N ORWALK GAZETTE.
A . H. BYIIIIIION. Iilllllll. I. RODElfil ER. 11. .ASSOGIIIIG
Wednesday,April 24 1889
EDITORIAL LETTER.
WAeuINcTON, D. 0., April 22, ’89.
Dan: GAZETTE:—-Our readers will be
glad to learn that the trouble with the
missionary schools in Turkey, with which
the Rev. H. P. Barnum, of Norwalk, has
been so many years identified, is in a fair
way to be overcome. The department of
state has received a dispatch from Minister
Straus, at Constantinople, dated March 27
last, saying that the local authorities at
Istubigo, province of Beirut, had closed
the American mission schools there, and
that the mayor of Baalbek, province of
Damascus, contemplated closing Similar
schools at seven of the towns under his
jurisdiction. This action of the authori-
ties was based upon the ground that the
schools had not received the necessary
permit from the local authorities, and that
the managers had declined to stipulate to
exclude moslem children.
Mr. Straus immediately called upon the
grand vizier, explaining, with reference
to the first objection, that while the school
managers had complied fully with the
requirements in such matters, the local
authorities had neglected to issue the
permit for such schools as provided by
the regulations, while as to the second,
the managers declined to enter the stipu-
lation not to admit moslem children. Mr.
Straus‘ efforts with the grand vizier Were
entirely successful and resulted in a tele-
gram from that official to the governors-
general of Damascus and Beirut to reopen
the school at Istubigo and not to interfere
with any American schools in their re-
spective provinces, but to refer complaints,
if any, to Constantinople. Subsequent
orders show that the orders have been
obeyed.
BENEFIT or NEWSPAPERS.
The post ofiiee department oflcials
have rescinded an order, issued during
the last administration, having for its
object the discouragement of the practice
by trainmen of carrying specral newspaper
correspondence and other matter on other
than mail trains. It is said at the depart-
ment that there are a very large number
of small towns through the country which
have :meagre telegraphic facilities. In
many of these villages the post and tele-
graph ofllces close early, and to prohibit
trainmen from carrying to the neighbor-
ing town or city small packages contain-
ing possibly information of the highest
general importance is regarded as unwise
and unjust. The newspapers of the
country, it is maintained, should receive
every possible facility for obtaining and
disseminating the news of the day, and to
this end trainmen will be encouraged to
lend their aid.
PENSIONS.
Commissioner Tanner, of the pension
bureau, received during the first week in
the present mouth 60,871 letters and other
pieces of mail matter pertaining to the
business of his office, and last week he
received 69,000 pieces. The commission-
er desires this fact made public as a
general explanation of the delays in an-
swering correspondence. from Grand
Army men, and others having personal
luterest'in pension cases now pending in
the office. He bespcaks the indulgence of
correspondents until the present burden
of work shall have been disposed of.
The commissioner is making every effort
in his power to expedite the work of his
office and to bring it up to date at the
earliest possible day.
There isacurious story in connection
with Commissioner Tanner’s recent de-
cision that certain pensioners [who :wcre
entitled to $24 a month became, by the
operation of a certain act of congress,
entitled to $30 a month. The act was
passed two years ago, but when the cases
came up before Commissioner B'ack he
decided against them. One of the claim—
ants appealed from this decision to
Secretary Vilas, who ruled in his favor
and against General Black.
The chief of the division in which the
case came took Secretary Vilas’ decision
to the commissioner with the remark
that he supposed that would be taken as
a precedent for other similar cases.
"Issue that particular certificate,” said
General Black, “but bring the other cases
to me.”
He continued to rule against those
claims, although two more were appealed
and allowed by Secretary Vilas. When
Commissioner Tanner came in he con-
sidered the three decisions of Secretary
Vilas sufficient precedent and ordered
the remainder in that same class, about
800 in all, treated in that way.
Another decision of Commissioner
Tanner’s, applicable to quite a number of
cases. he referred to and explained in
his speech in the Brooklyn reception last
week.
A mother and son were both slaves
when the war broke out. The son es—
caped from slavery, entered the Union
army and was killed. The mother applied
for a pension. The pension office decided
some time ago that, as they had both been
slaves, and the son’s earnings went to his
mast: r, the mother could not possibly
have been dependent upon her son for
support, and refused the pension. Com-
missioner Tanner thought he could get at
it in a triangular way, and ruled that as
the son's earnings went to the master, and
the master supported the mother, the son
contributed to the mother’s support, and
therefore allowed the pension.
SIIPERINTENDENT or THE caxscs.
Mr. Robert P. Porter, who has been
appointed superintendent of the census,
was one of the chief assistants of General
Francis A. Walker in the work of the
tenth census, having charge of economic
statistics. He served, also, on the tariff
commission. He is about 45 years old
and of English birth, though he has resided
nearly all his life in this country. He is a
journalist by occupation and went abroad
for a syndicate of newspapers and furn—
ished a series of articles upon the condi~
tion of the laboring classes of Europe. In
conjunction with “Postmaster-General
Hutton, Congressman West, of New York,
and others, he established the New York
Press, of which he is now editor.
IMPROVING THE RAILWAY MAIL salaries.
Since March 4th about five hundred
changes have been made in the personnel
of the railway mail service. First Assistant
Vostmaster—Gcneral Clarkson, in speaking
of the matter, said that it has been the
policy of the department to displace in-
competent clerks and appoint experiencul
and thoroughly eflicient men who left the
service during the last administration,
where such were available and desirious
of re~entering the service. Of course, he
said, men whose faculties have become
impaired, or whose fitness has become
questionable will not be reinstated. The
railway mail service, he continued, re-
quires men not only of superior intelli-
gence, but men whose faculties are in
perfect working order. Men who possess
every requirement of the servrcc are com-
paratively few, and are noteasily secured,
but. when such are found they should be
retained in the service as long as possible.
