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Extra Copies of the “Gasette” On sale at this office. also by newsboys and by J. M. Benedict, - - Wall street S. K. Stanley. - - . , - Wall street , II. C. Masher, - - - Gaunt: Bl’dg E. N. Sloan, - - - _- Wallstreet . IN sourn NORWALK av 11. Thlele, H. E. Bodwell, O. L. Craw our or Town banana: Geo..H. Cole, - - ~ - Bethel L. M. Monroe. - . - - New Canaan Wm. Edgar Nash. - - - Westport m LOCAL ITEMS. —. Miss Fannie B. Wilson Is visiting in New Haven. Hi Henry’s miustrels are to appear in the Opera House to-night. ..__—-__, Dr. M. Schwab will be at the Norwalk llotel April 10th and 11th. 0 Dr. C. S. Murray has removed into the rooms ovcr Andrew Selleck’s book store. —A fresh car load of horses will arrive at Dunn’s Livery Stable this Wednesday morning. 2tl4 0 Miss Mary E. Traiuor, of Winnipauk, died at her home yesterday after a linger- ing illness. O The festive bock beer billy goat is get- ting in his diabolical work on our convivial young men. Rev. Col. Anderson will exchange pul- piis next Sunday with Rev. Dr. Cooper of New Britain. Frank W. Adams has taken a position in the tool making department of Colt’s Armory in Hartford. .._._.'—_ Hubert E. Bishop, of Willistou seminary, Ensthampton, is spending his vacation with friends in town. 0 W. J. Brown, a printer went off to New York with Miss Annie Hoffman on Satur- day where they were married 0. E. Wilson has sold four building lots on Stewart Avenue, also house and lot on Riverside Avenue, to Michael Kennedy. Norwalk B. B. Club umpires appointed at meeting yesterday, Messrs. Fines, Finch and Bogardus, to serve as required in town. East Norwalk and the Benedict Farm are enjoying a substantial building boom, and from all information gained, it is very healthy. ‘ Editor Golden has vacated the house owned by Ext-Councilman Corbett, and for the present, it is said, is sojourning with Major Crowe. ..__._ Mr. John Aiken has purchased F. E. Lockwood’s interest in the firm of Lock- wood & Aiken‘and continues tlie'business on his own book. Hiram L. Finch died early Sunday morning after a lingering illness. He was 45 years of age. The funeral occurs this afternoon at two o’clock. A school for small children. new begin- ners, is to be opened on Monday next by a young lady at No. 8 Camp street. The number of pupils is to be limited. LaWycr E. M. Lockwood has withdrawn from the law firm of Hurlbutt & Lock- wood and started in for himself with his office in room 4, Gazer-rs building. . O Miss Byxbee’s solo, “Christ is Risen,” which was a feature of services in Nor- walk Biptist Church, Sunday morning, was repeated by request in the evening. 0 The Mestayer-Vaughn company will appear at Music Hall, to-morrow evening, in the laughable comedy “We, Us 65 Co." Don’t fail to attend if you want a good laugh. .0 Two or three South Norwalk cigar deal- ers, and sellers of cheap literature, are about to retire from the business, having made a fortuncand paid it over to their landlords. O Landlord Belding has issued a neat cir- cular descriptive of the Dorlon; House, which he is going tozmanage the coming season. The house is to be open for the season on May lst. From preparations being made in South Norwalk, we should judge that families who have spent the winter in New York, were about to return .to their summer homes in our beautiful city. o——————-—-—'.9 The republicans of Hartford elected their candidate for mayor on Monday, whilethe democrats of Bridgeport swept everything before them, electing Patrick Coughlin mayor by 1,504 majority. eo———————- We have received papers from Windsor, Vermcnt, containing a notice of the death of Mr. J. Frank Smith, who, several years ago, was a resident of Norwalk and was employed by Gen. Olmstead in the Nor- walk post office. Mr. Chester Tollcs hasgrcmovcd to one of the new cottages on High street, near Trinity chapel, and Mr. Roth, of Roth & Goldschmidt’s factory, occupies the other. The third one will be rented to David Stow, when completed. . .———'—0. Hope Hose company's annual ball was given in the Opera House Monday eve- ning and was largely attended and great- lv enjoyed. A number of firemen from out of town were present, Arctic Engine Company, of Milford being largely repre- sented. An excellent supper was served in the Athenaaum. O The Norwalk District S. of T. will hold a' conference meeting at Tempercnce Hall, Gazer-rs building, Norwalk, on the after- noon and evening of Friday, April 6th, commencing at 2 o’clock, p. in. to discuss thcbest methods of advancing the cause of temperance and the Welfare of the order. The public are invited to attend the even- ing address by Rev. Mrs. Lottie J. Crosley, of Danbury, at 7.30 o’clock,p. m. Subject: “ The duty of the Christian Church in the Temperence Reform.” . There has yet no positive movement been made to consolidate the active workings of the temperance people—other than the sermon of Rev. Mr. Ross-Sunday wank. It is feared that it will not succeed, as the probibitionists have leaders who few can sympathize with, and insist on a partisan beats for all temperance work. ,___...,___._ The late terrific blizzard, it seems, was predicted two months ago by a Middle Haddam weather prophet named Horace Johnson. And now, not content with the mischief already wrought, this fiend in human shape has the satanic cruelty to come forward and predict another just like it, to come off between April 6th and 15th. He should be boycotted. -000 The New York Sun says the two most sensible and serviceable public school officials in that city are women. Isn't this another argument in favor of the Gazsr'rs's “reform" suggestion is to placing Dr. EMILY PARDEE on our vacant Norwalk School Board? Try it gentlemen, just this once. in the best interests of our schools— if you dare. At the quarterly election in Concord Divssion, Sons of Temperance, held on Monday evening, the following officers were elected: ‘ W.