Norwalk weekly gazette, Wednesday, April 2, 1890 · page 7

 

 

 

 

NORWALK GAZETTE, WEDNESDAY IAIPRIL 2, 1890

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THE PHANTOM CAVALRY.

Several years ago the writer was one of a
party of seven formed for the purpose of
exploring that portion of Northern Arizona
designated on the map as the “Painted Des-
ert.” It is a; part of, the tablelands constitut-
ing the great Colorado plateau, which has an
altitude of from 5,000 to 7,000 feet above sea
level, the western edge of which is marked
by the grand canyon of the Colorado, and
extends north and south fromthe Atlantic
and Pacific railroad to the Utah line. 'This
vast section is a wild and desolate waste, cut
in all directions by great chasms hundreds,
and even thousands, of feet in depth, and as
the existence of these mighty fissures is not
apparent at any considerable distance, travel
is rendered so tedious and uncertain that it
remained till the present day comparatively
unexplored. In its wildnessand peculiar ab-
senceof vegetation the region seemed to af—
ford fertile fields for adventure, which was
the controlling object of the expedition.

“Then we left the Atlantic and Pacific rail-
road our outfit consisted of a stout team and
a strong buckboard, three saddle horses and
three burros—the latter selected for the pur~
pose of carrying supplies of food and water
when we should undertake ascents of moun-
tains, descents into canyons, or should make
excursions into regions that were particularly
rugged and forbidding. We were well sup-
plied with food, guns, ammunition and other
necessaries for such a trip, but after getting
well out on the desert and wandering aim-
lessly about. for over a' week,'owing to the dif-
ficulty experienced in finding points at which
it was possible to cross the deep gorges which
we encountered daily, it became evident that
the horses, as well as the wagons, were im-
peding our program. Then it was agreed that
four of the men, with the horses and b’uck-
board, should return south and make camp in
a spur on the northeast side of. San Francisco
mountains, while Eugene Ackley, Fred Waite
and the writer should continue the investiga—
tion so discouraging] y begun.

Freed from the engineering difficulties of
getting the wagon over the country, the re—
mainder of the party moved much more rap-
idly. and on the evening of the fifth day
made a “dry camp” some sixty or seventy
miles from where we separated with our
companions, and on the edge of an abyss
500 or 600 feet in depth, along which we
had traveled for several hours in . a vain- en-
deavor to locate a crossing place. The
progress we were then making was more
satisfactory, and on that particular day we
had met with our first adventure on the
trip, if adventure it could be called. Ack—
ley had been so fortuna'te as to secure a
chance shot at and to kill a magnificent
specimen of the mountain sheep or ibex, and
our delight over the achievement was but
little greater than our relish of a change
from antelope meat, of which we had already
had a surfeit. This subject afforded our
theme of conversation as we sat till a late
hour around our little camp fire in that
wierd and isolated spot, where mest prob-
ably the foot of white man had never be-
fore trod, disposing of the rich and juicy
steaks which we cut from our prize.
W'hile engaged in this highly satisfactory
pastime I thought I heard, arising from the
bowels of the earth through the dark and
dismal gorge, the sound of a human voice,
and upon alluding to the matter was surpris-
ed when both my companions stated that
they had labored under similar impressions
or hallucinations several times during our
camp fire chat. Deciding at last that it
must have been the sound of a distant and
hungry coyote or an aeolian note issuing
from the abyss, we shortly afterward rolled
up in our blankets and- went to sleep.

A walk of something like a mile next
morning brought us to a place where it ap-
peared possible to make a descent of the
canyon, and Fred lVaite, after prospecting
the rugged wash, shouted ' back- to us to
come along with the burros. For half I an
hour we had been carefully picking our way
down the treacherous and dizzy sides of the
precipices, when the little caravan was
brought to a sudden halt with a. start by a
sharp exclamation of surprise from our path-
finder. He was not long in answering our
blank looks of inquiry, by saying:

“Boys, I’ll be blessed if there ain‘t two men
down below here, and it. looks to me as-if
they’re in distress. Come and see.”