Efilciency in the postal service can be
obtained only after a long struggle, and
to remove such men to make places for
politi al favorites, irrespective of their
fitness, is a public wrong, and should not
be talented by the public.
PATENT orrioa anNoas.
Commissioner Mitchell, of the patent
office, has abolished the committee on
classification and assignment of the exam-
ining'force, am I he committee on division.
The principrl duty of the former was to
decide to what particular class an inven-
tionjroperly belon ,ed. The latter com-
mittee ptssed upon t'rc question whether
an application for a patent covers one or
more distinct inventions. In case it is
found to cover two distinct inventions;
the applicant is required to divide or
separate iliem, thus necessitating the pay-
ment of two fees instead of one. The
duties of these committees, which were
entirely advisory, will be performed here-
after by AssistautCommissiouer Fisher.
Another patent office abuse, which had
grown into a scandal during the past four
years, is the borrowing of money ly
examiners from attorneys practising before
the ofilce, and who it was usually found
had cases to be acted upon by the her-
rowing examiner. Thenheads of divisions
Were in the habit of borrowing from
clerks and messengers under them with-
out any conspicuous promptitudc in the
repayment of same. This "crookedness"
Commissioner Mitchell has not only put a
stop to by special order, but has also
demanded that all loans of this character
shall be paid up by the 301k of April, or
the resignation of the delinquent be fur-
nished in lieu of a failure to settle. Mr.
Mitchell has started off with a firm pur-
pose to redeem the patent‘ot‘fice from the
odium which the notorious abuses exist-
ing therein‘during the'past four years
have bred in the minds of all decent
and' intelligent innventors and patent
attorneys doing business with the office.
Our Connecticut commissioner has thus
far more than justified the wisdom of his
appointment. ’
suranua couar. . .
A peculiar case is now pending in the;
supreme court, involving $200,000 warns.
of property, which consists of real estate
in Brooklyn. This property Osman Atkins
deeded to his brother, Thomas Atkins;
When Osman died it was first discovered
that he had left to Thomas his' property
to be held in trust tor his (Osman’s) wife
and two sons. :If the sons lived to be
twenty-one it was to be deeded to them sub-
ject to their mother’s right of dower. If
they died before that it was to go to the
molher. Both boys were drowned at the
same time, and the mother died soon
after, leaving a brother, Mr. Frank
Knowlton. Both Mr. Atkins and Mr.
Knowlton claim the estate, and the right
all hinges on the priority of death of the
two boys. Mr. Atkins claims it as the
paternal uncle, and Mr. Knowlton on the
ground that the title came through the
mother. The court holds that if one of
the boys died before the other the survivor
inherited his estate, which, by law, would
belong to both uncles. >
AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION.
Thursday evening Professoerangley,
secretary of the Smithsonian Institute,
gave an elegant reception to the American
Scientific Association, which is now in
session in this city. Among those present
were Secretaries Blaine, Windom and
Noble, General and Mrs. Hawlcy, the
Japanese, Corean and iother legatious,
judges of the supreme court, ex-Secretary
Bayard, Rev. Dr. Childs and his daugh-
ters, and others. The reception was in
the upper rooms of the Smithsonian
building, and the guests were entertained
at supper with the best music of the
Marine band.
ruirsoNALs.
Mr. Huston has had a talk with Treasurer
Hyatt in regard to his assumption of the
duties of the office. It is probable that he
will not qualify until the count of the
funds in the New York subdrcasury
is completed. Mr. Hyatt’s trust (count-
ing the securities in the treasuries of New
York and Washington), amounts to fully
$1,000,000,000, probably a larger respon—
sibility than was ever before imposed on
asinglc individual. He expects to return
to his Norwalk home early in May.
Mrs. Rev. Dr. Childs is still detained in
Boston by the severe and prolonged illness
of her aged mother. '
Edward Allen, of Nor-walk, has been
transferred from the surgeon gencral’s
ofiice to the war department proper.
Frank Beers,-of Nor-walk, was here last
week. As ever, B.
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Jim Fisk’s Monument. , _,
The American Magazine, in a descriptive
article, says, concerning the grave of J im
Fisk :
After dinner at the leading hotel of the
place, a more pretentious hostelry than
they had met since leaving the Massassoit of
Springfield, our friends started out for a
stroll through the town. and ultimately
found themselves in the 'cemetery, which.
is located upon a bill a little south of and
overlooking the depot, and from which
the photographic view was taken. Here,
as they wandered among the tombs of
this charming resting'place of the dead,
culling bits of wisdom from the varIOUs
inscriptions, all reminding them of their
end, they came rather unexpectedly upon
the monument of “Jim" Fisk, the finan-
cial hero of Black Friday. It is an im—
posing and beautiful structure of white
granite from the quarries of Dummerstou,
a little way up the river, and was erected
by his widow at a cost of nearly $200,009.
It consists of a shelf mounted upon a
square base, at the four corners of which
are life—size figures of commerce, finance,
banking and railroading, all charmingly
conceived and admirably executed. Es-
thetically considered, it is a rare and
beautiful piece of work, but what a. com-
mentary upon the truthfulness of monu-
mental fame!
As our friends viewed the beautiful
structure and criticised its design and ex—
ecution, the excitable Tinto broke out
into strong animadvei-sions against the
propriety of such a contribution to pos-
thumous glorification anent a man whose
name, while living, was a synonym for
everything that was——
“Hush, perturbed spirit," interrupted
the dominie. “This memorial of him
stands in a secluded spot, far from the
eyes of men; and it was the least his
widow could do in return for the wealth
he left her. As for the rest,judgc not, ,
lest ye be judged.” And the perturbed
spirit was hushed. -
Opening of Robbins’ Winter Circus.
