[1000’s CAMPAIGN.
Marching Into Tennessee 1;
Quarter Century Ago.
MYSTERY 0]? SPRING HILL.
“Geiscrul. Why in the Name of God Have
You Not Attacked the Enemy and
Taken Possession of That Pike?"—Tho
Fatal Delay.
The first day of September, 1889, was the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the day when
Gen. J , B. Hood evacuated Atlanta, which
Sherman’s army immediately occupied. Hood
went to Lovejoy’s Station, not far away.
Hood had sent Wheeler’s cavalry to Ten-
nessee, if possible to break the Union railroad
connections in the rear. Sherman thereupon
sent Gen. John Newton back to Chattanooga
with his division, and Gen. John II. Corse’s
division to Rome, Ga. Rousseau was at Nash-
ville with his cavalry. Gen. James B. Steed-
man was at Chattanooga. Gen. R. S. Gran-
ger was at Decatur, Ga. These generals were
instructed to carefully protect the railroads
in the rear. At length Wheeler was driven
out of Tennessee.
HOOD MARCHES NORTHWARD.
Late in September Jeff Davis visited Hood’s
army. He made a speech at Macon, in which
be detailed his plan that Hood should march
northward and invade Tennessee. Sherman
read the speech in full, and was put on his
guard as to what might be anticipated from
Hood. . .
Sept. 21 Hood shifted his whole army from
Lovejoy’s westward to Palmetto Station, on
the West Point road.
At the same time that Hood’s army moved
from Lovejoy‘s, Forrest, with 7,000 cavalry,
suddenly left Mississippi. Sept. 24, the raider
appeared at Athens, Ala, and captured the
Union garrison there. Then he marched into
middle Tennessee.
The cavalry from Hood‘s own army mean-
time made a wide sweep around Sherman’s
army to the north, crossed the Chattahoochie =
and approached Powder Spring.
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HAP or noon’s INVASION.
Sept. 28, Sherman ordered Thomas back to
Stevenson, Ala... and Dechard, Tenn, “to look
to Tonnemeo.”
There was the greatest difficulty in obtain-
ing correct information of Hood’s move-
ments. In this respect at least he proved
himself a master. “ He can turn and twist
like a fox,” said Sherman, “and wear out
my army in pursuit.” In reference to For-
rest and his cavalry, Sherman also tele-
graphed Grant: “Hi3 cavalry will travel a
hundred miles where ours will ten.”
By Oct. 1 Hood was on the north side of
the Chattahoochee with his infantry. There-
after for nearly a month, now here, now,
there, he gave Sherman’s army such a chase ’
as it had never had before.
Oct. 26, Hood startled everybody by sud-
denly appearing at Decatur, Ala, on the Ten-
nessee river, only 1% miles south of Nash-
ville. Thence on Thomas was to “take care
of Hood."
Stanley's command was at once ordered
northward to Thomas, reaching Pulaski,
Tenn, forty miles north of Decatur, Nov. 1.
After making a slight demonstration against
Decatur, Hood marched to Tuscumbia, forty-
iive miles west of Decatur. Sherman sent
northward to Thomas the whole Twenty-
thirdxcorps, under command of Gen. Scho-
Iield. By Nov. 14 there were nearly 18,000
Union troops at Pulaski.
INVASION OF TENNESSEE.
Hood had expected to make a rapid and an-
interrupted march northward from Tus-
cumbia. Forrest had been for some time
raiding through west Tennessee with 6,000
troopers. His raid was part of the plan to
force Sherman to give up Georgia and go
back to the defense of Tennessee. Hood‘s in-
vasion of the state was the other part of the
plan.
The Mist serious drawback met Hood at
Tuscumbia. One corps of his army was sent
to the north side of the Tennessee at Flor-
ence. But with the rest Hood waited three
weeks at Tuscumbia for Format and for sup-
plies. Thomas did not have an army avail-
able for battle till Dec. 1.
Not till Nov. 17 was Hood‘s whole army
across the Tennessee at Florence. Nov. 21
Forrest united with the main army. Then the
march to invade Tennessee began. Thomas
had not yet received the re-enforccinents that
had been promised.
