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Martin Kellogg spent Sunday with rela-
tives in Birmingham.
Mrs. William E. Duncan is visiting
friends in Brooklyn, N Y.
James Devinc goes to Pueblo, 00].. in
the spring, to boss it drove of sheep.
“La Grippe Schottische” is the latest
piece of music. It sneezy dance to dance.
A birthday whist party was held at
the residence of S. K. Stanley, Tuesday
evening.
Miss Lizz‘ibel Taylor, of Danbury, spent
the Sabbath with Mr. and Fred A. Taylor,
on Orchard street.
Good shad, man glad. Bad shad, man
mad.—Rz‘dgefieli Brass Poor lad gone
mad; Egad, too bad.
Co.F minstrels are arranging to pro-
duce their entertainment in Westport
immediately after Lent.
George R. Nash is scon to begin teach-
ing a classrin physical culture at Miss
Baird’s school for young ladies.
Nearly 70,000 bushels of oysters were
brought to Norfolk from'the sounds of
North Carolina during January.
Blue birds were singing on Orchard
street Thursday morning—Record.
They’re not singing there now.
A daughter was born to “Judge” Wm.
H. Murray and Wife, at their residence on
Summer street, yesterday noon.
George Walker, landlord of the Walker
House, Portchester, died on Monday,
aged 42 years.
Richard Mitchell, in the employ of
Saofield & Hoyt, has accepted a position
with the dry goods firm of Neelcy & Co.,
New Haven.
H. H. Bartlett died in Winsted last
week. He was at one time landlord of
the Norwalk Hotel, and later landlord of
the City Hotel. _
i Mr. George Gar-side, who has been
i spending a few days with friends in town
i» returned to his home in Trenton, N. J.,
Friday morning.
John A. Camp and Uncle Jack Meyers
,, went to New York on Saturday night.
" On Sunday they went over to Brooklyn to
hear Talmage preach.
Fred Pratt, it is said, will have charge
of a paint store and shop in the new build-
ing now going up on Water street just be-
low the Opera House.
Bernard Tully and David Sheehan are
to open a shoe store in the room, on Main
i street, recently vacated by the millinery
if firm of Adams & Allen.
' Kohanza Hose Social Club, of Danbury,
: formerly one of the volunteer fire com-
‘1 panics there, hold a grand masquerade
”ball next Monday evening.
.J L. Ambler & Sons have succeeded
the firm of Ambler & Sammis, dry goods
dealers, GAZETTE building, and the store is
now called the Equitable.
George Middlington, who formerly
worked for John Remson, the milkman
was tried yesterday for the seduction of
Swede girl in the same family.
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A project is on foot among the Norwalk
butchers and other large consumers of ice,
to establish a plant with a capital of $20,—
000 for the manufacture of ice.
Al. Raymond, formerly delivery clerk at
F. B. Gregory’s store on Main street, has
taken a position in the shoe manufactory
of Pratt do Weed, South Norwalk.
It costs a man $2.50 a year extra to be
a bachelor in Wyoming, {and a woman
isn’t out there more than fifteen minutes
until some economical fellow takes her in.
The mayor of South Norwalk,Conn.,
has determined to enforce the old blue
laws. The object of the blue laws is to
prevent people from painting the town
red—Harrisburg Patriot.
An official report shows that eighty-one
hotels in the city of New York are with-
out fire escapes, but our friend Charles
DcKlyn’s Gedney House isn’t of the
number.
We notice that the three preachers for
next Sunday at St. Bartholomew’s church,
Madison avenue and 43d street, New York
‘city, are Rev. Dr. Greer, Rev. W. 0.
Richardson, of Norwalk, and the Rt. Rev.
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The Work of painting and - graining the
fronts of Phoenix Engine and Pioneer
Hook and Ladder companies’ houses has
been finished and the work was credit-
; ably done.
Mr. T. S. Morison arrived home on
'Thursday afternoon, with a large new _
drag and four new horses, 9. pair of
blacks and a pair of bays, which are said
to be very fine.
Rev. Mr. Leonard, of St. James’ church,
New York, is in town visiting his brother,
C. T. Leonard. He participated in the
revival services in the Methodist church,
Sunday evening.
J. H. Aiken has removed his sporting
‘ ”goods emporium from No. 37 Main street
to No. 38 Main street, almmt directly op-
posite. His new quarters were fitted up
by J abez Wheaten
The Danbnry News continues to climb
the hill of prosperity. It has a new per-
fecting press and a new aesthetic dress——
indications of success which we hope will
ne’er grow less.