The opening of Frank A. Robbins?
winter circus was a treat to circus slogvipgg
people, and more than 8,000 spent I‘h‘ejlr':
Christmas eve in witnessing the perform-)
ance. They were all repaid for their}:
attendance. The programme was replete;-
without being wcarisomc, and the rapid".
successron of change of acts was in
pleasant relief to the ordinary routine that
attends a ring performance. -
The acrobatic exhibitions were really
wonderful and novel, and the equestrian-
ism is worthy of particular mention even
in these days when comparative perfection
in the art is so common. The aerial
artist did some daring acts, and the ring
generally was excellent.
The troup of trained animals showed
much educational advancement and the
menagerie was in itself "an interesting
stud y.—’1'he Press, December 25, 1887.
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One Way to Learn French.
Mrs. Clinton P. Ferry, the wife of an
American Territorial commissioner to the
Paris Exposition, determined to learn
French, for which purpose she employed
a young Frenchman. Her husband
kicked him down the front steps and had
his gun fixed for a second visit. The
wife broke her husband’s forefinger in
pacifying him. A few days later, with
private detectives in his employ, be traced
pupil and professor to an obscure fourth
rate Parisian hotel. The professor
escaped through a window, while the
wife cheWed off her husband’s nose.
Later, on her way to St. Lazaro, she
escaped the custody of the police. Of
such stuff are martyrs made. When a
woman determines to learn French, only
death can tear her from the attempt.
Women with pale, colorless faces, who
feel weak and discouraged, will receive
both mental and bodily vigor by using
Carter’s Iron l’ills, WIIIIII are made for
the blood. nerves and complexion.
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For the GAZETTE. 5
THE PARALLEL ROAD.
Adverse Report of the Committee.
The majority of the railroad committee
appear to be, as it was supposed they
would be, the mouth-piece simply of the
New York, New Ilav‘en and Hartford
railroad company, and as such We should
expect nothing more of their judgment
than to say “ that the proof offered before
your committee of any public necessity
and convenience in the present case was
unsatisfactory and almost trivial," when
it was supported, in fact, by petitions of
twenty thousand voters of the state of
Connecticut, and represented in the towns
along the line of the proposed route by
almost nine-tenths of the business men.
It may he of no significance to them that
those having the closest business relations
with the old company feel their necessity
and they dared to present it in the form
of a petition over their own signature, but
to any one who is not blinded by personal
relations, friendship, or some other in-
fluence than the absolute good of the
state of Connecticut, it would have not
only have been more than “trivial” but of
overbearing significance, and that, too,
especially when it is alsosupported by the
acknowledgments of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad campany
itself, when it says that the necessities of
traffic are such as to require two more
tracks along their own line. Their con-
fession 'of the necessity of additional rail-
road accommodations appears to the
minds of ‘the majority of this committee
who evidence of public necessity for ad-
,ditional railroad accommodations between
the two points. It seems as though the
.‘most imbecile mind could have connected
,the two ideas, and have seen that not
3only the petitioners, but the only ones
who object, admit the necessity cf ad-
ditional railroad accommodations between
New Haven and New York.
Would it not be wisdom to protect the
people by competition rather than by
attempted legislation, when the halls of
our legislature are besieged by the paid
attorneys and lobbyists, and influenced by
the pOWers of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad company, always
against any measure, which, though pub-
lic necessity demand it, is shown in the
least to affect their control, absolute and
despotic, of all the eastern traffic for New
York ?
The report of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad company
shows not merely that the earnings of the
road are sufilcient to pay a 10 per cent.
dividend, but leaves sufllcient net earn-
ingsZafter that to pay at least 7 to 8 per
cent. dividend upon another line. Add
to this the additional traffic which is now
being conveyed by water, and compelled
to be,- and you will have then also enough
to add to the dividend to make it more
than ~a 10 per cent. paying dividend for a
new road. This allappcars from the report
of the railroad commissioners, and in the
faCc of these facts we have from this
same majority this twaddle that the
“experience of the country has every-
where shown that two roads between the
same termini running through substantial-
ly the same country is not only an injury
to the proprietors of the older road, but
is also a great injury to the public by
compelling it to support two roads where
only one is needed. Investors have paid
dearly to learn this lesson in their holding
of New York Central stock when it was
paralleled by the West Shore, and of Lake
Shore stock when it was paralleled by the
Nickel Plate.” In neither instan ce was it
admitted, or a fact, that the existing line,
which was paralleled, needed additional
tracks to the same amount of the parallel
line to do the traffic between the paralleled
points.
" ‘ "I‘hc‘ seeming desire of the committee to
pl'OILCI the homes of the citizens of the
state of Connecticut in direct opposition
to the desire of the parties owning those
homes for the benefit of a monopolistic
corporation, setting themselves up as
conservators without even the semblance
{of the-form of appointment at the behest
'of the only opponent of a parallel road
with no interest whatever in the property
to be taken,:marks their servility to the
present road. Men have a right to change
their minds, to exercise their best judg-
ment, but it is egotism begotten of ignor-
ance 0r brazen efirontery, prompted by
other than honest motives which control
men’s actions, and bring them out in
opposition to the expressed sentiment of
the majority of their constituents and
against the sensible or reasonable deduc-
tion from all the facts of a matter suggest-
ed to them. Political graves have been
diig by abler men than the members of
this committee in opposinga parallel road,
and the rtsurrectlon has never come and
never can comcln the state of Connecticut
to any man who so far forgets the interest
of the people at the behest of any corpor-
ation. 'It would seem that no fair minded
man, entirely relieved from prejudices 01'
strains cf some improper influence, could
have come to such a conclusion as the
majority of this committee his done
Gentlemen of the committee,these make‘
shifts of reason for opposing the desire of
the peoplcin this matter will not do; a
necessity so apparent should be met, not
by permittinga more complete control of
the state in one corporation, one which
has made the state of Connecticut a by
word in the adjoining states to' our dis-
York, New Haven and Hartford railroad
company, but by putting in the field a
protection in the way of competition,
which, when once established, needs no
legislative assistance to protect the people.