The advance of Thomas7 army was at this
time at Pulaski, a station on the railroad lead-
ing from Nashville to Decatur. Previous to
the crossing Of the Tennessee by Hood, Union
cavalry under Croxton and Hatch had been
near Florence. They retreated before the ad—
vancing Confederates to Pulaski.
Thomas wished to delay a general engage-
ment till the veteran command of A. J.
Smith, nearly 14,000 strong, which had been
ordered to re-enforce him from Missouri,
should arrive. For this reason he slowly
withdrew his command at the front before
the advance of Hood, thus drawing the Con-
federates on towards Nashville.
Nov. 23 Schofleld and Stanley left Pulaski
and fell back to Columbia,where the railroad
from Nashville to Pulaski crosses Duck river.
Schofield had general command of the forces
here; Cox held immediate command of the
Twenty-third corps.
Thomas gradually massed his forces in
front Of Hood. The garrisons were with-
drawn frcm Athens, Decatur and Huntsville.
Thomas was acting now on the defensive,
waiting for troops to join him.
As fast as they arrived at Columbia from
Pulaski the Union troops began the familiar
task of throwing up intrenchments. They
reached Columbia none too soon. On the
morning of Nov. 24 Gen. Cox, with the Twen-
ty-third corps. heard firing on his left when
within nine miles of Columbia. Hastening
in that direction, he found a single brigade,
under Col. Capron, engaged with Forrest's
whole command and on the point of being
but to pieces.
Cox muddy drove Forrest OE and rescued
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NORWALK GAZETTE, "WE-D NESD AY NOVEMBER 27. 1889...
Capron. He also rescued by tins-lucky nr- I
rival Columbia and the railway bridge there.
In one hour more, but for his intervention,
Forrest would have been in possession of the
Duck river crossing, and the Union army
would have been divided. ‘
Stanley had also marched since 1 o’clock in
the morning of Nov. 24, rousing his command
in the cold and darkness to follow the miry
roads. By 9 o’clock he joined Cox before
Columbia, and thus the only railway crossing
on Duck river was saved to Thomas.
The position of Schofield and Stanley was
still a dangerous one, however, and on the
night of Nov. 27 the whole force crossed to
the north bank of Duck river, burning the
railroad bridge and scuttling the pontoons.
Forrest had with him at this time 10,000
cavalry. Opposed to him at Columbia were
only 3,500 mounted cavalry. In face of this
Forrest was able to cross to the north side of
Duck river Nov. 28. He drove the Union
pavalry back towards Spring Hill and Frank—
in.
Soon after midnight, Nov. ‘39, Gen. Wilson
had information that Hood’s army were
side of Duck river.
At 3:30 orders
came to Schofield
to fall b a c k to
Franklin at once.
But before the sun
rose, Cheatham’s
corps, of the Con-
federate army, was
crossing Duck river
at a. ford five miles
-. east of Columbia.
" Cleburne’s division
was in the lead.
. On learning that
t h e Confederate ,
GEN. J. D. COX. army was crossing
Duck river, Schofield ordered Stanley, with
Wagner’s and Kimball’s divisions, to take
the wagon trains and reserve artillery and
move to Spring Hill, fifteen miles north Of
Columbia.
Stanley moved at once. Kimball’s division
was ordered by Schofleld to guard the cross-
ing at Rutherford Creek, while the rest of
the command moved on to Spring Hill.
BATTLE OF SPRING HILL, NOV. 29.
Twice was Spring Hill the scene of a battle
between Union and Confederate, March 6,
1863, and Nov. 29, 1864.
Stanley reached Spring Hill at noon, Nov.
29. Shortly before entering the place a sol-
dier met the head of the column and in-
formed the general that Buford’s division of
Forrest's cavalry was approaching from the
east. Stanley thereupon double quicked his
command into the little town. They were
barely in time, for Buford’s advance was al- I
ready on the edge of Spring Hill.
Stanley drove off the Confederate advance
guard, and drew up his brigades in line in the
form of a semicircle. Col. Emerson Opdycke
held the railroad north of the village. There
were three brigades in the division—Brad-
ley‘s, Opdycke’s and Lane’s—less than 4,000
men altogether.