‘P., Mrs. F. M. Wheeler; W. A., Mrs. H. A. Hotchkiss; R. S., Miss Min. nie A. Kellogg; A. R. 8., Miss Emily A. Minor; F. 8., Win. A. Kellogg; T-rcas., Wm. A. Pryor; Cliap., Rev. C. E. Torrey; Com, Charles F. Loomis, Jr.; A. 0., Miss Nettie Rice; I. S , John Rogers; 0. S., F. W. Perry; P. W. P., Geo. S. Partrick. ———-oop ——-——OOO A new subscriber to the Courier is Ed- win Reasouer, the oldest man in town. He is in his 94th year, and has made up his mind that he can't live any longer un- less hé can keep up with the local news. —Bcrkshire Coun'er. It’s never too late to subscribe for a good paper like the Courier. However, it would have sounded better for Mr. Reasoner as a sound reasoner if he had subscribed for it in his early youth and kept it up to his 94th year. Some of the Norwalk Gazette’s “oldest subscribers" have taken that pa- per consecutively for over sixty years. Mrs. Tallmadge Bakerdied at her residence in South Norwalk on Friday morning after a long and painful illness. The Sentinel says: “Mrs. Baker’s maiden name was Jane A. Smith. She was born in Balaton, N. Y. She'married Mr. Baker in Brook- lyn, and twenty-one years ago they came to this city. _ Deceased was 62 years old and was a member of the Congregational church. She took great enjoyment in her religion, and her Christian life proved a great comfort to her in her declining days. Her manner of living also exerted a lasting influence on a, large circle of friends and acquaintances. The funeral will be held Monday after- noon at 2:15, at her late residence, and on Tuesday morning the remains will be in- erred at Greenwood. O. W. 13. Hall d; 00., of Bridgeport, have commenced the spring trade in earnest, and their collection of silks, wraps, jack- ets, Henrietta cloths and all of the new goods that fashion dictates, is very attrac- tive. The Bridgeport Standard thus speaks of their opening: It has been rainy and disagreeable weather for the past few days, but people have been flocking to the immense dry goods store of 'W. B. Hall &. Co. just the same to view the spring display of new goods. Parties of shoppers from out of town and our own people may be seen in all parts of the store and their enthusiasm is whispered to every friend, who at once also comes to see the exhibition. The firm maintain their reputation for low prices on all kinds of dress goods and only ask that an inspection of materials and quality be made. Q.._..._—.~——— A Bridgeport News reporter interviewed Frank Hitchcock. owner of the yacht Rival, Monday night in regard to the much talked of race between his boat and the Professional, owned by Commodore Fran- cis Burritt. It was decided Monday after— noon that the match should take place J use 7. Mr. Hitchcock said that if Capt. Ed. Sturdevant, his sailing master, can get ready before that he would not object to an earlier date. The race will be sailed of! Bridgeport harbor, eight miles to wind- ward or leeward and return, and must be sailed within four hours. The boats are to start equal, no allowance of 'time to be made by either‘boat, the one that crosses the line first to be declared the winner. The Professional will be sailed under the supervision of Mr. Weber, of South Nor- walk. and the other boat will be under the care of Capt. Edward Sturdevant. At the conference held Monday by those in- terested in the race the understanding was that if they Wish to change the date of the race they can do so, but the probabilities are they will not. A very lively and close contest is expected. ________., Senator Ingalls has written to Railroad Commissioner Greene, of Kansas, the fol— lowing letter : “The democracy and their allies have grossly misrepresented me and endeavored to break the force of my arraignment by personal assaults and by distortion of my language. Every man of intelligence knows that my allusions to Hancock and McClellan were not as soldiers, but as democratic candidates for the presidency. As such they were allies of the Confeder- acy, as Grover Cleveland is, and as every democrat must be who aspires to that office, because he must be elected by the 153 votes of the solid South, which is as much an aggressive and potential force in our politics as it was in 1860. Unless the republican party has the courage and in- telligence to wage the ensuing campaign upon the platform of equal and exact jus- tice to all under law-they will fail, as they deserve to fail." . The alleged condemnation of Senator Ingalls’ late Senate speech by the Hancock Grand Army Post, of Philadelphia, is now proven to have been a fraud. ———-<-o—>——-———— The Record’s Wilton correspondent says : Mr. Editor, why do you have so much trouble in placing the year of the Christ- mas storm. Mr. Charles Holmes was born in 1807 and remembers both that and the later storm vcry distinctly. When the former happened he lived at Beldeu’s Hill. In the morning the men brought in rails, ctc.. and cut them in the house. “Old Oliver," (who went about “whipping the cat”) was there. It was 1811 or 1812. Miss Matilda Ogden says her mother was born in 1800 and was 12 years old when the storm happened; that she livedat Stephen Boughton’s in Carter street, New Canaan. Her mother said the night before was warm, still, and pleasant. An old tramp came there to stay all night and they wanted to get rid 'of him, and they said “Let’s go out and see the Norwalk lights of Christmas Eve.” When he was out the went in and locked the door. J ohu olmes, a brother of Charles, while working at Caleb Hoyt’s, in walking on the banks of snow. broke down onto a flock of geese six