It is acts like this one that has brought
this reproach upon the state, and we
call upon the members of the legislature
to save us from further disgrace. To give
us the benefits, which we have fought for
time and again; to rise above the influence
of this'corporation asking for its sole
pecuniary profit, and throw off the
shackles. Hear the voice of the. people
and heed them. x. v. z.
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First Congregational Church.
”Rev. Mr. Anderson is to preach his fare.
well discourse at the First Congregational
church on Sunday next. The first Sun-
day in May following, Rev. Mr. Everest
isto ofiiclate, and will occupy the pulpit
during the months of May and June. During
July, August and September Rev. Dr.
Noble, of Washington, has been engaged as
a supply. This venerable church will,
therefore, have two of the most earnest and
eloquent divines of the present day for its
summer supply.
preached here before, and is well and most
favorably known, and as a popular pulpit
sermonizer his praise is in all the churches,
while Rev. Dr. Noble is deemed one of the
ablest and most effective preachers at the
national capital. He preached for Rev.
Mr. :Anderson one Sunday afternoon last
year to the edificat'ion and delight of all his
hearers. While this ancient church is to
sustain a serious and irreparable loss in the
departure of Mr. Anderson, so long its
pastor, it is to be congratulated in that his
place is to be filled even temporarily by
such exceptionally able and eloquent “men
of God.”
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The piano recital to be given in the
Opera House on the evening of Friday,
May 3d, by Adele Aus dcr Ohe, will be
unquestionably the finest nrusical enter-
tainment given in Norwalk in many-a day.
Tire Mail and Express says :
Fraulein Aus der Ohe, a young pianist
who is one of the few who can truly claim
to have been a favorite pupil of Liszt, sur-
prised and delighted the audience by her
brilliant erformance of Liszt’s piano
concerto o. 1 in E flat. She exhibited
extraordinary power and facility of ext-cu-
tion, and fairly itook the audience by
storm. With such technical ability, usited
with such musical intelligence as she dis-
played, a brilliant future may be predicted
for the young pianist.
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—Drink Quintard’s celebrated soda water, 5c.
_NORWALK GAZE’I‘T
grace, as the political property of the New ‘
Rev. Mr. Everest has
The Legislature.
SENATE.
Monday.—Bills giving the Board of, _
Pardons jurisdiction in capital cases was
tabled by a vote of 12 to 9. Dividing
Derby and Ausouia into separate towns;
house amendments agreed to and passed
in concurrence. Resolutions authorizing
the Board of Education, of New Haven,
to issue bonds for new school houses, etc;
passed. Appropriating $500 for memorial
tablet at Gettysburg ; passed.
Tuesday—Resolution appointing Seu-
ator Hall on committee to draft suitable
resolutions on death of John Bright.
Bills that no railroad shall demand
payment from any . conveyance for
delayed unloading for less than four days,
nor for warehouse storage for list than
two days, and no railroad to have a lcin
for freight unless the railroad delivers on
request, to the consignee a copy of the,
statement of charges, and consignee must
be notified in writing that freight has
arrived and is ready for delivery; passed.
Increasing pension of George W. Lovejoy,
of Bridgeport, injured in 1864 while in
service of the state, to $30 per month;
passed. Appropriating not more than
$300 for coping around the Nathan Hale
monument in addition to $500 previously
appropriated; passed. Restoring forfeited
rights to James McCrernu, of New Haven;
passed.
Wednesday.—Bills for a city charter for
Danbury; passediu concurrence. Annex—
ing the Western part of Sti'atford to
Bridgeport was passed subject to approval
by the people. That every owner or
keeper of domestic fowls who shall allow
themto trespass upon the premises of
another person shall be liable to the owner
or occupant for all damage done by such
fowls, and if after written notice has been -
given the owner of said fowls he neglects
to prevent further trespass, he shall upon
complaint in such case of trespassing be
fined not more than $7.00; passed. That
the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane
may sue in its own name and purchase
land and deeds therefor; passed.
Punishing with imprisonment for one to
five years the making of false oaths
regarding railroad or insurance companies,
or false entries in the books; passed.
Thursday.——Incorporating the Ansonia
Cottage company and .limitiug capital
stock to the amount of $150,000; passed.
Making appropriation ,for Governor’s
Guard; passed. Senate went into
executive session and confirmed E. J.
Murphy, of Hartford, Cyrus B. Newton,
of Stafford Springs, and Nathan M.
Belden, of Wilton, as directors of the
State prison for four years from July 1,
1889. Adjourned to Tuesday.
noose.
Tuesday.—Billsincorporating the city
of Danbury; passed. Extending the
town and city limits of Bridgeport;
passed. Providing that honorably dis.
charged soldiers and sailors shall be
preferred for work on public undertak-
ings; passed.
Wednesday -—Bills that any person or
corporation owning lands adjoining any
navigable stream or water, or the lesse.
or occupant of such lands, upon which
wharvcs or piers exist or may be con-
structed may dig channels from. such
piers or wharvcs to the main channel of
such stream or water that boats‘or vessels
may have free access to said wharvcs or;
piers; passed. That no person shall
make use of any barbed wire in the
construction of fences or have any barbed
wire upon existing fences, between his
own and neighboring property within
twenty-five yards of any house or barn
belonging to a neighboring proprietor,
without his written consent thereto, under
penalty of $100; passed.
Thursday.—Committee on Railroads
repertcd adversely on the petition ‘of the
Housatonic Railroad company to build a
parallel railroad. The minority as well as
the majority submitted a report. Res-
olutions incorporating the Norwalk Trust
and Safe ~-Deposlt~~ company; passed.
Authorizing F. St. John Lockwood to
expend certain trust fund ; passed. Bills
providing for the expense of schooling
children who reside in districts where
temporarily no school is kept; passed.
Providing for notifying the fact of
registration in case of change of residence
of dog from one town to another; passed.
Adjourned to Tuesday.
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List of Patents.
