesday, and used for the down trains on Thursday. Grading for the other tracks is being pushed vigor- ously, but will not be completed before the new year.’ Substantial work is the company’s motto, and the new' tracks prove it. Rev. Mr. Blakeslce, of New Haven, preached in the Congregational church on Sunday morning. In the evening a union service was held, when the same gentle- man spoke upon “The Young Peoples’ Society of Christian Endeavor.” Great stress was laid upon the regularattcudaucc at church and prayer meetings, but little advice was given how those in the “high- ways and hedges” might be reached and brought in. .._ —«.———<o»———n—--- WILTON. Mr. and Mrs. Dewing are visiting at Capt. Ogdcn’s. Mr. Geo. C. M. Gregory is spending his vacation at home. Mr. Gordon Hall, of Brooklyn, spent Sunday with his cousin, S. W. Merwiu. Mrs. John Cummings, of Gosheu, N. Y., is in town visiting her father, Capt. Ogden. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gilbert are here from the West and-are stopping at Deacon Gilbert’s. The grounds of the South Wilton church have been trimmed up, and with some other repairs the church now presents a fair appearance. Mrs. Annie Benson and two children, of Binghamton, are in town spending a few weeks with ‘Mrs. Benson’s mother. Mrs. LeGraud Comstock. Mr. John R. Comstock has retired from the railroad station agency, after a service of thirty-five years. His successor is a young man fiaom Willimantic. — LEEDDING. Rev. L. P, Perry is expecting to take a vacation of three Weeks. The audbuce room of the Methodist church has been dismantled, preparatory to repainting. The congregation wor- shipped in the basement. ‘ Rev. W. J. Jennings occupied his pulpit again last Sdnday. The service of song was rendered more delightful by the slug ing of Mrs. Abbott and Miss Frost. Last weckthcrc was quite an influx of visitors. Among them were Mr. Ezra Frost and diiughter, of. White Plains, and Mrs. J. F. Abbott and son, of Hudson, N. Y. '- ' Queer.;Antics in. a. Parsonage. The Waterbury Republican contains an account of the strange freaks of lightning on Thursday in the phrsonage‘jn Woleott, occupied by- the Rev. F. G. Woodworth. It says :— f “The house was struck fore and aft, either by two bolts very close together, as seemed probable, or by four which (IL. vidcd. The greatest damage done was in the northeast corner, the plaster being knocked off in it per and lower rooms, and the clapboar atom of! at one end. The electricity danced about nearly every room, indicating its steps by paper torn ,off in little patches, especially from the border, and by- patches of plastering knocked off. It tore of! splinters from rafters in the garret, played about in .the kitchen, burning aho e through, a piece of zinc, leaving the mark of fire upon it, caromedfrom nail to nail in the wood- shed, and from nail to refrigerator, scratches showing its track. It tore up the flu ging about the well, and set an umbre aon fire. The queer display of its vagaries was in the person’s-study. The electricity ran downlthe two steel rods of a hanging book case and jumped from the lower end to the wall, making on one side a large round hole and on the other a long, deep scratch. 0n the lower shelf of the case seven books had their titles de- faced by the taking off of the gilt letter- ing, but the books were otherWise unin- jured. In one room the only sign of II ht- niug was about a large picture. we small holes in the plasteriu above and below it showed where the e ectiicity had passed in and out. The glass was broken through the middle and scattered'm small pieces all over the ,room. The picture, a charcoal sketch, was marred along one side by a broad scorch which yellowed the line of the gilt edge of the mat, consider- ably changing the reading. No one was injured in'thc slightest degree, though several were in the house, which seems wonderful in view of the dilution of the electricity.” f—«W List of Patents Issued from the U. 8. Patent Office for two weeks ending August 9, 1887, for the State of Connecticut, furnished as from the office of John E. Earle, Solicitor of Patents, New Haven. Conn W. Adams. Ansouis, mold for casting brass. 