weeks after the storm, and they were alive. The animal heat and breath of them had thawed the snow, and they had quite a room under the snow banks and bushes. They had eaten the grass and roots into the very ground. Betsey Knapp was born May, 1805, and says she was in her eighth year, which makes the Christmas storm 1812. She remembers that the children were kept in bed nearly a whole day because they could not get a fire started. Advice to Mothers. —Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, for children teething, is the prescription of one of the best female nurses and phy- sicians in the United States. and has been used for .forty years with never-failing success by millions of mothers for their children. During the process of teething its value is incalculable. It relieves the child from pain, cures dysentery and diarhma, griping in the bowels and wind- colic. By giving health to the child. it rests the mother. Price 25 cents a , bottle. 1y52 NORWA_LK GAZETTE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4., 1888. WALL PAPER! , Norvralk Man in Luck. Borough bnrgcss and our popular bor- ough monumental sculptor P. W. Bates, has received an order for a granite monu_ merit, from Col. A. B. Wood, the U. S. Consul at Dundee, Scotland. Col. Wood .' was visiting friends in Norwalk last Fal and was particularly pleased with the unique and massive granite monument above the dust of the late General and U. S. Senator, O. S. Ferry, and he has, after visiting the noted monument works of Scotland, concluded to give to neighbor Bates his order for an exact duplicate of that attractive stone, to be inscribed to the memory of his saintcd father, the Rev. Daniel T. Wood, audio be put up at the beautiful ccmetery at Middleton'n, N. Y. Rev. Mr. Wood, was for near half a cen- tury pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Middletown, and died and was buried there abdut a quarter of a century ago. That his church there has never felt it a duty or a pleasure to erect a suita- ble tablet to the memory of so faithful a pastor and so double and godly a man, recalls the pathetic soliloquy of poor old Rip Van Winkle, when he sighed and said: —‘ And are we so soon forgotten when we are dead." The commission givcu Mr. Bates by the grand old pastor’s worthy and filial son, is not only a substantial compliment to the professional and mechanical skill of one of our fellow townsmcn, but .will give the people of thrifty Middletowu a chance to see and admire the fine sculptural hand- iwork which can be executed by their Yankee neighbors of Norwalk. aw”— Y. fl. 0. A. The report of the General Secretary of the Norwalk Y. M. C. A. for March, 1888, gives figures as follows: Attendance at Rooms, 1,818 Daily average, (Sundays excepted), 62 Attendance at Dr. Clark’s lecture, 180 Business and social calls, 75 Letters written (on Y. M. C. A. work), 18 Letters received (on Y. M. C. A. work), 17 Letters of introduction to other I. M. C. A’s, 1 Written notices of the local work, 25 Applications for membership received, 15 Appointments kept by reception Com 24 Committee meetings held, 3 Books drawn from the Library, 10 Gymnasium class 4 sessions average attendance. 41 Sunday Song'Scrvices 4, 37A Workers Training Class 4, 5‘.1 The Board of‘ Directors will meet this We inesday evening. On April 9th the annual business meet- ing of the a'ssociation will be held for the election of officers, and new member’s re- ports for the year will be presented. The association will begin its second year in new rooms across the hall from its present quarters. A gymnasium exhibit- ion with a new and interesting programme is planned for April 16th. ————~<o>— Kisses. A prominent physician calls the kiss “an elegant disseminator of diseases.” He main- tains that if the kissing custom were driven out of the land, “it would save one-tenth of one per cent. of human lives,” which are now sacrificed. Out upon the gnarled and sapless vagabond! Evidently the kisses are not for such as he and the old fox says, the grapes are sour. Let him devote himself to making our women healthy and blooming that kisses may be kisses. This can surely be done by Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescrip- tion which is magical in its effect, upon all diseases peculiar to females. After taking it there will be no more irregularity, rib more backache, no more nervous prostration, no more general debility. All druggists. To regulate the Stomach, Liver and Bow- els, Dr. Pierce’s Pellets excel. 25 cents a vial ; one a dose. 4—»———_ “1tecord"-eu. At a weddingin Keutlastwcck one of the presents to the bridal pair was a ,cow. A seasonable and appropriate gift it was, too. Milk and honey go well together.- Mrs. Louisa Hubbard, of East Norwalk, celebrated her 95th birthday on Tuesday. She is in perfect health, notwithstanding she has had eight children, twenty-five grand-children, thirteen great grand- children, and six great, great grand- children. Bridgeport is to have a brand new $60,000 Opera House. It the people of that city think they ought to have an Opera House worth moregthan that, Nor- walk will help them out as she did'iu the court house matter—call a town meeting and scare the projectors into building one worth $150,000. Co. F will give a grand masquerade ball in the Armory on Wednesday evening, April 18th, to be preceded by a concert by Heine’s full brass band. The boys are making extra efiorts to have this mas- querade a success and they will undoubt- edly eclipse all their previous efforts in this line. At any rate, they are sure of a full attendance. A Norwalk subscriber writes: “The Rscorm’s suggestion that our local judici- ary might- be improved by following that Western example and electing women as justices