The brigades had scarcely taken the posi- ‘
tions amigned them when they were furious-
ly attacked. The force and precision of the
attack showed it was not dismounted cavalry,
but regular veteran .
the force at Spring
Hill which Stan-
ley's brigades had
now to encounter. .
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miles north of Spring Hill, on the railroad.
While Clcburne’s division was attacking
Spring Hill, Forrest‘s cavalry made a dash
upon a wagon train at Thompson’s station,
but did not capture the station or the rail-
way here.
Spring Hill is like the hub of a wheel from
which roads radiate in all directions. Along
thew roads the Confederates poured upon
TVaguer’s single division in the center.
The cavalry skirmishing began about noon,
at Spring Hill. About 3 p. m. Hood himself
arrived with the advance of his army, and
ordered a vigorous attack by Cheatham. The
fighting lasted until dark, but the three bri-
gades at the center of the wheel were not dis-
lodged, and the Confederates retired.
There is a question as to the battle of Spring ,
Hill which has never been answered. It is,
briefly, Why did not the Confederates defeat
Stanley? Their force outnumbered his quite
two to one. Forrest’s cavalry, at Thompson‘s
Station, was almost unopposed. There was
every reason why he should have taken the
station and held the railway here. There is
every reason why the Confederates should
have whipped Stanley at Spring Hill and
held that, too. Then the Confederates would
have had the railway to Nashville, and Scho-
fleld would have been cut Off from Thomas.
But neither of the stations was held. It
was the last opportunity of Hood’s army.
Hood says he gave Cheatham peremptory
orders to seize Spring Hill, but it was not
done. The Confederates did not retreat.
Hood drew up two corps in line of battle half
a mile away. Hood says that hecame in per-
son to within two miles and a half of Spring
Hill about 3 p. m. Here he sat upon his
horse and saw in full view the Union wagon
trains and the troops moving at double quick
along the pike that led from Columbia to
Franklin. He sent for Cheatham and used
these words, “engraved upon my memory '
ever since that fatal day,” he writes in his
work “Advance and Retreatz”
“(10 with your corps, take possession and
hold that pike at or near Spring Hill. Ac-
cept whatever comes, and turn those wagons
over to our side of the house.”
Then he said to Cleburne: “General, you
have heard the orders just given. You have
one of my best divisions. Go with Gen.
Cheatham; assist him in every way you can,
and do as he directs.”
Finally, Hood writes that he said to both
generals as they left him: “Go and do this
at once. Stewart is near at hand, and I will
have him doublequick his men to the front.”
Hood then went and watched Cheatham
and Cleburue go by to battle, confident his
orders would be obeyed. Half an hour after-
ward he heard the skirmish fire. He sent a
messenger back to Stewart and Johnson to
make haste to the front, and another to Cheat-
ham to hurry and take the pike to Spring
Hill. Then, listening attentively, he discov-
ered that the roar of musketry was not
heavy enough to indicate serious work.
Again be dispatched a message to Cheatham,
urging him on.
we messengers Hood says he sent, order-
ing Cheatham to “take that pike” at once,
since he knew no great Union force could be
at Spring Hill. At dusk a messenger came
and told him that the pike was not et taken.
Soon afterwards Cheatham himse I rode up
and Hood exclaimed: “General, why in the
name of God have you not attacked the enemy
and taken possession of that pike?”
Cheatham replied that the line looked a
little too long for him, and that Stewart
should first form on his right. Stewar was
then ordered to form on Cheatham’s right.
But it was too dark to fight. Near midnight
Stewart’s corps went into bivouac, “but not
across the pike,” says Hood. '
l other of the mys—
. this night march,
3 past Spring
ACROSS THE ENEMY’S FRONT.
Schoflcld’s Night March from Duck River
to Franklin. Team, in 1864. _
It is twenty-five years (Nov. 20, '1889) since
Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, with the Fourth
and Twenty-third corps of the Union army,
made his famous night march from Duck
river to Franklin, Tenn, across the front of
Hood’s Confederate army in line of battle.
Schofield was at the Duck river crossings.