Ackley and myself carefully passed the bur-
ros, and upon reaching the ledge of rock upon
which \Vaite was standing, and which formed
an angle in the walls of the- cliffs, obtained a
good view of the bottom of the canyon. Be~
low us several hundred feet, and a little dis-
tance from the gulch, a camp was to be seen,
near which three burros were standing. Near
them was the form of a man lying on the
ground, and by his side, in a sitting posture,
satacompanion. No fire was burning and
there was no sign of smoke, which, taken into
consideration with the inactivity of the men
at that hour of the day, in a place so lonely
and unattractive for camping purposes, at'
once led us to believe that they were in a
helpless condition. Two or three lusty shouts
brought to our ears no further response than '
a prolonged and dismal bray from one of the
donkeys in thevsequestered dell, but in the
course of a few minutes we saw a red hand-
kerchief flutter in the hands of the man who
was sitting up. That was sufficient. Two
fellow beings were in serious trouble in that
dreary, desolate region, and with haste rather
dangerous, considering the. hazardous path,
we pushed on to their rescue.

A pitiful and shocking. sight met our gaze
when we reached the little camp. It was
plain to be seen from their outfit that the
two men were prospectors, and that they had
built no fire since reaching the spot, and had
been unable to otherwise attend their own
needs. They had almost completely stripped
their bodies of all clothing, and from their
black and bloated faces, blurred and blood-
shot eyes, and horribly swoolen and protrud-
ing tongues, we realized that they were per-
ishing from thirst. One could barely whisp-
er, while the power of speech had entirely
left his companion. A few drops of water-
little at a time, but at frequent intervals—
together with a very small quantity of
brandy, served to revive the two unfortun-
ate sufl’er'ers sufiiciently that in the course of
a few hours they were able to drink some
tea and taste a little broth—prepared from
the meat of our mountain sh , p—after which
both men fell into the deep, Sthargic sleep'of
utter exhaustion. .

We attended to the burros and straight-
ened up the camp and awaited the awaken-
ing of the prospectors to learn the manner
in which they had been placedin such a
strange predicament and distressing condi-
tion. They awoke late in the afternoon and
joined heartilyin the eveningfmeal. They
gave the names of Jerry Rooney and David
Briggs, and after supper Briggs relapsed
into slumber, while his more sturdy Compan-
ion proceeded to relate the, circumstances of
their strange and painful. experience, which
was, inpurport, as followszfl

A few weeks previous the men left Utah'lto.
go to, the United Verde copper mines in the:
Yavapai country, Arizona, following the:
Less ferry road. Being attractedby some
mountains, they left; the road fer-tho purpolo‘
of prospecting them for the preciops metals,
and some days later foundthemselvos run-

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ning short of Water. They had encountered
some water tanks in coming out on the desert,
and had made up their minds to retrace their
way to the road by these, and then proceed
south, when they met with the almost in-
credible experience which nearly resulted in
their death. Just at dawn. one morning
Rooney was surprised but delighted to see a
small troop of cavalry riding by, and calling
the attention of his‘fiompanion to the fact,
hailed them. To use Rooney’s language, “they
was a. most curious set of chaps, and wore
uniforms like none I ever saw, and although
they were only a bit of a ways off, they didn’t
seem to make any noise, riding. You may
not believe it, but when I ‘passed the time of
da y,’ what did those crazy soldiers do but
’bout face, and take a shot right square at
us, but their guns didn’t make any noise at
all. This scared Dave and me had enough,
but it put the devil into the mules and they
run off like wild. The brutes and the sol-
diers went out of sight at the same time, but

while I could see the direction the mules took .

I’ll never know whether the uncivil troop
went up in the air or. were swallowed by the
ground: they just faded away.” It was not
until the day following their strange meeting
with the mysterious soldiers that the unfortu-
nate prospectors regained their pack animals
and for a week afterwards they had been
traveling over the desert, four days without
any water. They reached the spot in the
canyon the day previous to our discovery of
them, for which alone they could rejoice that
it had not became their tomb.

Rooney’s story was peculiar in but one re-
spect—the meeting with the soldiers. It was
utterly impossible that the military would
show Such incivility under any' circumstan-
ces, and their presence in that section Was ex-
tremely improbable. It was off all usual lines
of their travel, and as the Painted Desert is
not inhabited by white men, and is religiously
avoided by all Indian tribes, through some
great superstition, no reason could be assigned
for, an expedition of troops to that desolate
region. To the phenomenon of the mirage or
the effect of a fevered imagination did we at-
tribute this portion of Rooney’s tale; but
while we gave it no credence, it at the same
time decided us upon making a trip to the
mountains where the prospectors had met
their queer experience, in the hope that ad-
venture would fall to our lot.