William Bouton of South Norwalk was
arrested by Chief Buttery on Tuesday last
for being hilariously, but helplessly drunk.
On Wednesday he was taken to Bridge-
port for 30 days.
The Fifth Battalion (colored) is dis-
banded asabattalion, and the two eom-
panics remaining will be independent
companies hereafter. The order was
issued on Saturday.
Charlie Russ is found again, this time in
McKean county, Pennsylvania. He has
been immortalized ' more effectively by be-
ing “found” than by being lost, and his
founders are legion.
The theatrical event of the season will
be Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” in the
Opera House this (Wednesday) evening,
in which R. D. McLean and Marie
Prescott will appear. '
An Iowa man is named Damit. He is
'not popular in refined circles—Ansonia
Sentinel.
Oh, yes he is; the ice men don’t speak
of anybody else. .
It is to the credit of the Court of Bur-
gesses’ committee on streets that, during
the recent spell of weather, with its
attendant mud and slush, the borough
cross-walks have been well looked after
and kept comparatively clean.——8entinel.
How natural it seems for a man to be as
much as possible on the streets for some
days after he gets his picture into the
paper, in order to give his acquaintances
an opportunity to note resemblance or
,comparison.
The Housatonic Railroad company is
about to begin erecting a long iron span
across the Housatonic river at Shelton,
Where the extensron branches off from the
main line of the Derby railroad. It will
be 1,500 feet long.
A stated communication of St. John’s
Lodge, No. 6, A. F. & A. M.,’Conn., will
be holden on Thursday evening, at 7:30
o’clock, and at that time Old Well Lodge,
No. 108, A. F. & A. M., Conn., will ex-
emplify the 3d degree.
In the case of Louis Verlin vs. Fred-
erick Gregory, on Friday, before Justice
Maples, the defendant failed to appear,
and Verlin got judgment by default, and
was awarded $28.63, the amount of his
claim, andZ$10.72 costs.
Bridgeport’s heavy individual taxpayers
are: P. 'l‘. Barnum, $608,000; E. C.
Bassick, $102,000; John Molloy, $113,-
000; Henry Sanford, $115,000; I. De Vei-
Warner, $132,000; Nathaniel Wheeler,
$243,000; N. E. W ordin estate, $124,000.
Mike Cahill, of Norwalk, who claims to
be light-weight champion of Connecticut,
had a challenge in the New York Sun, on
Wednesday, offering to fight any 128
pound man in America for $250 or $500 a
side, Frank Moore, the noted light weight
preferred. I
The Ridgefield Press is now printed on
the press of our Isaacs street contempor-
ary. It was formerly printed on a hand
press in Ridgefield, but the machine is
not heavy or strong enough to stand the
poetry which Bross is getting out so pro-
fusely nowadays. '
Dentist H. L. Ross, of Canaan, sent a
letter to Japan, December 5. with direc-
tions to “return if not called for in five
days.” It was received in Canaan, Satur-
day, March 1, remaining nine days in
Yokohama; eighty-five days from time of
sending and seventy-six 0n passage.
Glover & Olsen have leased the store
now being vacated by Confectioner Mead,
and will connect the same with their
present store, thus having the most com-
modions boot and shoe emporium in
town. They are now engaged in moving
their stock from the Star Shoe store.
The managers of the Canadian Pacific
Railroad are making preparations to take
an excursion party round the world in
sixty-five days, and they say that with a
fast Atlantic service the trip can be made
in fifty-three days. If this sort of thing
is to be kept up, Nellie my will go down
Bishop of Neva Scotia.
to history as a pretty slow sort of a girl.
4 An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially 6.
N ORWALK, CONN., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1890.
A correspondent of the Winstcd Citizen
writes :—-We hear we are to, have a new
minister at Falls Village, as some in the
church are dissatisfied with the Rev. C.
H. Reynolds. Well, they would not be
suited in some places if an angel was sent
from Heaven’s court to preach to them.
The Bridgeport Post, following the
styles of several metropolitan dailies,
has started a contest among the school
teachers of Bridgeport, Stratford, Milford,
New Milford, Newtown, Fair-field, South
Norwalk and Norwalk. The teacher re-
ceiving the greatest number of votes will
be presented a gold watch.
The religious e‘ditor, Col. Shepard, of
the Mail and Express, congratulates Chi-
cago in this brotherly fashion :—”Chicago
is chasing her tail, trying to find a site;
which, prOperly, was the first thing to
have in sight. Now, Whether Chicago
eats her tail off, or the tail pulls her: head
off, we don’t much care.”