List of Patents issued from the United States
Patent Office, for the week ending April 16th,
’89, for the State of Connecticut, furnished as
from the ofiico of J mm B. EAnLIi, Solicitor of
Patents, New Haven, Conn.: .
S. L. Alvord and E. E.Brown, West Winsted,
said Brown assignor to said Alvord, cork
screw.
H. L. Arnold, Hartford, assignor to R. S.
Woodrufi‘, stitching books ; 4 patents.
F. M. Bailey, assignor to Stanley Rule and
Level 00., New‘Britain, bench plane.
M. H. Bassett, New Britain, dcor check.
C. O. Buell, New Haven, hook.
E. E' 013 usen, Hartford, paper bags,
F. Enos, Norwich, lawn mower.
E. F. Godfrey, Soutiiington, woodworking
clam . ‘
L. I‘ Griswold, assignor to G. Parker 00.,
Meriden. extension fixture for lamps, etc.
. E. Hammond and J. G. Merriam, assign-
nors to E. Miller «Sr. 00., Meriden, suspension
device for lamps. .
H. Lamp and M. J. Wightman, Hartford,
assignor to Schuyler Electric Co., of Connecti-
cut, incandescent lamp.
H. W. Lyon, Bridgeport, button strip. .
J. S. Mitchell, Milford, assignor to himself
and C. Cou land, Seymour, machine for bend-
ing ribs or rames of ski s. .
L. H. Nash, South orwalk, assignor to
National Metro 00., gas engine. '
D. W. Parker, assignor to G. Parker 00.,
Meriden, lamp.
V. B. Stevens. Bridgeport. pipe cutter. _
F. Wheeler, Merideu, system of electric
locomotion. ~
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We now have “The pigs in the clover,"
“The chickens in the coop," “Puss in the
corner" and “The cows in the corn," but
in a few days more we will have another
one—“The Democrats in the soup."—
Danbm‘y Press.
_,____._,. coo ,,.._____....._
Advice to Mothers.
Are you disturbed at night and broken of
your rest by a sick child suffering and crying
wlth pain of cutting teeth? If so send at once
and gets. bottle of Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing
Syrup for Children Teething. IIs value is
calculable. It will relieve the poor little suf-
ferer immediately. Depend u on it, mothers,,
there is no mistake about it. t cures dysen-
tery and diarrhoea. regulates the atom ach and
bowels, cures wind colic, softens the guEs
reduces inflammation, and gives tone and
energy to the whole system Mrs. Winslow’s
Soothing Syrup for Children Teething is
pleasant to the taste, and is the prescription of
one of the oldest and best female nurses in
and physicans in the United States, and is for
sale by all druggists throughout the world.
Price 25 cents a ottle. 1y52
DIED.
STANLur—In Norwalk, on Good Friday, Mrs. Lu-
cla K. Stanley, In the 86th year of her age.
Homas— In Bere, Ohio, April 10th. (Mrs. Katie
Holmes. youngest daughter of Capt. Ebenezer
Crofut, of New Canaan, aged 79 years.
W New Canaan papers please copy.
NORTON—0n Thursday, April 18th, Mary Marga:
ref. daughter of Morris M. and Margaret E
Norton.
Wanted.
GOOD Laundress who will assist with the
Chamberwork. Best reference required. ;
NRS. W. II. EARLE
tip 76 East ’Avenue.
Farmer Wanted and Fresh
Milch 00w For Sale.
ANTED, a sober industrious farm ‘-:m.-l.
German preferred, to work on a smud lam).
Also. for sale a superior mllch cow, wlth calf four
weeks old. Apply to
MRS. It‘. BRADY.
It " Beldeu Illll, Wilton.
To Rent. .
HE Hall in the GAZETTE Building, known‘ as
Odd Fellowsflflail, lately; occupied as the
Good Teinplars Lodge room. Apply at the GA—
ZETTE Office, or to
CHARLES OLMSTEAI).
Norwalk, A prIl 16th. 16
ANCHOR LINE
Atlantle Express Service.
LIVERPOOL via. QUEENSTOWN.
Steamship “CITY OF ROME” from New 1'01 k
WEDNESDAY, October 31,
Largest and finest passenger steamer afloat.
Cabin, $50, $00, and $80 Second-class. $30.
GLASGOW SERVICE.
Steamer every Saturday. from New York to
GLASGOW AND LONDON DERBY.
Cabin Passage to Glasgow, Londonderry or Liv
~ erpool, $45 or $55, Second»class, $30. .
Steerage, outward or prepaid, either service. :20.
Saloon Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates.
Travelers’ Clrcular Letters of credit, and Drafts
for any amount issued at lowest current rates,
For Books of Tours, Tickets or further Information
Apply to HENDERSON IIROS., New York, or
STILES W. CURTIS.
NORWALL, cONN.
0m16
E, WEDNE
Opera House, .- ' Norwalk
ONl-INIOII'I‘ 05hr, ' 1
Wednesday, 1 April 24th, ’89.
The master troupe of modern tlmel,
BIRLGW BROS.’ MINSTRELS
Under the management of A. G. Baldwin.
The wonderful child soprano, Master Edward
Percy—a genuine musical prodigy. A merry per-
formance from first to finish. Everything new,
bright and strictly first class. The master mlnds
of mlustrel merrlment.
James HARLOW BROS. William
ln their famousspeclaltles.
(Ii-and street parade at noon. Wednesday, Baird
Concert In front of Opera House at 7 p. In.
Prices, 35, 50 at 75c.
Reserved Seats now on sale at Quinlard’s Drug
store, Norwalli, and Baxter’s. So. Norwnlk.
Friday, Evening, May 3d
ONE NIGIIT ON It",
MISS ADELE
A—OS OER OHE
swims-rs.
Will give a
countryman !
TICKETS ., s. - 50 CENTS
Reserved Seats, 13 Cents Extra.
Chart opens Aprilsetli, at Quintarddi. Sgn’s, Nor; :
walk, and Baxter's, So. Norwal .