of the peace, is a good one. I think, however. it would be fully as great an improvement if we were to elect a few women to the ofilce of grand juror. Or, it might be a still greater improvement to elect men, if we could onlyinduce them to serve.” Spring is with us once again, and soon we shall have a surfeit of those inevitable reminders of that happy fact; the drone of the wlicezy hand organ will be heard in the land; the dancing bear will climb, the nearest tree for ten cents; soda water fountains will siss and fizzle ; the festive paper bock beer billy goat will caper in the saloon windows ; the pondcrous ulster will be “hung up ;" the robin and the blue bird will fill the air with music; the gush— ing girlies 'will don their mosquito netting frocks, and last but not least, Brother Wade will trot out that Welcome “youn lady with the pug dog.” Then all hai , gentle spring! and the sooner your balmy zephyrs begin to zeph, the better. On Saturday last while Mrs. Frederick Cunningham, who resides in what is called the Prospect house, near the Broad River bridge, was in the act of replenishing the fire, her clothing accidentally caught fire and she narrowly escaped being burned to death. As the flames increased, Mrs. Cunningham became frightened, and los- ing her presence ' of mind, rushed out doors to the well which was some thirty feet from the house, and tried to extin- guish it with water from the pump, but was soon enveloped in flames, and but for the timely assistance of a lady who was stopping with the family occupying the other part of the house, and who succeed- ed in extinguishing the flames, she would have been burned to death. Her face, hands and chest were burned almost to a crisp. Dr. Baldwin was immediately call- ed, who did all that could be done for her relief, and at this writing she is slowly but steadily improving. ._-——-‘.->-———-—-— Begrat‘izlng Apple Trees. As a general rule it doesn’t pay to re- graft old trees of undesirable kinds, but. where one has a few thrifty young trees that have come into bearing and show a tendency for a large production of fruit of poor quality, such may be grafted throughout their tops as extensively as you please with a good deal of propriety, especially if they stand in locations where they will be missed if cut down as worth- less. To change a large tree entirely will require at least three years, as to cut 0! the entire top at once may kill it. The scions should be set in limbs of about one or two inches in diameter, and not near the ends of the limbs, but near the butts of small limbs as they project out from the larger ones. The shoots, that will now more than ever be thrown out from the old wood, should be kept pruned out as they appear. ' Accidents Traveling in Triplets. There are plums in all well regulated puddings, and in this great aggregation of human pudding, this human nature of to- day, there are same curious plums of fact and fancy. one of which is the extraordi- nary tendency of curios to travel in trip- lets. So generally recognized is this that if some terrible accident occurs people eagerly look for a following two in the same line. It is a common remark, “Such and such a thing has happened.” Well, there must be two more, and when the second comes a sigh of comparative relief Is given, with an absolute letting down of . rfect contentment, satisfaction and as- surance of perfect safety after a record of the third-Joe Howard in Boston Globe. ” ~ ’ ‘- 'IW Ministers, lawyers, teachers, and others whose occn ation gives them but little exer- cise, shonl use Carter’s Little Liver Pills for.torpid liver and billiousness. One is a dose. Try them. Easter at Trinity, South Nnrwaik. The great féstival of the christian church was duly observed by. the Trinity parish people. Before and during the early ser- vice of 8 o'clock, the rays of the Easter sun came pouring through the highly col- ored panes of the eastern windows of the church, and fell brightly across the chau- ccl which taste, and skill, and devotion had converted into a rosy presence—place of the risen Lord. ’ A gratifying company of worshipers as- scmblcd at the matin service. and a large congregation at the full Easier service at 10:30 o’clock. After the ante-communion ofilcc, in this service, a letter was read Rev, Olin Hallock of New York city, in which be formally accepted the unan- imous call which had been extended him. This intelligence gives high satisfaction to the members of the parish, and a cordial greeting on May 1st awaits the new forum. bcnt. At 5 o'clock p. m. was held the annual .Eustcr Festival of the Sunday School. This school under the direction of the senior warden of the parish, Mr. John H. Smith, is in excellent condition, and its appearance on ,Eastcr Sunday afternoon rcficctcd great credit upon its ofiicers and teachers. A procession was formed in the Sunday school room, which, led by a young cross-bearer, marched into the church. The clergy, preceded by the school, passed up the aisle, and then took their places in the chancel. After an in- troductory carol by the choir and school, and the reading of the lesson by the Rev. Geo. W. Nichols, an address which held the children and interested the congrega- tion, was made by the Rev. B. S. Clapp, of St. Paul's church. This was fOIIOWed by the reading of a memorable paper, im- mediately after which, the new baptismal font which the sunday school had present- ed to the parish, was dedicated. A poem in memory of the first rector of the church the Rev. Curtis Trobridge Woodruff, in aflectionatc remembrance of whom the bcdutiful new font had just been unveiled, and solemnly set apart, was recited, and the Sacrament of Holy Baptism adminis. tered. The offcrtory, a large one, was made, and after