Gen. Stanley, with three brigades, was at
Spring Hill threatened with attack from
Hood’s army. He sent word of his peril to
his commander at Duck river. Schofield left
immediately for Spring Hill, taking with
him Ruger’s division, which was nearest.
Spring H111, made a rapid march and ar-
rived in person at Spring Hill at 7 o‘clock,
after dark. He left orders that Cox’s divi-
sion should march to Spring Hill, leaving
only a skirmish line at Duck river. The
skirmishers were to remain until midnight,
unlem' driven off, and then follow the rest
toward Spring Hill.
The destination of the main army was not
Spring Hill, however, but Franklin, which
was only eighteen miles south Of Nashville.
Schofield managed the withdrawal Of his
army from Duck river to Franklin with a
skill that commands admiration.
There was no rest or pause that night.
Ruger’s division and one brigade of Kim-
ball’s were left at Spring Hill to re-cnforce
Stanley. The rest of the army marched
twenty-five miles that night to reach Frank- ;
lin. Swiftly and silently they passed Spring '
Hill in the darkness on the west side of the
town and went northward.
It was the maiden march of. hundreds of
the men, raw recruits who had only recently
arrived to fill the thinned ranks of the vet-
eran divisions that had melted away in the
long and arduous progress from Chattanooga
to Atlanta. These broke down by the hun—
dred under the unaccustomed weight of their
knapsacks. The ground behind them was
strewn with knapsacks, the straps of which
had been cut, by order of the commander. to
lighten the load. But the march was finished
in safety and not a straggler was lost.
About daybreak the main army reached
Franklin. Even then they could not rest till
a line of earth-
works was thrown
up. That done, the
wearied out men
dropped upon the
ground, just as they
were, and went to
sleep.
Here, too, is an-
teries of this ex-
traordinary cam-
paign. Allthetime
that Schofield’s
army was making ~
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Hill
an d Thompson‘s GEN.
Station, Hood had two corps in line of
battle, not half a mile away. The Union 801—
diers saw the gleam of the Confederate camp
fires, as they glided by in the darkness. An
army, with its lines drawn out long and thin,
marched all night past the enemy‘s front,
which was in line of battle, and escaped. At
any hour during that march Hood apparen t—
ly could have fallen upon Schoficld in flank
and annihilated him. Why did Ire not do itf
Hood says Cheatham did not obey his or—
ders, and that finally he himself could not
rouse his troops to action at the right time.
He says the morals of the Confederate army
had been injured by the year Of retreat from
Tunnel Hill to Atlanta, so that the men were
unwilling to fight outside of breastworks.
Hood says: “The best move in my career as
a soldier was thus destined to come to
naught.”
Of the remarkable night march of Gen.
Schofield’s army across Hood’s front, Van
Horne, in his “History of the Army of the
Cumberlam ,” speaks graphically. He said
the Confederates were so close to the road
that when a column was not moving upon it,
it was difficult for a single horseman to pass.
There was momentary expectation of at—
tack, but none was made.
During the, night, Hood says, a change
came over the spirit of his men, and they be-
came roused to fight like devils when it was
too late. In brief, they did not fight at
Spring Hill when they should have done so
and the Union army was weakest, and they
did fight desperately, when they should not
have done so, next day at Franklin, when
their opponents were strong.
Cox’s head of column reached Franklin
first. In crossing a narrow bridge near
Duck river the wagon train was lengthened
out till it was nearly five miles long. It was
sent immediately across the Haspeth river,
at Franklin, and headed towards Nashville.
Wagner‘s command was the last to leave
Spring Hill, and Opdycke‘s brigade formed
the rear guard, skirmishing with Forrest’s
cavalry all the way.
The last of Schofield’s
Franklin at noon, Nov. 30. It was his inten-
tion to cross the Haspeth immediately. But
it was necessary to build a foot bridge and
repair the railroad bridge. This took time,
and before it was accomplished the Confeder-
ates were down upon him.
army reached
The Carter house was a story and a half ,
brick dwelling in the edge of Franklin. Fate
had destined it to be the center of a great
battle. It was inhabited by a father and two
young lady daughters.
their home, but had remained, all uncon-
scious of the war cloud soon to break so ,
tragically over their heads.