TO NEW YORK
1N LESS THAN,
Tun uuuus IND ONE-HALF“.
The New and Palatlal Iron Steamer
earn onannns
» CAPTAIN m. amass.
Wlll commence making Dally Trips
Monday, April -29th, 1889.
POPULAR PRICES.
SOUTH NORWALK TO NEW YORK.
Sing-lo Tickets ..................... 40c.
Excursion Tickets ................ 70c.
Steamer will leave Wilson’s Point on arrival of
Housatonlc traln leaving South Norwalk at 7:50 a.
m., returning. leave New York, Pier 45 East River
(foot Rutgers Slip) at 3:00 p. 'm.. and foot slat St..
East River, at 3:20 p. in... connecting wrth trains
on arrival at Wilson’s Point.
W Always take the Housatonle Llne._u
For further information apply to
THE NEW ENGLAND TERMINAL CO.
SIDNEY STARBUCK,
‘ Vice-Pres. and Gen. Man.
266 South St., New York City.
C. E. OLDS, Agent,
Wilson’s Point. 17 tf
FOR SALE!
Fertilizers,
Acme Harrows,
Field Rollers,
Steel Mowers;
3E 15 —AT—
Allen Bulls’, Mill, 29 Gallon Shell.
WmIP. Murray,- .
00 NT 330103.
ConcreteIWalks, Flagging,
Curbing and Mason work,
Done by expé’rieneed workmen and satisfactlou
- guaranteed. . .
ESTIMATES OHEERFULLY GIVEN
RESIDENCE :— 3m15
22 Franklin Ave, Norwalk.
ORDER 0r NOTICE. F
Faxxcrs 111»qu
rs.
JULIA ADAMs.
STATE or CONNECTICUTJ 55.
FAIBFIELD COUNTY, ‘ 'l
BnInGEPonT, Apri 2, A. D. l839.:
UPON THE COMPLAINT Of the Stud FRANCIS-
ADAMS, praying for reasons therein set ' forth for
Divorce returnable to the Superior Court, in
and for Fairfield County, on the lat Tuesday of
May 1389. It appearin to and being found by the
subscribing authorlty, t at JULIA ADAMS'the said
respondent is absent from the ‘State' and gone to .
parts unknown—residing in
Tuansoan Oana‘aan, That notice of the ,pen—
dency of said complaint be given. by publishing.
this order in the NORWALK GAZETTE, a newspaper
printed in N orwalk, three weeks successively,
gimérsieneing on-or before the 10th day of April, A.
i SAMUEL B. SUMNER. '
Clerk of the Superior Court for Falrfield
County. 3tl5.
0110106
BUILDING LOTS
(ON INSTALLMENT PLAN.)
» FOR SALE
On. Wilton Avenue
1 :——-AND-——
Sml Souci Plot.
f ...... To
A. II.‘.BYINGTON,
GAZETTE OFFICE.
Dressmakmg.
l) RESSMAKING done in all of the latest style
Button holes made by hand. Old garmeus
re-cut and refitted. _
MRS. FANNIE McKEN-Zla‘
_ No. 6 South
Post ofilco box 654. Norwalk.
To Widowed Pensioners.-
Y the act of June 7th, 1888, all wldowed pen-
sioners, whose pensions commenced subse-
quent to June 30th, 1380. and the soldier husband
died prlor to that date. are now allowed pensions
from date of said death, instead of from date of
widow’s application as was heretofore the rule of
the Pension Ofilce. Any such widowed pensioner
so entitled to arrearages, as above, can have her
claim adjusted and collected by addressing,
M. 'Li'BYINGTON.
80 241 8th St. . N. E., Washington,D.C
SOLDIERS, ATTENTION
M..i.. avmc‘rou,‘
Pension Attorney,
241 Eighth Street, N. E., 3
WASHINGTON - n. c..
Located at the National Capital, adjacent to alltne
Executive De artments, gives me superior
advantage n the prosecution of Claims
against the United States.
INCREASE YOUR PENSION.
Many pensioners borne on the rolls are 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 wounds or in) miss the
disability Increases each year. As time passes the
dlsablllty of- all classes naturally Increases. Many,
were at first rated too low, and It often occurs
that penslouers are unjustly or erroneously re-
duced "by examining surgeons. A pensloner ts
entitled to Increase on a dlsabliity not set forth in
his original .deelaratlon. The pension laws are
more llberal than formerly, and better rating can
be had for many disabilities. I make 1} specialty
of Neglected and Rejected Claims, and f you will
present me with a brlef 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
good cases. Soldiers suffering with disabilities
contracted in service, who have not applied for a
pension, should do so as it is their RIGHT.
SOLDIERS OF THE MEXICAN WAR,
Who were in that service sixty days, [or their
widows if not re-nial‘ried] are entitled to $8.00 per
month from J annary 29th. lSlsi. U20
This space will be
occupied next,
week by
If . R . [I A L E
of the corner
DRUG STORE.
FOR SALE.
rl‘lllt‘. WOODBURY PLACE on Prospect
. Hill. 12 acres. Stone House, Barn, etc.
Orchard and Shade Trees.’ Superb vlew. Also
7 acres of Bullnlng lots In rear. Address. J Anus
CLAVIN. 52 Connect Iciit Turnpike, Nogvalk. (near
the place,)or,0. E. WILSON. Gazette Building,
Earlwalk, or, James Narnsox. New Hrunsligltqk,
Union Avenue
SDAY. A.1>R'IL,'_.21 1889.
FRANK A. Beams,
Gigantic and Sensationally Realistic
WILD Wins-r;
IIIPPODIIOME, OARAVAII,
Circus, Muuauulie, Museum, hairy,
ano. ‘ARIUM.
Isl uuluu lluiuullls, 151
In' Startling and Thrilling Feats.
IO WESTERN HORSEWOMEII
Wonderfully Export in Marksmanship with Fire.