the concluding prayers by the Rev. Alexander Hamilton, the bene— diction was pronouuced,'and a reverent and dclightftil festival ended. Appropriate music and a devotional spirit Iiad been features in the services of the day, which closed with evening pray~ er and sermon at 7:80 o’clock. The following lines, the composition and contribution of one who is loving and greatfully rembercd in Trinity parish, formed the poem which was read at the Sunday school anniversary. Our eyes, our hearts, to Thee we lift, j 0 Blessed Lord! 0 Risen Sun! Accept, we pray, our Easter gift, In loving memory of one Who lived a soldier of the Cross, And at his post died soldierly, Counting nor toil nor hardness loss That won new ground or souls for Thee. We give Thee thanks that Thou through him, The sunlight of Thy love didst show, In places made so dark and dim By human poverty and woe. We pray that all who here cross-signed May be to any charge or trust, May serve Thee with as single mind, And be as fruitful in the dust,— InSpiring holy thoughts and deeds, Quick sympathy for others’ woes, A faith that worketh as it pleads, A love that widens as it flows. Far down the ages yet to be, From this fair height of Easter Mom, The long, on-coming ranks we see, The soldiers of the years unborn. Who here their solemn vows shall take, In Christ’s dear name and in His might, His cause their dearest cause to make, . llis battle manfully to fight. » For them we pray : God make them strong To keep whatever ground our care Has hardly won from Sin or Wrong, And brave to win new fields more fair; Till all the earth for Thee is won, Till swords are sheathed, and strivings cease, And some more golden Easter sun Shall shine upon a world at peace ! So shall this Font be open Door, Not only to the Church’s fold,— Her Christian Year, her sacred lore, Her heirlooms from the days of old— But open door toright~and might, ‘ To duty’s fair and high emprise, To life worth living. death made bright, To rest and peace in Paradise! For All whose rest is there begun, The loyal souls whose fight is o’er, O Blessed Lord I O Risen Sun! We give Thee thanks for evermorc. We pray, when Lenten glooms are gone. And all earth's clouds are rolled away, That we, with them, may see the dawn Of Heaven’s unending Easter Day. J. L. M. W. Warsnncnv, 1888. .>—'——— NEWCANAAJV. Robins and Cris Creoles have made. their appearance. . The Episcopalians have called the Rev. Mr. Fathergill of Quebec, Canada. . The first token of the approach of Spring is Mr. H. B. Rogers’ lawn, which is already quite green. ' _ Some of the young ladies propose giving a Leap Year Party at Raymond‘s Hall this Wednesday evening. Mr. Joseph Crawford, severely injured a. few months ago by having a tree fall upon him, is around again apparently in good health. Last week Seymour dz Strattou’s Theatri- cal Company were here the entire week, givirg good satisfaction and playing to fair houses. The snow is rapidly disappearing. but the roads are in the worst condition for travel known to many of the oldest residents in many years. _ Now is the time to dust off the plow, sharpen the hoe, buy a new pair of suspend. ers, tie on a brush whip lush, and give the team an out. Dr. Clarence Browuson will return from North Carolina this week, and resume prac- tice permanently in Connecticut with his father’s office, of which fact all rejoice. Fast day was 9bserved bya general clos- ing'of places of business. There was a good attendance at the Methodist Church. Congre- gationalists, Baptists and Methodists unit- 'ing. ' Dr. Van Pelticks, a dentist from Brook- lyn, a graduate from the College of Dentist- ry in New York, and formerly a practiciau in Brooklyn has opened an office on South avenue. The property on which the coal yaid has stood for many years, having been bought by the New Haven Road. Weed and Lockwood Will soon move to their new grounds in the vicinity of Grove street. Rev. C. B. Ford is about closing his sec- ond year pastorate at the M. E. Church. He is very highly esteemed, and it is with pleasure that we hear he will without a doubt return from the conference to be with us another year. Mr. Edgar Raymond has built over'the store formerly occupied by Mr. Samuel Raymond, making two stories of it, which are neat, light and attractive. One is occu- pied by Mr. Arnold- as a news room etc., and the other by Seacord’s market. fl ——-~»————<‘>——— If you had taken two of Carter's Little Liver Pills before retiring yott would not have had that coated tongue or bad taste in the month this morning. Keep a vial ‘Wltll you for occasional use. from the rector elect of the parish, thc' WESTPORII Mr. Albert Relyea of the U. S. Treas— ury was in town last Thursday. Miss Hattie F. Fash is visiting Miss . Grace L. Adams, in Brooklyn, N. Y. The annual ball of Pioneer H. & L. 00., was held Monday Evening at Sturges’ Hall. The Spring term of Staples’ High School' opened Monday, after a vacation of two weeks. Mr. J. D. Alvord has nearly finished an elegant cottage at GrccnS' Farms, near the Phipps place. The M. E. people united services with those of the Congregational at tlielatters’ church on Good Friday. The wife of Dr. George B. Bouton, is still dangerously sick at the home of her father, Mr. Andrew C. Nash. I At Assumption (R. C.) Church rarc fiowcrs appeared. and the Mass, with music. was celebrated by Rev. Father Carroll. A grand-child of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus D. Cable. aged one month, who died last Wednesday in Bridgeport was buried Sut- urday in Stratford. The committee appointed by the town to make some arrangement for providing a poor house and look after the town poor have not yet reported. Mr. John E. Fuller, bridge supervisor of the Consolidated road, says