A horse belonging to Patrick Harrigan,
of Saugatuck. slipped and fell on the
horse car tracks in front of the GAZETTE
building yesterday morning. and although
he was not hurt he settled into a com-
fortablc position and seemed to enjoy it
until he was pulled up by the scruff of
the neck.
'1 he Hotchkin Family Concert company
and bell ringers will appear with a new
programme in the Y. M. C. A. Hall,
Wednesday evening, March 12, under the
auspices of the Young People’s Society of
the First Congregational church. Annie
Hotchkin, the whistler, whose notes
rival the mocking bird and nightingale, is
with this company.
Captain A. M. Pomeroy, a retired ofii—
cer of the U. S. Navy, died at his resi-
dence on Academy street, on Friday, at
the age of 67 years. He had for some
time been in feeble health, resulting from
astrokc of paralysis. He leaves awife
. and family who have the sincere sympa—-
thy of the community.
The Hon. Charles Elliott Fitch, so long
and widely and honorably known as the
editor of the Rochester Democrat, has been
appointed Collector of Internal Revenue
for the Twenty-third District, New York.
His large abilities, his high character, his
great service to the Republican party and
his devotion to all good causes make this
a first-rate nomination. '
Editor Bacon, of the Derby Transcript.
bade his readers “good bye” on March 1,
when Mr. Meservey, the new proprietor,
took the helm. Neighbor Bacon says:—
"Answering many inquiries as to our
reason for retiring from the newspaper
field, we simply have to say it is from an
utter distaste for the kind of work it
entails. 'Nothing more, nothing less.”
By an order from the 'commander-in-
chief issued Saturday, Brig. Gen. Charles
P. Graham of Middletown is relieved from
the command of the brigade, Connecticut
National guard. and he is honorably
dischargedfrom the military service of
the state. Col. Thomas L. Watson, com-
manding Fourth regiment, C. N. G., of
Bridgeport, is appointed to the command
of the brigade with rank of brigadiei‘
general from date hereof.
William West, a contractor in Wheeler
& Wilson’s iron shop, in Bridgeport, met
with a painful mishap Monday afternoon.
He was at work on an automatic screw
machine and in leaning over it to adjust
some work his long, flowing heard was
caught in the machinery and torn out by
the roots. Only a little patch of hair was
left on the side of his face. The unfortun-
ate mau suffered excruciating pain and his
face bled profusely.
Connecticut Pensions Original,Henry L.
Alling, Highwood ; Henry Schleiter, Meri-
den; increase, Lewis L. Owens, South Nor-
walk; William Scott, Norwich; Patrick,
father of Jeremiah Callahan, Thompson-
ville ; Frances, widow of Charles B. Hol-
land, Hartford; Catherine, widow of
Michael Ryan, Mechanicsville; Mary,
widow of Henry Crawford, Bridgeport;
Jane, widow of Burr Robinson,Westport ;
Emma,-mother of Charles W. Checkeni,
New Haven.
E. J. Webster, of Bristol, has com-
menced a libel suit of $10,000 against the
Herald, of New Britain. Officers attempt-
ed Thursday to take away a portion of the
machinery belonging to the Herald. The
owners of the Herald offered a bond of
$100,000, but Webster refused to accept
the bond and attempted to remove a
portion of the press. Constable Allen
prevented this step. The libel consisted
of a story regarding a fire which occurred
ii Webster’s store.
Horace L. Wildman, better known as
‘Starr” Wildman, and Arthur C. Howes,
both of Danbury, were arrested Saturday
night for selling obscene pictures. Large
numbers of pictures were found on their
premises. Howes is a photographer and
has not been long in Danbury, going there
from Waterbury. Justice Hough found,
both guilty and sent Howes to jail for
six months and imposed a fine of $200
and costs. Wildman was convicted on
three counts and was sentenced to six
months in jaileand fined $300 and costs.
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evoted to Local News and Interests.
The Stamford Advocate has this church
item :'-—Mr. Wm. E. Brown, son of O. S.
Brown, and lately organist at the First
Congregational church. Norwalk, has ac-
cepted an engagement as organist of the
Congregational church, Stamford, in place
of Mr. Louis Funnel]. resigned.
John Till, the inventor and manipulator
of the Marionettes, a most ingenious and
amusing company of performing figures,
and who is a comedian of merit and
reputation, has leased the store next
above Adams Brothers’ maraet. where he
will give daily exhibitions which are
pleasing and attractive, at the low figure
of ten cents admission.