Scholield had sent urgent
Thomas for pontoon boats. They did not ar-
rive.
Hood followed Schofleld in rapid pursuit.
starting at daylight Nov. 30. Gen. S. D.
Lee’s corps was in reserve, with the wagon
trains. Stewart led the advance, followed
by Cheatham’s corps.
The Harpeth river, here flowing north-
ward, makes a sharp turn to the west In
the angle formed by the north ward and west-
ward bends Franklin is.
Schofield was with the advance of his
army, across the Harpcth, not expecting
battle so soon. Gen. Opdycke, in his story of
the great fight, published in The New York
Times of Sept. 10, 1882, says that Schofield
was three miles away from the battle.
On Gen. J. D. Cox, commander of the
Twenty-third corps, fell the work of arrang-
ing the troops. The lines were formed so :12;
to make with the course of the river a square,
one column lying almost north and south, the
other following a general east and west di-
rection, with near its center an angl: towards
the southeast. Within this angle was “My
Carter house.
With Schofield were 7,000 men already
across the Harpeth, leaving only 10,000 on the
south side. Both flanks of the battle lino
rested against the river, Stanley on the right,
Cox with the Twenty-third corps on the left
and center. Stanley commanded the Fourth
corps.
The lines being formed, the soldiers em-
ployed the moments while they waited for at-
tack in throwing up breastworks‘of earth,
brush, rails, and whatever they could find.
Every minute thus gained mount life and pro.
tection. Then, after their thrilling night
march, they waited for the enemy.
They had not left,- .
request to
PUSSY CAT, PUSSY CAT.
FACTS AND FANCIES CONNECTED
WITH OUR FELINE FRIENDS.
,._—-.
\Vhou the Cat first Became a Household
Pct-Its High Place In Ancient Egypt.
Kitty as a Retriever—Her Place in Nursery
Rhymes—Curious Superstitions.
Common house cats seem to have first taken
up their abode in human habitations so long
ago as to be almost beyond the calculation of
naturalists. Its first known domestication
was in Egypt, about the beginning of the
new empire, 4,000 years ago; beyond that
period we have no knowledge. Tabby occu-
pied at that ancient day the same comforta-
ble relations to the household as at present.
The Egyptians brought the cat to a more use-
ful state of domestication than any other
people, and the utilitarians were more numer-
ous throughout the past than at present.
Pussy in Egypt occupied a diversity of posi-
tions, ranging from the novel height of a
deity to the more humble occupation of re—
t'riever for the poor Nile hunters. Egyptolo-
gists have given us a rare collection of cat
mummies, much resembling some curious
bottles in shape, together with odd wooden
out coffins with painted faces; they have de—
eiphered inscriptions on monuments and
paintings appertaining to and supposed to be
fair representations of cats during the days
2 of the Pharaohs. Thus we find them wor—
shiped in the Temple of Heliopolis, sacred to
the sun, because the size of the pupils of the
cat’s eye is regulated by that orb, becoming
a. vertical line at midday.
COMPANIONS or KINGS.
the tomb Of King Hanma is a statue repre-
senting him with his favorite cat, Bouhaki,
at his feet.
for its master, or pointed it on land as a set-
, ter or pointer dog of today would do. In the
. ancient city of Bnbastis stood a temple sacred
to cats, in fact, the city itself was devoted to
this animal. The cats made their headquar-
, tors in the temple, however. Here they were
tombs, and brought to light many interesting .
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DENTISTRY!
Everything In Dentistry, and Everything
Fully Wurraated.
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Cats were the companions of kings, for on 5
But the most interesting records ,
of the past that relate to our four-footed :
friends are those which inform us that kitty _
. went into the water and retrieved wild game .
I carefully fed and attended, and so great was ,
the veneration in which they were held by
bodies were embalmed and carried with
great pomp and ceremony outside the town
to repose in the sepulchers.