rook bal— lesting on the line of the road between Saugatuck and South Norwalk will be re- sumed as soon as the. ground is settled. F. Kempcr, D. A. Salmon and F. N. Taylor are a committee in behalf of East Savgatuck district to procure a site, and plans and istimates for a new school house, and report Wednesday, April 25th. President Horace Staples ‘, of the First National IBank, adheres to his assertion that the Christmas snow storm of 1810, was vastly greater in quantity of snow fal- ling, and as a blizzard,than that which rc- cently visited us; Three days after the great storm, soMr. John W. Hurlbutt says, Mr. William J. Finch dug from beneath the snow near one of his barns two fowls alive and in good condition, which had been prisoners without food from the time the storm began. Mr. Landon Kctchum has given to Trin- ity church the Burritt tomb standing in the church yard. It is of granite, and of the most substantial kind. The under-- standing is it will be soon removed to Wil- low Brook cemetery to be‘ used there as a receiving vault. The funeral of Frederick W. Williams, whose death took place Friday last at the ‘ house of Miss Mead in Norwalk. was held at Christ Church here this (Tuesday) afternoon, Rev. C. M. Selleck officiated. The burial was in Willow Brook cemetery, Lloyd Nash, Herbert B. Nash, William K. Maples, Frank Bulklcy, Sherman Lees, and John Marvin acted as bearers.) Th‘e schooner Lizzie A. Tolles, captain Reilly Nash, with 130 tons of coal from New York for Hubbell & Bradley. parted her hawscr while being pulled through the railway drawbridge Saturday morning and taking a sheer by the current was car- ried ashore head on. Her stern settling with the tide she filled, and nowlics near the bridge in a very awkward position. The deck load will have to be removed be- fcrc:the vessel can be floated. ' h At Trinity Church, Rev. A. N. Lewis conducted service, and preached a sermon appropriate to the day. The altar and surroundings were made beautiful by the presence of natural flowers, arranged by - the Indies. The music at the opening service at 10:80 was fine, embracing Pro- ccssionai and Recessional by King; open— ing anthem, Dauks; Te Deum, Van Bokcrck; Jubilatc, Buck ; Kyric, Gilbert; Ofi’ertory, Van de Water. The annual parish meeting was held Monday evening. The grandest day in the Church’s year, 'Eastcr, opened with bright sunshine, and although some traces of snow appeared, it was not sufiicieut, to imagine that in most hearts the thought was uppermost that spring had really arrived. In each of the seven churches in town the great festival commemorative of the Resurrection was either celebrated in sermons or in special services and- music At Christ church there was an altar adorned With fiOWers, a panel displaying the words “Christ is Risen,” a sermon in the morning by the rector, Rev. Mr. Hyde, in which the sacrifice, a risen Savour had made for man, was pictured, and a musical programme, very elaborate, by the choir performed. The opening anthem and Gloria were by Danks, the Easter anthem, Te Deum and Offertory, by Dudley Buck, “Jubilatc.” Warren; “Kyrle,” Mendelssohn; “Gloria Tibi,” Emerson, and “Trisagion” and “Sanctus” Hodges. A children’s service, with music, was held in the afternoon. The annual parish meeting was held Mon- day afternoon. MruEli Bradley, who, for thirty years has been the boss smelt catcher in Sangu- tuck river, says the run of fish this year has been superior to that in most years. There has of late, he says, been a sort of craze for this species of fish among people, some of whom are a hundred miles away. Orders have been received in advance right along, and as a consequence. few smelts have been offered for sale in mar- ket. There are still twelve days more be- fore the law limit is reached. PAUL. ______.+p_—__. Democracy’s British Backers. (Arranged by the Clement Courier.) FACT IS, President Cleveland has proveu the policy of protection to be a gracticai and theoretical absurdity. he stone now set rolling WI“ not stop until the idol of protection is $23,“ in pieces.—-—London Daily EMARKABLE that Mr. Cleveland has the. courage to confront the serried phalanx of protectionism on the eve of a contest for the presidency. When trade is free every nation discovers its fittest work—London Times. EXCHANGE didn’t open as buoyant as was expected. The explanation is that people doubt whether Congress will act on the recommendation. If the house does agree. the republican senate may still disagree—London St. James Gazelle. XERCISE, it must, an absolute] par— amount influence on the presi ential election. Party names and party ties are thrown into a notch-patch. The govrning issue will be protec- tion or free trade—London Daily Globe. HE MESSAGE will produce a profound sensation in Euro as well as in America, and wil strengthen the free traders’ cause throughout the worId.—London Morning Post. EVOLUTIONARY startin potnt in . fiscal controversies of t e United States! Whether it will bring about immediately a new depar— ture in their fiscal policy depends upon its reception by Congress.— London Standard. AN important suggestive message has been sent to Congress. If the pol- icy of President Cleveland is adopted, its effect on the trade of the world cannot failto be im— mensc.—London Chronicle. DOES not seem to perceive the effect of his own argument, or even the meaning of his own words. His‘ statement that the question of free is irrelevant is astounding and pre- posterous—London Daily News. STABLISH free trade,President Cleve- land‘s policy may not, in the strict- ,cst sense of the word, but it will, to a great extent, make free trade. ‘ —London Daily Times. __..