The,,weekly Wednesday night Lent
services in St. Paul’s parish are held,
alternately, in the Church and in the
parish rooms on Wall street. The ser-
vice this week on Wednesday will be in
the Church at 7.30 o’clock, and the Arch-
deacon of the county, the Rev. Dr.
Tatloclr, rector of St. John’s church,
Stamford, will be the preacher.
Miss Mena Ambler, employed at the
Lounsbury, Mathewson Co.’s shoe fac-
tory, is evidently a favorite candidate for
the World’s gold and diamond necklace
to be awarded to the Connecticut factory ‘
belle receiving the highest number of
votes. Miss Ambler fought to get the
prize, and her friends, who read the
Sunday World, should cut out the coupon,
put her name upon it. and send it to the
publication office, or else hand it to some-
body who will send it in.
All the bible: teachers in the different
Sabbath schools of this vicinity have been
invited to a special meeting to be held in
the new Congregational church, South
Norwalk, Friday evening, 7th inst. Rev.
A. F. Shaufiler, of New York city, is to
present the international Sunday school
lessonof the following Sabbath: “The
Great-Physican,” Luke iv, 83-34, with
suggestions as to illustration, methods of
teaching, etc. Dr. Shaufiler is one of the
most popular and successful bible teachers
of the: present day, and is well-known
both in this country and abroad. Aricli
treat is in store for all who attend this
service, and it is open to the public gen-
orally.
We have received a communication
from"Stamford, signed “One of the Audi-
encefi.L which gives a lengthy and caustic
dressing dewn to “Spectator,” who re—
ported the Stamford boys’ minstrel per-
formance in New Canaan for the GAZETTE
last week. The letter is too long to be
available: for the GAZETTE, considering
the unimportancc of the subject to
which it is devoted, even if we were
inclined to disregard the rule that
prevails in all well regulated newspaper
offices regarding the printing of any
communication that is not accompanied
with the name of the writer, “as a
guaranty of good faith.”
The state b04rd of agriculture furnishes
some interesting statistics on the damage
done to cattle the past year by dogs. The
number of sheep killed in 106 towns was
1,719, while 26 other towns fail to give
the number, but place the damage by
canines at $2,083. The damages paid by
the towns in the state for the loss of sheep
amount .to $10,976, and for the loss of
cattle $636. There are 31,785 licensed
dogs of both sexes in the state, paying in
all $41,101, but the number of unlicensed
dogs is great. The farmers do not think
that this income pays fortheloss of sheep.
Flocks are often ruined and farmers are
discouraged. All citizens of the state
share his loss from the discouragement of
the sheep industry.
The 46th anniversary of the institution
- of Concord Division, Sons of Temperance,
was celebrated in the Division room on
Monday evening with appropriate cere-
monies. Delegates from divisions in
South'Norwalk, Stamford, New Canaan,
Westport and other towns surrounding
were present'to thexnumber of about two
hundred. Many exéellent speeches were
made and a splendid supper was served.
Among the grand efiicers present were
Grand Worthy Patriarch, George R. Bill,
of New Haven; Grand Scribe, F. Marr,
WestHaven ; the Grand Worthy Associate,
Hartford; Grand Treasurer Hart, New
Haven; Grand Sentinel, Frank Sanford,
New Canaan; Past Grand W. P., Charles
A. Baldwin, New Haven.
——The D. M. Read 00., as their cus-
tomers well know, have, during the past
month, been closing out all old patterns in
carpets at ridiculously low prices. Their
action was promoted by one object alone,
not that they were pleased to mark a loss
on every yard, but to enable them to start
in the spring season with a complete stock
of new goods in the latest design. The
new patterns have arrived and the result
of their policy is self-evident, for never
before have they displayed so large a
variety of choice patterns in every 'kind of
carpetings, from the newest American
axminster to the cheapest hemp, as is
being shown to-day. Their old customers
as well as many new ones, will enjoy
these exceptional advantages in making
selections for the comingseason. »
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Prof. Simeon E. Baldwin has purchased
acontrolling interest in the New Haven
News. The paper will continue to be
independent in politics, wrth even a
stronger democratic, mngwumpy flavor
than ever. With “Consolidated” Attorney
Lynde Harrison at the helm of the Palla-
dium and “Parallel” Attorney “Sim”
Baldwin steering the News, there ought to
be some spirited and exhilarating railroad
discussions launched very soon in the
columns of these two enterprising jour-
min.