In the eastern lands the domestic cat re-
ceived as great- attention as elsewhere, for in
1260 A. D., El Daher Beybars, at his death,
establisheda cat’s orchard called Gheyh-elo
‘ Quottah. near Cairo, for the support of home-
less and needy cats. This orchard has
fallen into great dilapidation, but to this
day, at an hour between noon and sunset,
butchers’ refuse in sad disproportion to the
large number of cats that light over it.
hundreds of cats of all kinds and ages hasten-
ing to the orchard, jumping from house to
house across the narrow streets, sliding down
walls or gliding in the court from all direc-
tions. Similar Customs exist in Italy and
Switzerland. At Florence there is a place,
situated near the Church of St. Lorenzo,
which saves us a refuge for cats. Here
homeless mts are fed and kindly treated, and
any one desiring a cat may have his choice
from the collection. At Chincvu. cats abound
in great numbers. They are respected by
the people, who at a certain hour each day
feed them from their (loci-steps.
In Greece and Rome cats were ill used.
They were despised and not admitted inn) the
domestic circle.
annuals AND SUPERSTITIONS.
In traditions and nursery rhymes pussy
holds an exalted position. From the French,
German. Nor wcgiun and English sources a
large collection of curious talc; have come
down, such as “Puss in Boot-s," “Master Peter
and His Cat,” “Whittington and His Cat,”
“Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat. Where Have You
Been?” and many more. Such stories are
the first impressed 0n the infant mind, and
they cling to the memory, and to their influ-
ence may be attributed that fondness for cats
so often manifested by older people. Besides
being prominent in the nursery, kitty has be-
come involved in many superstitious, some of
which have proved both fortunate and most
unfortunate. It is a very common supersti-
tion that cats are fond of sucking the breath
of infants, while the child sleeps. There is
certainly no greater fallacy than this.
To Tabbic’s great misfortune, ignorant
people in the middle ages, as well as at pres-
ent, associated her with the devil, partly be-
cause of her nocturnal. habits and partly be-
cause of her large fixed eyes that glow so
strangely in the dark. For this reason it was
an aged custom in France on the festival of
St. John to burn in some public place twenty-
four cats, as they were regarded as emblems
of the devil. You have often heard it said
that a cat has nine lives; this old saying is a.
great bugbear to our domestic pets, for it
gives the small boy an excuse to knock one or
two of them out of her. The tradition or-
iginated in Gray’s fable, “The Old Woman
, and Her Cats," wherein the cat upbraids the
witch as follows:
l
I
I
I
I ‘Tis infamy to serve a. bag,
I Cats are thought ixnps, her broom a nag;
I And boys against our lives combine,
3 Because ‘tis said you cats have nine.
1, Of course every one knows it is bad lugk to
' kill a cat. while. should a stray cat come to
; your home it brings good luck, and more es:
peclullv should it chance to be black. But
' you must care for the cat, for should you
drive it Off sickness and death are sure to fol—
low. '
In Russia the cat is not associated with
evil, as in other lands, but it is held in high
esteem, while the dog is said to be the imp of
the devil.
The Russians account for that universal
hatred which exists betwceu dogs and cuts as
follows: “When the dog was created he had
neither fur nor hair. He lost patience, and
instead of waiting to be covered with the
necessary article he run after the first passer
by who called him. Now, the passer by was
the devil, and he made the animal his emis-
sary, and. indeed, sometimes assumes its ap-
pearance. The fur which was destined to the
do; Was girl-:1 to Ihc cut. This probably ex—
plains the , mitiputhy which exists between
the two animals; the one believes that the
other has stolen his property—St. Louis Pflt-l.‘
Dispatch.
The Deacon Elude, It.
Two very ingenious mechanics of the older
generation were Joseph Stuart, of Harrison,
Me, and Deacon Simeon Lovell, of Otisfielal.
Uncle Peter Nutting, of the last named towu,
was something of a wag, and was wont to
relate curious “dreams” pertaining,r to the
peculiarities of various citizens. Said Uncle
Peter: “I dreamed I was up to Jo Stuart‘s,
and found him in his shop working away at
some kind of a fussy job. ‘Jo,’ says I, ‘what
in the world are you trying to do?’ ‘Why,
I am making a. lot of mosquitoes’ bills,’ says
be. ‘Well, well, bless me,’ says I. ‘But
where’d you get your anger to bore ’em
with?’ says I. ‘Oh,’ says JO, ‘Doacon Lovell
made it.’ ”—Lowis‘on Journal.
the Egyptians, that to kill. one was punish- 3
able by death. IVhen the cats died, their
changed hands often since then and has_
the Xadi has distributed here a quantity of ,
It '
is said to be a very interesting sight to behold '
68 Wall St., Norwalk. Gt.
.1. BEHIEN IIUIlIAlU’l‘l‘.