Two days subsequent we assisted the pros-
pectors out of the canyon and turned back
on our new enterprise of exploration, not-
withstanding the most earnest protests and
entreaties to the contrary on the part of the
two grateful men. . A week later we _were
somewhere in the neighborhood of the spot
where Rooney and Briggs had been ever-
taken by misfortune, and strange to say our
situation was scarcely more pleasant than
that described by them. It is true that we
were camped by a spring, but we found our-
selves on a mountain surrounded by impass-
able canyons, and were even unable, after a
search of two days, to locate the place by
which we came upon the plateau. much less
to discover another route of egress.

One afternoon, after having left Ackley to
look after the camp for two or three hours,
\Vaite and 1, upon returning from another

. futile search for a passage more important to

us than one to the north‘ pole, were surprised
at a statement he made, which was to the
effect that two or three times since our ab-
sence he had distinctly heard a military call
sounded on a bugle. Ackley was much
alarmed and highly excited, declaring that if
we were destined to starve to death we should
all die together like men, but that he would
never again submit to being left alone in that
accursed region. That he was deeply in earn-
est, and momentarily expected an attack
from the spectral troop the prospectors had
told about, was made evident by the fact that
he had tied up to immense ricks, with double
ropes, two of our pack burros. While we
laughed at his fears, for my part I was not so
confident in my own mind as to feel entirely
at case.

After the evening meal and while we were
discussing our plans for the morrow, I no-
ticed the color suddenly leave the face of
Ackley, who was _ sitting on a rock opposite
the, and in great excitement and terror he
exclaimed: “My God, here they come! We
are gone this time, boys.”

As I turned to look in the direction of his
gaze the sound of a trumpet, in notes weird
and supernatural, broke on the quiet, still
air. In the wonderfully bright, yet uncer-
tain twilight of that high altitude, the sight
which was then presented was strange,
startling and unaccountable, and created an
impression of grave apprehension and mys-
terious danger that can never be eflfaced
from my memory. Apparently emerging

from a canyon which formed a junction with '
one of those we desired to cross was an ofiicer i

and several mounted troopers, and as they
movedslowly along by twos, their number
at least reaChed twenty-five or thirty. The
men were richly uniformed, ,partially in
armor, and wore helmets trimmed in gay,
colors, while their horses were heavily capari-V
soned. The soldiers carried lances and
shields, while only at theil‘ sides was there
any indication of firearms. ’

To the military of another‘age could they
only belong, yet by the appearance of' both
men and beasts was it plain that hard and
heavy' service had but redently been per-
formed. Our astonishment, fear and awe
were "further inspired by the fact that while
the little troop was scarcely 100 yards dis-
tant, the rattle of horses’ feet upon the
earth, chafiing of bits, jingling of spurs,
creaking of saddle and other sounds peculiar
to a moving squad of cavalry were all lack-
ing—every movement was as still as death
itself. Wlien at a point directly opposite
us, the trumpet sounded and the troop came
to a front and halted. The soldiers dis-

.mounted, uncovered and drawing from their

belts long, unwieldy and wide mouthed pis-
tols fired upon our little party. The smoke
curled up, but there was no report from the
volley, nor could the rattle of bullets be
heard upon the rocky ground where we
were situated. Another sound of the trum-
pet 'and without remounting or apparently
moving, the men as well as the horses faded
from our View as a mountain fog is dissolved
by the rising sun. _

Before the startling effect of this weird
and strange vision had completely worn off,
I could hear the sounds of a rapidly ringing
bell far down the canyon sides, and was
brought to a realization of the situation by
hearing Waite remark: “Well, there is one
good thing about that hideous pantomime;
those pirates have made Jinny find her way
out of this hellish place." It was true; our
bell burro had not been tied up, and in her
fright she deserted her less fortunate mates,
which were trembling as if in mortal dread,
and was rapidly descending the path by
which we reached the plateau.

Having located our route in this peculiar
manner, it may easily be imagined that'we
lost no time in leaving that desolate region
and rejoining our companions in the more
hospitable San Francisco mountains.