128. Carroll. Winsted, hat stretcher. _ G. H. Cowles, assiguor to Corbin Cabipct LockCo.,’ New Britain, machine for making lock caps. . N. W. Crandall, assiguor 1-2 to G. W. Jopson, Meriden, key ring. ‘ _ M. L. Reach. Wateryrlle, vegetable slicer. J. M. Marlin, New Haven, revolving fire- arm, 2 Monte. , » . ‘ H. .Morgau, assiguor to Mention Casket Trimming 00.,Meriden, cofiin-handle (reissue) . I); W. Parker. Meridcn, extension lamp. . DJ... Smith, assiguor‘l 2 to E. A. Smith, Watcrburv, sue nder buckle. . A- Ta lin. orestvillc, :assignor to Bristol Brass Jr. lock 00.. manufacture of bent tubes. 8 patents, (reissues) 0. D. Woodruil', Soutliington, DESIGNS. J. Deeblc, asaignor 1-2 to J. B. Savage, Soutiiington. ox shoe. ‘ meat cutter. .‘ ESDAY. 'AUousjr 173—17387. CURE ‘ Sick Headache and relieve all the troubles inci— dent to a bilious state of the system. such as Dix. rinses, Nausea, Drowsincs Distress after eatfn , mm in the Side, the. Wh lq their mostremar able success has beenshown in curing , SICK \ Heathehc. yet Carter’s Little leerPillsare a valuable in Constipation, curin and remii’g this annoying complaint, while ey a so _comct all disorders of the stomach, st mulate the liver and regulate the bowels. 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SHOES FOR ALL ! LOW PRICED GOOD SHOES. FINE SHOES, OF OUR OIVN MAKE. Hats and Rubber Clothing. Trunks and Bags, A NICE'ASSORTMENT. Three lien Doing Repairing. We’ll "do it up Brewer” and Wei-eh. Come In and 0 Us! Remember. those " Samples,” Bargain Counter. Prompt to do as we agree. We try to please. One low price to all. Ruscoe, (lamp 8t 00. itch. Ballet 0.00 MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN LUMBER, _ TIMBER, ‘ Shingles, La. tit, Doors, Sash Blinds, ./l:[ou./.rl/Ilng, [Window Frames, Pickets, é'c. Ieneereii Hard Wood Willli. Hard Wood Ceiling. and Homing. . South Not-walk, Conn. SPECIAL BARGAINS ‘ ——-.-IN—-—- ~ Choice Building Lots Situated on Spring Hill, Wilton Avenue, Fair Street, and Riverside Avenue. En- quire at GAZETTE OFFICE, A Hint to Cautious Buyers! DON’T WALK ALL OVER TOWN Luann i911 BARGAINS. ii [is Sites You Want STOP RIGHT IN AT HUYT’S SHllE STORE 37 Wall Street. YOU WILL SAVE Time, Trouble and Money. His Men’s Shoes Can’t be Beat. His Gent’s Shoes are the Talk of the Town. -——And we have heard that the—— Lilies Don’t Hills Tiltil Pi‘fllll Lillie Pill When they are incased in a pair of his Extra-Fine Ladies’ Shoes. ,Note the address! A. ll. HOYT a. son, '37 Wall Sil‘ttl, Norwali. N. B.-—We have also got something very nice for the baby. 3m2l RANGES. THE DUCHESS, OUR OWN, UNCLE NICK. These with the Celebrated Duplex Grates. EXTRA COOK, for Coal and Wood; SAMPLE COOK; QUEEN ANNE; EAST LAKE; DENMARK; NEW INDEX, Improved; GRAND UNION, Improved. 'HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Agate, T111 and Wllflllflll Ware, Fine Tea and Dinner Sets, TOILET SETS. Mercer China, Whito‘Gi-imite and C C Ware, DECORATED cooos. ln Great Variety. MONITOR 01L STOVES. Baldwin’s Dry Air Reticulum, The very best in the market. F. J. mouse 00., 93 MAIN STREET. Glover ii Olsen, No.42 Wall s1. lama, 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’ A Marve of Comfort and Ease. 011‘ $5 Hail-Made French Kill Wait For ladies wear are rfect in every respect and as good a s cc as any sold at”. For $5.50, Our Ladles' Hand-Made French Kid Turn Shoes made b Benedict .1; Co., of New Canaan. are the acme 0 style and beauty, and positively cannot be excelled at any price. - , Ohl Oh! for $3, Those Nobby Little French Kid, Band-Made Oxfords with patent leather tips are admired by all that have seen and worn them. You must cal I . For $2.50, A Perfect Misses'Waukenphast for school or a walking shoe cannot be equalled. ' H'In a word our line of shoes is complete in every respect. We have the best me of CHILDREN’S SCHOOL SHOES Ever shown in town and at prices from the cheapest to the best. Glover 8: Olsen, 42 Wall Street, ' NORWALK. Peal Milli Stalin Bellini. FARM WAGONS, Fertilizers, Air Slacked Lime, Land Plaster ~AND—- Drain Pipe, —AT— lfl Franck Kll, Haul-Male Waulennlast, . GO ABOUT SEPTEMBER 1, SUMMER”. Will remove their up-town business from 45 Main street to the New and Commodious Store in - the ' Mllllllill Illllililll}, WALL STREET, ' . At which timethey WillDiSplay their Entire, Line of ‘ a ‘ FALL AND WINTER - 0 D5 , Which in some respeCts Will surpass, all previous efforts... 'In the meantime they will offer: the balance of their ‘1 STOCK GREATLY REDUCED _‘ PRICES. ( Norwalk. CUMSTUEK BROTHERS. 45 Main Street, Insurance Building, South Norwalk.
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