__._..,,_._ Curious Kind of Diseas'e. Ii Legrand writes on “Narcolepsy” in the current number of The French Medicale. This consists in sudden attacks of deep sleep, lasting some minutes; not days like a. trance, or seconds like petit mal. More- over, the couditiou is one apparently of simple sleep, from which the patient may easily be aroused. Brain congestion, re- sulting from deficient heart action, gastric troubles or derangements of the liver, and such diseases as gout, diabetes and rheum- atism are some of its associations—Chi- cago News. * ' flick Headache and relieve all the troubles inci- dent to a bllious state of the system, such an Dizziness, Nausea. Drowsiness. Distress after eating. Pain in the Side. kc. While their most remarkable success has been shown in curing Headache. ye: Carter’s Little Liver Pills are equally valuable in Constipation. curing and pro- ventfug this annoying complaiutmhfle they also correct all disorders ofthe stomach .stfmulata the liver and regulate the bowels. Even if they only Ache they would be almostpricelessto those who suffer from this distressing complaint: but fortu- nately thoirgoodness does noteud here,snd those who once try them will find these little pills valu- able In so many ways that they will not be wil- ling to do Without them. But after all sick held AGHE Is the bane of so many lives that here Is when we make our great boost. Our pills cure it while “I”: do tutti] Li very ‘ar er's a ver Pills are small and very easy to take. One or two ills makes dose. They are strictly vegetable an do not gripe or purse. but by their gentle action please all who use them. In vialsat 25 cents ; five for 81. Sold by drugglsts everywhere. or sent by mail. CARTER MEDICINE CO.,-New York. hull. tall nae. huh-Ia cirrus smutus. I have just received eighty thou- sand Quarter-cut Cypress Shingles, six inches wide and eighteen inches long. These shingles are inore.dur- able than Cedar, and I shall offer them for introduction at a. slight advance upon the ordinary sawed' pine shingle I The lasting qualities of this wood are so well known, that even at a. price double that of sawed pine, they would be found far cheap~ er. Those-in. want of a good article of roofing should not fail to examine them before purchasing anything else. ' E. if. HILL. Norwalk, Conn, March 1st, 1888. mo 0. E. WILSON, General Insurance It Real Estate Agent Money to Loan. Stocks, Bonds, &c., Bought and Sold and Loans Negotiated at Lowest Rates of Interest. R00“ NO. 3 GAZETTE BUILDING NORWALK. CONN. SOLDIERS, ATTENTION M. L. vac‘rou, Pens/ion A ttm-ney. 241 Eighth Street, N. E.. WASHINGTON I). 0., Located at the National Capital, adjacent to alltne Executive Departments. gives me superior advantage in the prosecution of Claims against the United States. INCREASE YOUR PENSION. Many pensioners borne on the rolls at e entitled to a much higher rate of pension than they now receive. In a great majority of cases in which pension was granted for disease, the pensioner is entitled to an increase of rate. and in most cases where it was granted for‘wouuds or injuries the disability increases each year. As time passes the disability of all classes naturally Increases. Many were at first rated too low. and it often occurs that (pensioners are unjustly or erroneously re- duce by examining surgeons. A pensioner is entitled to Increase on a disability not set forth in his original declaration. The pension lawa are more liberal than formerly, and better rating can be had for many disabilities. I make a specialt of Neglected and Rejected Claims, and if you w 1 present me with a brief statement of your case, stating by whom it was presented, I will obtain a rehearing of your,case,and, if it has merit. will procure a favorable settlement Many claims stand rejected before the department, when it only requires a competent attorney to make them cases. Soldiers towering with disabilities contracted in service. who have not applledfor a pension. should do so as it is their Rionr. SOLDIERS OF THE MEXICAN WAR, .Wno were in that service sixty days. [or their widows if not re-married] are entitled to $8.00 per month from January 29th. 1867. 1120 ‘ RIVERSIDE CEMETERY ASSflGllTIflN. The grounds of this Association are' situated in the Borough of Norwalk, just north of the Union Mills, between Spring Hill Road and Riverside Avenue, and may be reached by good and well-kept roads from all directions. The cemetery is divided into twenty-two sections, with Broad Avenues and suitable streets, and the contour of the land is such that every taste may be gratified in the selection of plots. The avenues are so arranged as to afford an almost Continuous Drive to all the different sections, and are crossed in every direction by the streets so that carriages may reach every plot in the entire cemetery. An Elcgant Receiving Vault of large capacity, and fitted with all modern improvements, s is near the entrance gate. Capacity. The entire space is not plotted, but 52 Vault Lots, reservations for 517 single interments, and 2,102 Burial Plots are now offered for sale at prices very favor- able to purchasers. MAPS. Maps of the Cemetery may be seen at the office of Mn. Enos KELLOGG, the Superintendent, on the premises; at the office of How. Janus W. Hxa'rr, at the Horse Railroad Depot; and at the office of Mn. Joan II. LlGHT, at South Nor- walk. tf5 Geo. 8. Gregory. Livery. Boarding, Sale, Feed and Exchange Stables. ; A, , No. 1% Knight 31.- (in rear of Horse Car Depot), . NORWALK. CONN. ' carriages furnished at all hours. cartoon attention and gentleman! drivers. . 