A notice of appeal has been filed in the
Bridgeport case of George W. Simmonds,
vs. John E. Holmes. Holmes killed a
dog belonging to Simmonds. A suit was
brought for $250 damages. Judge Perry,
in the Common Plea 3 Court, gave judg-
ment for Holmes to recover $5 and costs
on a counter claim for damages to crops.
Mr. Simmonds sayshe proposes to find out
whether a high-bred dog with a $3,000
father and a registration in compliance
with the law, can be wantonlykilled with-
out somc one being responsible in dam-
ages. Judge Perry was, last session,
speaker of the Connecticut House of
Representatives.
A snug little income is that of the New
York Life Insurance Company,as reported
in our advertising columns;——twenty-nine
million dollars, or over that, a few hun-
dred thousand more or less do not signify
much in such a case. About one-sixth of
it was from interest on invested assets,
leaving twenty-four million contributed
by policy-holders. Men do not pay out
such sums for nothing, and, as the report
shows. over twelve million were returned
to policy-holders in death-claims, endow-
ments, annuities, dividends, and surren-
der values of policies purchased. Some.
thing more than eleven millions were
added to the Company’s assets as security
for new and old policy-holders. It isa
wonderful record of a wonderful Com-
pany, which is showing results of matured
policies that are highly gratifying as
investments alone, to say nothing of the
security furnished while the policies are
in force. 0. E. Wilson is the general
agent of the Company in Norwalk and
will be pleased to furnish any information
desired by those who are interested in the
subject of insurance. ,
The World’s Fair is still a “bone of
contention.” Chicago Speculators and
capitalists are fighting among themselves
over the question of site, and the difficulty
of raising the enormousjnnd necessary
fora successful carrying out of the pro-
ject, is becoming more and more com-
plicated. New York will strenuously
oppose any§proposition for a considerable
appropriation from the national treasury,
insisting that Chicago and the state of
Illinois shall bear the entire expense, just
as New York had arranged to do by rais-
ingaguarantee fund of over $5,000,000
by private subscription and appropriating
from the state treasury the sum of $10,-
000,000 more. The Eastern metropolis,
and even Washington, evidently still
entertain an insane notion that complica-
tions will yetiarise that will bring the big.
show to either one or the other of them.
When the final tug of war comes it will
be a wise move for our local board of
trade to send a committee consisting, say,
of E. J. Hill, J. W. Hyatt, “Grover” Wil-
son and John H. Lee to the seat of war to
set forth the beauties and advantages of
our Norwalk as a good place to hold the
Fair.
Maybe we’ll getzit yet,
You bet.
At the meeting of the Court of Burgesses
Monday evening no very important busi-
ness was transacted. Considerable time
was devoted to the discussion of the con-
tracts for cleaning out the catch basins of
the sewers. Three or four bids for doing
the clearing of them were submitted, but
the contract Will not be awarded until a
form of contract can be drawn up. John
Lovejoy and Timothy J. Byrnes were
appointed special poilcemen. A . petition
was presented by Barbers Chris. Miller,
Patrick Slattery and Gus Newman pray.
ing that the honorable Court of Burgesses
would order all the barber shops of the
borough closed up _on Sundays. Abe
Wright submitted a patriotic proposition
to relieve the Warden and Court of Bur-
gesses of all the responsibility of running
the borough in any or all its departments
for the moderate sum of $300 a year.
Some joker had fixed up a petition for
Abe to present, which is printed below.
It was promptly disposed of by giving the
petitioner leave to withdraw. Following
is the application :
To the Hon. Warden and Buoyesses :
I herewith make application for the po-
sition of street inspector for' the borough
of Norwalk. I will, if appointed, agree
to perform all the duties required of me,
as inspector, by the Hon. Warden or
Court of Burgesses, or any member there-
qf, in reference to the care and inspection
of Highways, Sewers, Lamps and Gas,
Police or Fire, and if deemed expedient
will give special attentionto the Finances
of the Borough. All the above service I
will agree to perform to vour satisfaction,
for the sum of Three undred Dollars,
($300). As a guarantee for the faithful
performance of the above I refer you to
my character and standing as a citizen of
the Borough. ABRAHAM Waren'r.