History tells us that when, in 1540, Coro-
nado and his conquistadores, 1,000 strong,
visited Northern Arizona in search of the
Seven Cities of Cibola and their fabulous
stores of gold, a, squad of his troops were
lost on the Colorado plateau and are sup-
posed to have perished, but I am at a loss. to

. no h0w this aflords any, explanation to» our

very remarkable encounter with the spoon-all
cavalry, in 1883, in~thoseibarrenaud ' ,
mountains, designated as “Soldier-3’ Peaks.”

 

-8on Francisco'Examiner. '

 

TIN “THE TYPE FOUNDRY.
MANUFACTURE OF THE- VALUABLE
LITTLE. PIECES OF, METAL.

 

How One of the Chief Factors in‘ News-
paper Making Is Produced—The Bios!
Absolute Accuracy and Nicety Required.
Wide Range of Size and Style.

The man who, reads his morning or evening
paper, and has no knowledge of the vast
amount of mechanical labor required to turn
out a nicely printed sheet, may think that
the production of newspapers is an easy task.
He is sadly mistalf'en. It requires much hard
and unpleasant labor to make 'a newspaper.
The compOSitors, pressmen, proOfreaders,
mailing clerks, reporters and editors have
their share of work. There is yet another
class of workmen who pave the way for even
the compositors. The types, presses, and in-
numerable other mechanical devices, which
none but a. practical printer knows how to
put into use, must be made.

The preservative art of printing has under.
gone many changes since the first types were
invented. Even since the first type foundry
was established. in Cincinnati marvelous
changes have been made, and the gentleman
who established the first type foundry in this
city can tell wonders about the printing
business.

CASTING THE TYPES.

A reporter visited one of the large type
foundries of this city yesterday and gathered
some information about the little pieces of
metal which print the almost countless let-
ters of a great newspaper. Large type foun-
dries do not confine their work to the making
of the little types such as are used in print-
ing this article, but, on the contrary, all
sizes, shapes and designs are manufactured.
From the plain minion, such as is seen here,
the styles vary to designs which leave im-
pressions almost as clear apd beautiful as
those produced by the finest lithographing
stones.

Then again there are styles so small that
the printed letters cannot be made out with
the naked eye. , Others which are so large
that they measure‘six feet in height. Beau-
tiful script letters which look like one’s own
handwriting idealized, exquisitely fancy
styles to suit the different advertisers, and
the world knows how many other designs.
There are also brass rules, “slugs,” “chases,”
“sticks,” etc., all of which are familiar to the
compositor.

To start with, what is type metal? “It is
a composition of lead, tin, zinc and anti-
mony,” said an old printer who has been in
the type making business for forty years.
“The antimony has a peculiar property. Al-
most all metals contract while cooling, and
this property in itself would interfere greatly
with the type making business.

“You see, the little types, even the small-
est ‘diamond’ or ‘brilliant’ styles, are molded,
and if either of the four metals save the anti-
mony was used alone in making the letters a
perfectly clear outline could not be obtained,
although the molds were filled with molten
metal, because when it cooled it would con—
tract, and as a result would destroy the clear
outline of the very minute types. W'ith the
large letters so much care would not have to
be taken. Now, the metal antimony has the
peculiar property of expanding while cool-
ing, and for this'reason it is invaluable to the
type makers. It expands and fills even the
smallest mold; hence the perfect outline of
metal types.”

He showed the reporter one of the primitive
molds used in making type. It is a little de-
vice about as large as a teacup, and will cast
a single letter at a time. This rude but per-
fect device was in use for a long time in cast-
ing types, and is used yet in small type foun-
dries. A little later On this device of a mold
was improved and made more useful. Orig-
inally the molten metal had to be poured into
the mold by hand, but one of the first steps
in the improvement of this rude mold was to
attach it to a mechanical device so constructed
as to pump the molten metal into the mold in
an automatic manner. This was a great step,
and rendered the molding process much more
rapid. Next the automatic device was 'im-
proved so that two or three molds could be
placed on a single machine, all of the molds
being filled by the automatic pumps. This
method of casting the types is the one so ex-
tensively used throughout the country.

TEE FINISHING TOUCHES.