Arms and iii the Saddle.
GENUINE GGWGGYSI GENUINE INDIANS!
Squaws, Maidens and Pnppooscs,
MEXICAN YAQUEROS. CABALLEROS, TRAPPEIIS,
HUNTERS. SCOUTS AND RANGERS,
In mimic rendition of actual occurrences on the
Western Frontier. War Dances. Sui-prising
exhibition of skill with the Lariat.
llild Militant, Blinking Byuuuhu
IIIE lllIiIi IIII REEL OII HOBSEBICI
By the entire Company.
lull-"IIMIYB
Easter :Opening l
—1'HI-=—
MISSES- S'I‘. JOIIN
Announce their Special opening of
SPRING'IHD sumlllu
M l L L l N E R Y
I to take place
Welueillal-Tlulilau, April 17-18
The display of _
; Trimmed Bonnets, Hats, Tnynes
Will be unusually fine. Also an elegant
assortment of
UNTRIMMED HATS
—AND—
MILLINERY TRIMMINGS.
All are cordially invrted to attend Wednesday and
Thursday.
MISSES ST. JOHN,
33 Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
his turn uuuu,
‘ , g 5149;, MAIN STREET.
1 . I' ' . . . .
Is now prepared to supply the Ladies of Norwalk
and vicinity, with the most correct styles in
HITS flllll BU'NNETS,
' I minimal and III-lifllllmefl.
NOVELTIES
marine rulers.
Centemeri Kid ' Gloves.
‘3m16‘ '
B. s. BLlsuuu
wrii sell on his entire stock of
Crockery Ware
in the a... 30 days. Those who buy to the amount
of $10 will receive a ' -
PRESENT
, DECORATIOyASEs.
Those who buy 55 worth will receive a.
DECOR-ATED ROSE JAR.
$3 worth of trade will receive a
DECORATED ,
S ALT. '83 PEPPER.
It will pay those want Crockery to call. especially
those just going to house keeping.
COMEONEI COME ALL!‘
23 Wall Street, Nor-walk.
B‘.S.BIASOER
Pursuit!
Farms,
Building Lots,
Horses, Houses,
. “Wagons,
Fertilizers, Carts,
‘ ~ Land Plaster,
' Ground Lime,
Stable Manure,
Ashes.
Lot of Farm Tools
Etc, Etc, Etc.
Bl , Bl
South Nor-Walk; .
To Rent.
SMALL Cottage wlth seven well appointed
rooms. wIthln five minutes walk of the,brldge.
Rent reasonable and possession given immediate-
ly. Enquire at the GAZETTE Office, or of
OLMSTEAD.
CHARLES
Norwalk, April 10th.
, Increase in Assets,
Surplus‘at four per cent,
Increase in Surplus,
Policies in force,
Increase during the. year,
Policies Written, . . . .
Increase during year,
Risks assumed,
Increase during year,
Risks in force, . . . .
Increase during year,
Receipts from all sources.
Increase during year,
Paid Policy Holders,
coo-
Bonds and Mortgages, ' . .. .
United States and’ other Securities,
Real Estate and Loans on Collateral,
New Your:, January 23d, 1889.
Gain over cost, . . . .
The owner of policy being insured
against any possible loss during life.
For the Year Ending December
“TOTAL aces-rs, - . . .
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies at interest, . . . .
Interest accrued, Premiums deferred and in transit, etc, , '
“op—
THE ASSETS ABEINVESTED AS FOLLOWS :
coal ....
.s'I'A-Izr‘EMEN-r'
intuition {LIFE msniiucr 00., or NEW YORK
RICHARD A. McCURDY, President.
Slat, 1888-
S I 26,082, I 58 56
$7,275,301 68
. . .. " ' ' 7,940,063 63
. . .. 1,645,622 11
... 158,369 '
.... ,17,426
32,606
.... 10,301
$103,214,261 32
... . 33,756,792 95
. . . . 482,125,184 36
. . 54,496,251 85
. . 26,215,932 52
. . 3.096,010 06
. . . 14,727,550 22
... . $49,617,874 02
.. .... 48,616,704 14
.... 21,786,125 34
... ... 2,813,277 60
.. 3,243,172 46
$126,082,153 56
I have carefully examined theforegoing statement and find the same to be correct.
#W-
for twenty years.
A. N. WATERHOUSE, Auditw.
From the Surplus above stated a dividend will be apportioned as usual.!
Risks Risks
Year. Assumed. Outstanding. Surplus.
1884 ...................... 55 34,681 420 ........................ 351 789 585 ........................ 4
1885 ........ . ............... 46,507,139 ........................ s30319313141 ...... ............ 8 27123111
1889...... ................. 56,832,710..... ............. 893,800,203...... . ................ 5,643,668
188 a ........................ 69,457,468. . ......... . . . . . . . 427,628,983... ...... . ..... .. 8,294,442
1888........... ............. 103,214,261........- ............... 482,125,184... ..................... 7,940,068
WResults of a policy in this Company dated Jenn 30, 1869, and paid Janna 30, 1889 t '
citizen of Norwalk. Policy No. 93,617, $5,000. Addifigns, $851.74. ry ’ o a prominent
Entire amount of premium paid, . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .
tal payment, $5,851.74.
$3,205 04
2,646 70
$5,951 74
'This policy was taken out by our Norwalk agent, and paid through his allies at the above date. The Mutual
Life Insurance Company, Of New York, Issues annuities to people of advanced years, guaranteeing a fixed income
Any information desired will be given by application to our Norwalk agent.
A. H. CAMP, Agent for Norwalk and Vicinity.
JOHN W. NICHOLS, General Agent for Connecticut.
4
BARRACLOUGH. '
JAMES MEANS’
. net- * - .
r wet-3.511011
_ .. uazxchLEoe-m
.% STYLE unscauusu
. . , m nuaaaiurv
. =—=f—~ AND"€-.