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TWO DOLLARS A YEAR
NUMBER 10. '
D. Hart Weeks. who has been associ- '
ated with his father, Jacob Weeks. in the
grocery business for along time, has be-
come a partner with F. B. Gregory, in the
same line of business, and will begin his
new duties on April 1st. '
John Campbell, of Newtown. who was
taken to the outskirts of the town Sunday
night and given a regular White Cap
Whipping, has not yet put in an appear-
ance, and it isn’t expected that he will for
several days. The authorities have as yet
tiken no steps to arrest the men who
administered the flogging, and it is proba- - -
ble that the matter will drop just where it
is. There is considerable feeling against
Campbell, and most peeplc believe that
the thrashing will have a salutary effect.
On Monday noon an accident occurred ‘
on the Dunbnry & Norwalk division a few
rods below the Norwalk freight-house.
which, While almost miraculously attend-
ed with no loss of life or scriorrs injury to
persons, resulted in considerable damage
to the railroad property. The passenger
train leaving South Norwalk at 12:18 for
Danbury was approaching the Norwalk
station when an axle on the tender of the
locomotive broke, and, as is supposed,
threw the switch over, near the meat
house of Terry to Co. and causing the
three cars of the train to run in on the
side track and crash into a car load of
grain. The tenderwasdemolished almost
beyond repair and was scattered along the
track for a couple of hundred feet. The
cars were all derailed and more or less dc
molished. The smoker. which was next
to the engine. was telescoped into the car
of grain in such a manner that a corner of
each car projected into the other for a
considerable distance. A number of pass-
engers who were in the smoker, had a
narrow escape from death or serious in-
ury. The passengers in the other coaches
experienced only a violent shaking up.
Ed. Goldsclimidt, who was in the smoker.
got his eyes filled with sand and flying
splinters, and a few others got. their hands
slightly cut with broken glass. A drum-
mer who sat in a seat near the corner
which crashed into the grain car, had the
narrowest escape. and was so close to the
broken end that when the crash came his
satchel, which was on the seat beside him
was dislodged, tumbled off the seat and
rolled out through the broken end, under
the grain car. The locomotive itself es-
caped injury, barring the demolition of
the tender, having safely passed the
switch before the broken axle threw it
over. It Was a most peculiar accident.
The wrecking train was soon on the spot
clearing up the wreck, and the track was
cleared by the middle . f the afternoon.
The World of Sunday last was illumin-
ated with another galaxy’ of Norwalk por-
traits, sliowrng “Norwalk’s men of trust,
who lead in public affairs and are Solid to
the Core.” They were presented on a
“Hip-tip toddy. all head and no body”
style of portraiture, after the comic
valentine order, each subject being afilict-
ed with an exaggerated case of big head.
The facial features were uniformly true to
nature, being in this respect far superior
to most of the cuts that preceded them in
the same paper. Hon. J. W. Hyatt, with
a life-size cranium on a dwarfed body, is
shown in the act of coming out of the
United States treasury with three feed
bags full of $ $ 33 under his arms. E. O.
Keeler, the projector of the new hotel
scheme, sits with majestic dignity at the
head of one of the tables in that hotel,
looking gravely at some articles in front
of him which are suspiciously suggestive
of a wine glass, a pipe and a poor hand of
whist. Senator Hill is portrayed in the
act of attending assiduously to the lumber
busrness, and is sitting on a heap of
timbers with a solemn, come-and-be-saved
expression of countenance, and a cigarette
in his: hand which he is holding off at
arm’s length. R. H. Rowan is playing
pcek-a-boo over the top of a bill board on
which a horse trot is advertised. Asa
Sinith leans against a Masonic emblem
composed of a big compass crossed with
the head of a pickaxc, and holds out his
right |hand in a gi’ me penny attitude.
George R. Cowles, the handsome man of
the list,|was caught by the camera just as
he was about to pin a placard on some-
body’s back’ settingfiforth the benefits of
having “your lives etc. etc. insured.”
Col. F. St. John Lockwood’s portrait is
tangled up with a picture of the Fairfield
County National bank in such a manner
that it is difficult to determine whether he
is leaning against it, or bracing it up.
Wm. B. E. Lockwood, Sr., stands on
guard in front of abig box decorated
with alpadlock and. the legend, “Savings
Society.” '{ Thomas S. Morison is walking
off with the court of burgesses rolled up
in a bundle under his arm. Elbert A.
Woodward hasa fish pole in one hand
and his coafipocket in the other, and is
made by the:artist to look as if he smelled
something disagreeable. George M.
Holmes has the safe of the Central
bank under his thumb, and looks as meek
and mild as the chief monrner at a
funeral. On: the whole, they are an
excellent selection of the representative
solid men of Norwalk.
Norwalk Chronicler