1y SPRINtl—illlslllit INNENSE STUCK ! The line this spring consists of BLANKS, GROUNDS, GILTS. Both Plain and Embossed, MICAS, DUPLEX MICAS AND URYSTALIZATIUNS. As the stock consists almost wholly of goods brought out for the season of i feel confident that I can give my customers the LOWEST CASH PRICES. "nVeVlll be pleased at all! time to show the entire J. T. fibula, 47 MAIN STREET. ms canon MIXTURE, Hair Tonic, . —-FIN_E STATIONERY"— lu the Latest Society Styles. Easter. Gas-d5, -—-AT—-— J. c. GREGORY’S, 33 Wall Strce Cholce BUILDING LOTS (0N INSTALLIENT PLAN.) . FOR SALE —AND-—- San Scum: Plot. APPLY TO A. n. nYiN u'ros, GAZETTE OFFICE. atoll. Baile' (illo— . MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN LUMBER, ruins, : Shingles, Lath, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding, Window Flvtmes, Piclcets, é'c. Hard Wood Ceiling and Flooring. South Norwalk, Conn. To Inventors era. It. mam OFFICE : (In. luuisiana Ave. and lit Si Washington, I). 0., Gives his Personal Attention to Procurilg Patents for Invention: In the II. 3. Patent Ofico and all Persia . Countries. An experience of nearly ten years in the Patch Office has glven.him a perfect familiarity wit: every classification of invention and the partitunii EHAMINERS AND BUREAUS. to which each and every luveuiiouls referred. He has a com- plete familiarity with the Rules of Practice the Records Models, &c., .tc.. ac., are every detail of the otllce. and GIVES HIS PER SONAL ATTENTION to the Interests of his Clients. Being on the ground. and Visiting the Patent Office daily. he can serve Inventors is securing their Letters Patent far more advantage- ously than Solicitors who do not reside Washington. Searches and Rejected Applications A Specialty. To all those whose applications have been rejected. he will make an examination and report on the same gratuitously. Prelimin- ar examination of the Patent Office Records. r or to an application for a tent, will be made oravery small charge. an advice or informa- tion in regard to patents will be given in full detail in acircular which will be mailed free of charge to every applicant. He has special facilities also for . Picturing Patents in Foreign countries. He refers to any officer of the Patent Office. and to the many Connecticut Inventors for whom he has done business and taken out Lamas Pam's Notice to Builders. FIRST-QUALITY BUILDING STONE for 2 once . A l to tfs p ppy JAMES SELLECK. P. 0. Bone. .B. A. ATKINSON .9. co. Liberal House Furnishers, ouer special inducements to intending purchasers of Household Goods. We show the largest line of CARPETS Ever offered in New England, and at prices that will ensure quick and large sales. SARSAPARII I A CDMPBUND housekeeper lu‘ want of a carpet this sprin gau , ’ to every customer who buys $u0.L0 worth 0 goods. We shall also offer a special line of elegant _ Parlor Suit , 5. Call and see them. The goods and the prices speak for themselves Don’t tuniiy not offered twice in one year. We have further placed on special iia1edi‘ifll‘h’r’g‘dslfi‘i'i‘afio‘fI an 0pm. Chamber Suits. New styles, extra well made. and at prices that will not pa for the I mo 11 We shall as usual have on hand a full and com et y u er an trimmings. Kitchen Fdrniture. Ball Furniture, Librar pi e line M Odd furniture. Draperies, Straw Mattlugs, Rugs, Mats. STOVBS, RANGES, OILGLIITHS, Dinner and Tea Sets Toilet Sets Lam s Clocks l I ' to the comfort and w'elfare of this fmggl'honsekégpégorfioggg :31?! i'grfact, everything that appertains CASH on on INSTALMEN'I'S. Goods delivered free at any freight station in New England. B. A. ATKINSON a. co, 821 Washingi‘cii‘ Street; cor. Common st, Boston, Mass. to call and look through the line. An ele It will pay every t rug given Dinin -room Furniture y Furniture. Rattan Furniture, Bedding organ kinds, Shades: INDULGENT READER: ., Thy wrse desire oftsoons may occasion thee to the purchase of goodly FURNITURE. Nay, flout not! Thine attention lend. So shall it advan- On l-Vclton, Avenue tage thee and speedily. ’Tis but a snailish walk—aye marry, eke no more than unto 47 8; 49 West 14th St., N. Y.— and thou ai't bravely set down within the walls of ' DEGBAAF 8n TAYLOR. , _ Go your ways pleasantly from room to room. T13 odds thou shalt discover fair goods to thy mind and men minded to thy goodly fare. l umntmhummmmu WINDSOR FOLDING BED. They have ajname of honorable traflick, and by my froth thou shalt with fairness happily come Exceeding content with thy .store _ and their store, thou shalt store wise resolves ’gaiust the day thou shalt again, with pleasure, profit purchase. ly9 THE D. M. READ 00., BRIDGEPORT. SPRING CARPETINGSI Our Carpet and Upholstery Department is as large as the combined stocks :of other Bridgeport dealers. We Veneered Hard W000 Willi. have. twice as many goods as in former years.’ were bought in'specially large quantities, even for us, and we are selling them at prices ' , BELOW COMPETITION. We. want you to believe these last words,.so ask you * to inspect our stock and see if we are not below the ' ‘ reach of any possible competition. WE MEAN BUSINESS. ._ . -We are showing to-day Moquettes at $1.15 in new patterns... ’ You can see over 100 patterns of > Body Brussels in the best makes, with Borders and Stair Carpets to match. We do not fear the competition of any dealer in the country on INGRAIN CARPETS, For being. manufacturers of superior quality and private designs we hold a positionin that market that warrants 10 per cent. saving‘to our customers. Art Squares and Rugs from the smallest to the largest Lace Curtains, Draperies Shades and Por- ticres in harmonizing colors with Carpets. Our spring importation of New China Mattings have now been received. They contain all grades of jointless and fancies, superior in design and colorings to those of previous seasons. Low PRICES PREVAIL. sizes made. - ” THE IIM. HEAD COMPANY. DRY GOODS AND CARPETS. BRIDGEPORT. They
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