I;
81101: has been the recs" III; p
the James Means’
Ours are t
compete with us
umgdsmis‘ - u n. a I
no: re 0 rec e n r
of the country. We will plug: medic 53513..
at no postal card and writeto
AMESMEANSGLCO
. , B.
'°“’A 1 33163.21
MAINE,
a. 3:, fem;
VA. . OLD GBOVE'
GG
' 3m09
F-W-JA.
tailed at eight or ten dollars. If you will try on apairyou will
6 or! and Shoes, and those who Innate our “an: of basin
quality of aetory products. moni- lines wean . largestmanufutuxenmm
e
$thinyourreachln mimoor'remm Ifyou will
*- 41 Lincoln Bosto
. . scan 1.1an or Taa'haova snoss son. um 3!
AH. Hose":- dc SON.
WALL .‘I‘R-l'l‘ NORWALKs
llillrentn MEDALS
.., IN on: season,
.GOOLEY OREAMER PROCESS
I: follows In 1888, viz s
Kansagosnrfls ram, MINN.C_ 131.2355... ram,
FAIR, vracgflali‘gmpgisr, ram,
8,1555 yam, BAY
ARMFAIR, DEL-mo $8635..
A. O: M. EXPOSITION,‘
ENGINES. BOILERS OIIIIIIIS. IOTTEII WOMEGSJIIII EVERYTHIIB I BRIE MKS.
an 'rou cmccuns cuvma m1. Insignbumliirgn
D
vr. FARM MACHINE co., Bellows raiIvarl
We take pleasure in renewing our semi-annual invitation to our friends
and patrons throughout the country, and especially at Norwalk, to
call and see our attractive assortment of
Sirius uiulliuu.
SPRING ovaacoars,
FULLY SILK LINED OR SILK FACED, $12 to $20. PLAIN
GOODS, $8.00, $10.00 and $12.00.
We HAVE THE HANDSOMEST LINE OF
DRESS 1,86 BUSINESS SUITS
We have ever exhibited and
AT LOWER PRICES,
Some of which can be seen walking around Norwalk.
S.C.BARNUM & 00.,
CH-ITHAM SQUARE, NEW YORK.
6tl5
53 85 $4 SHOES
msmms’ _
Issues-g, ,.
QANN 01:55 FM ..L
9'10 éY-3. ‘
mg-esein our-branch 0:111de blotoamrm t
34 Shoe is inevery respect equal to the shoes which" “a?" . the
new Sl'doeuno'zm“?
are by wide-um nation In 3“ un-
St, 11, Haas.
AWARDED BUTTER
MADE BY THE
sup; 68‘ ram,
H. E. on
_ FAIR,
JOS. B. ANDERSON, JR
F. w. JAQUI, .13.,
——AGENT FOR THE——
Belehtdraa Perfect Range:
The accompanying cut represeu
the N aw PATENT BacimNG Amuse:
MENT on all the Doriblc Oven Rich
ardson & Boynton Co.’s Ranges: 1
A is economical and quick operating
and has the perfect rcvolvrng grates.
over four thousand in daily use in
New York City and vicinity. Taste-
frilly nickled. It has more g: od
points than all the Ranges on he
market combined. we guarantee
every Range to be Partner in every
way, and to furnish any piece of re.
pairs thatmay be required at any
time. Can furnish repairs to any
Rangeor Furnace ever made by this
company since 1849. Call and see
it before purchasing any other, and
see the many good points it contains
537111.1- STREET
ubawaut. coun.
QUI,
38.;
I
CHAS. H. VALDEN
—DEA'I.ER IN—
'GROGERIES,
FRESH IND NEW.
1 lull keep com”! on hand I
A Fllll lllE OF All 60008
usually found in a
Fllll-Gllll-t-Gl‘lltlll-i-Gllll
which I will sell at prices
DRIVING BONES! COMPETITION.
to best. A share of the one patronage“ solicit-
ed and every effort w ll be made to attnrully
serve our customers. Give us a call and
let us assure you of our ability to
give satisfaction.
CHAS. H. VALDEN,
5 Wall St, W Norwalk, Ct.
NIK film It BGT'I‘G,
For the time belng at
N 0. 7 East Side of Water St.,
POUR DOORS FRO! "A". sum,
_L
NORWALK, - - - CONN .
STAPLE AND CHOICE
0 R 0 O E R I E S .
Family Supplies,
lie freshest and best quality that the New
York market affords ‘n groceries, also
VEGETABLES & FII UITS
In their masons at
MODERATE I'RICES.
The patronage of my friends and former cus-
tomers II respectfully sollelted. ttai
- J. P. NICKEBSON.
[elephone Call.
TI-IE now FAMOUS
NEW CANAAN
GIBBIIGE IIINUFIGTGBY.
G. F. JOHNSON. C. T. RAYMOND.
JOHNSON 87. RAYMOND.
New Canaan, Conn.
IIIIIIIIGGIIII‘GI'G GI GGI'IIGIGG.
Estimates and Draw-lags Furnished of any
Style of Carriage, Wagon or Truck.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN ’I‘O
REPAIRING.
[First-Class Livery Attached.
I CARIIAGN CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED
F03 REPAIR AND PAINTING. 46
Beef, Fish, Fruit
and Vegetables.
_ You can get any and all of the above mentions
articles at
.F. W.- GIIITH'G MARKET.
‘ 55 MAIN STREET.
l
EV ERY'I‘HING
NEW, FRESH. CLEA N.
i yrs
Try us. we can please you.
INER D. RANDALL, Architect and Super-
intendent. ,
Plans and Specifications for all kinds of Build~
ngs.
Artistic designs for stairways, mantels, alde-
boards, etc. . .
Framing or workingplans for all kinds of build-
Ings accurately made.
Office, Cor. Main and Wall 513., Norwalk. Open
Wednesday and Saturday evenings.
Residence, Rivmlde ave., East Nowell. 1:10
Norwalk Chronicler