Attorney and Cunnselar at Law,
Room No. 4. Up Stairs.
fiAZET'l‘h. BUILDING, NUltWALK, CONN.
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
)rgamst of ls: Congregational Church. Waterbury,
Teacher of
Pianoforte, Organ and Musical
Composition,
Lock Box 39 l’ 0.. NORWALK.CONN.
‘ NC I),
(.lllill’lel' I‘erp ‘tu
; vI'NA INHURA
l J Incorporated 181%.
CAPITAL AND assess, $8,902,272.64.
lnsures against loss and damage by Fire, on
termsadoptelltolhe hazard and consistent wlth
he laws of compensation. COWLES a KERRILL,
Sole Agents for Norwalk auu Vicinity.
‘ [\Elt U. RANDALL. Architect and Super
intendent.
. Plans and Specifications for all klnds of Build—
lugs.
Artistic designs for stun-ways, mantels, side-
boards,etc.
Framing or working plans for all kinds of bulld-
ings accurately made.
omce, Cor Main and Wall 315., Norwalk. Open '
Wednesday and Saturday evenings.
Residence, Riverside ave, East Norwalk. in
Building Materials, Sac.
UllmlNG s I‘ONI‘I, all qualities of sand, eel
lars dug gardens and grounds renovated
horses and carts for hire. 1 have some thoroughly
rotted and very fine manure for flower beds.
J. W. EDMUNDS.
No.680uth Union Avenue.
1’. 0. Box 554, Norwaltk
PLYMOUTH ROCK ICE.
HAVE :1 large quantity of Ice. on hand. It was
frozen on pure water. it is clear, clean and
solid ice. All ordo-rs promptly attended to.
Thanking my customers for past favors,l solicit
a continuance of their patronage.
R 1.. ELLE.
THE
Norwalk Fire Insurance Co.
Has now completed its
lSIh SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR
And man not outstandinga dollar of unpaid losses
)rclaiim for losses. No sound company insures
forless. ' .
W. C. STREET, Pres, GEO. B. Sr. JonN.Treas.,
GEO. R. Cowms Secretary.
Express.
Patronize the old reliable
ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY.
LOW RATES AND PROH PT DELIVERY.
Branch omce, Norwalk. at S. K. Stanley’s
Mam Olllce a: Depot, South Norwalk. “[2
1.. Hour. Agent.
G.A.FRANKE,
THE HAIRGUTTER,
No. l Gazette Building.
HOT AND COLD BATI-IS.
PENSIONS
And GOVERNMENT CLAIMS my sole busl-
nest. Rejected and Increase claims aspeclshty.
Don’t delay. Address or visit
GEN. WM. NOBLE,
N0. 91 STRATFORD Ava, Barnum-om, Cr.
H E N R V II II 8 8 ,
Restaurant, Cafe and Smoking Room,
Grand. Central Station,
42:) STREET AND 4m AVENUE, NEW YORK
Entrance from waiting room, New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad. 3132
FOR KEEPING
CIDER SWEET
USE
ANTIFERMENTINE.
ONLY 30 CENTS A PACKAGE.
AT HALE’S DRUG STORE.
Sewing Machines.
F every kind and make, repaired. cleaned
and guaranteed. All orders left at
Spencer’s Jewelry Store,
W111 receive prompt attention.
4Lp36
llorwalk ~:~ Gazette
JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT.
(
C. J. GRUMAN.
Wedding Cards, Posters,
Visiting Cards. Hanabills,
Business Cards, . I'rogramm es,
Fancy Show Cards, Dodgers,
! Hall Cards. Blllheads,
I Statements, Circulars,
Tag Cards. Receipts,
Town and Probate Records, Letter Headings,
Books and Pamphlets, Note Headings,
Hotel llegistu's. Milk Tickets
Printed in the Nentest Styles and at the Lowest
Pr ces.
Call and get estimates.
7
I O. E. WILSON,
: General Insurance I Real Estate Agent
Money to Loan.
iStocks, Bonds 61.0., Bought and Sold,
, D. C.
Euldeln Invent: Handler. ,
and Loans Negotiated at Lowest
Rates of Interest.
KOO“ NO. 3 GAZETTE BUILDING
Nonwuk, (JOHN.
W. H. MEEKER,
Plumbing, Steam and “as Filling,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
Sinitary Plumbing, and Ventilation, and
L)w Pressure Steam floating, a Specialty.
PLUMBERS' SUPPLIES.
Pipe and Fitting for Steam and (Ins.
Agent I'm-the Florida Low Pressure Boiler.
Facilities for Cutting and 'I'hrcading all $1283.35:
l'ipe. 5m
" Jt
T0 HORSE OWNERS !
We keep constantly on hand a good assortment of
Kentucky and Ohio Horses,
selected win great care in the western markets.
We have horses suitable for all purposes and no
one who wantsathoroughly reliable animal should
purchase before seeing what we have to offer.
We also l«eep constantly on hand at our Carriage
Repository a complete line of UAR [{IAG ES from
the best makers, which .u'e munulactured for us
to special order ; evi-r" carriage warranted.
WAGONS and ()A " s 11‘ every dc criptlon.
HARNESSES, Wllll S,ROI£ES, BLANKETS
mums 1.1V mar s'l‘Am. 1,
OFFICE 48 WALL ST., NORWALK
our. n. e s. u. u. DEPOT 35
Geo. H. Raymond,
Furniture Dealer,
A! THE OLD STAND.
36 MAIN STREET.
Large Stock or all kinds of Furniture Cheap
lorCash. Also
FURNISHING UNDERTAKER.
1 am prepared to take charge day or night and
Iituish everything necessary for the intelneut of
the (ll-ad. 'l‘elepnone Connection with residence
No. 3 Berkley Place. 1315
lIlINITlIlIlI
A Full Stock of Furniture of all kinds-
P ELUR AN.) BEDROOMSETS
a specialty.
DAVID STOW,
Main Street opp. Depot
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN
GENERAL MARKET
Meat. Fish, Vegetables. 81c.
LOCKWOOD & LOCKWOOD.
MAIN STREET.
Allklnds of the best qualities of Meals, Fish,
Clams, Vegetables, etc., are kept constantly on
hand. and will be sold by us as low as can be pro.
cured at any market in Norwalk. We intend to
prove to our customers that we deserve their
patronage by fair and generous dealing.
lv40 LOCKWOOD s LOCKWOOD.
F. W. JAQUI. JR,
DEALER IN
Stoveslm‘lahlet Brick-lemurs
Furnaces and. Steam Heaters,
'l‘in, Sheet Iron, Copper, Wooden, Glass
and Crockery Ware.
.. Refrigerators and House Furnishing Goods.
Generally. A Full line of
Oil ILDREN’S CARRIAGES.
Plumbing. Gas and Steam Fitting, and Hot Air
Engineering. A gent for the Richardson
A: Boyntou (50’s.
Furnaces and Ranges,
Also agent for the Economy
STEAM & WARM Am COMBINATION Hana?
All kinds of Ornamental and Plain Slatelng, T11
and S nugle Roofing.
Repairing Done by Experienced Workmen
at short Notice.
53 WflLL STREET,
NORWALK. CONN.
Beef, Fish, Fruit
and Vegetables.
You can get any and all or the above mentione
articles at
F. W. SMITH’S MARKET,
55 MAIN STREET.
EVERYTHING
NEW, FRESH, CLE'A N. ,
Try us. we can please you
J. 0. NE WKIRK;
DENTIST
Dentistry performed in all branches. Gold and
Porcelain Crowns inserted. Gas administered
lyls
for the painless extracting of teeth.
Engraved Woddgng ( 'ards I Specialty.
Office at residence. Lewis Street, near Con- ..
gr *gsnonal church. Norwnlk l lyflp
Norwalk Chronicler