When the little, shining metal letters are
first cast they are not yet finished. There is a
projection on one end nearly as long as the
type itself. As soon as the letters are molded

' they go to a person who breaks ofi“ the pro-

jections. Next the letters go to two other
parties, who rub them over files to smooth off
the rough sides. This planing process isa

” unique one, and the “planers” must be ex-

perts. The little letters are pushed first one

way over the rough surface of the file, then

back again, all in a second, by the expert
“planer." Next the letters go too. person who
places them side by side on a long tin shelf,
whiCh is about a yard in length. This tin
shelf has one edge turned up so that the long
row of letters may be placed along the shelf
in an even manner.

As fast as the shelves are filled they go to
another “planer,” who, however, does his
work'much more rapidly than the ones be.
fore mentioned. He planes off the lower or
blunt end of the letter. The shelf, which
holds at least 500 letters, is placed in a long
vise, and then the rough ends of the long
row are quickly planed off just as the car-
penter planes 8. piece of wood. One or two
movements of the plane is all that is necessa-
ry. Thetypes are now complete and ready for-
packing and boxing.

This process of turning out the types re-
quires the labor of six persons, and although
a rapid one as compared with the original
one, is considered _too slow by the enterpris-
ing type maker. A new machine has been
recently invented. The rough type metal is
placed in the machine and cemes out in the
shape of nicely moulded types completely fin-
ished. This machine does its work automati-
cally, and is a marvelous piece of mechanism.
It does the work of six men and does it better.
These machines are not any larger than a
small hand press, but cost $1,380. Very few
of them are used, as they are so expensive,
but when they are used types can be made
much cheaper than if hand labor is employed.
When the types come from the molds they
are bright like newly coined silver dollars.

They are then packed and boxed ready for
shipment. Fonts of type vary in weight
from six pounds upward, some weighingas
much as 8,000 pounds. One of the foundries
of this city carries as much as 200,000 pounds
of type in stock, and if the types of one of
the large papers of the city were to be de‘
stroyed by fire an entirely new outfit could
be supplied at once—Cincinnati Times-Star.

 

Eat a Good Supper.

Going to bed with a. well filled stomach is
the essential prerequisite of refreshing slum-
ber. The cautions so often reiterated in old
medical journals against late suppers were
directed chiefly to the bibulous habits of those
earlyvtimea. ‘Nature and common sense teach
us that a full stomach is essential to quiet re.
polo. Every man who has found it difficult
to keep awake after a hearty dinner has an-
swered theproblemfor rhimself. There are
few animals that can be trained to rest until
after they are fed. ~Amorlcan Analyst.

 

A' NEAT COUNTRY RESIDENCE."

A Pretty and Nicely Arranged Home at a.
Low Cost. ' '
[Copyright by Palliser, Palliser & Co., Architects,

_ New York.]

This design was carried out, and is a very
neat and attractive home,-and as it was neces-
sary in the arranging of this plan to obtain
the required amount of room and conven-
iences at a given cost, the exterior had to
be very plain and simple in detail to allow it.

The front faces the west. Thus we have a
soutlrview from four rooms on first floor,
and a. front view from dining room. The
front veranda is wide, and arranged so that

 

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a group can sit out upon it with ease. The
hall is eight feet wide, with an easy flight of
platform stairs leading up to the floor above,
the platform or landing being on a level with
floor over kitchen wing, making two risers
more up to floor in main house. There is a
cellar under the whole house, the laundry
being under kitchen. The stairs ‘ to cellar
are placed under main stairs, and reached
directly from the kitchen.

The woodshed is a convenient feature to
all country houses, and should always be con-
nected with kitchen; the refrigerator is built
in pantry, with an opening into woodshed,
through which to put the ice into tank; the
connection from kitchen to dining room is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIRST FLOOR.

through the large china closet, which is fitted
up with shelves. press, table, etc., and makes
a perfect butler’s pantry. The parlor and
dining room are connected by sliding doors;
the dining and sitting rooms have open fire-
places, with hard wood mantles; the sitting
room has a hard wood bookcase built into rc—
cess to right of mantel, and the bedroom con—
nected with sitting room is a good room, and
provided with two closets and stationary
washbowl.

The second story contains four large cham-
bers, with an abundance of closet room, a
good servant’s bedroom over the kitchen, and
a large bath room; hot and cold water is sup—
plied to all washbowls, sink and bath. There
is also a large attic over the second floor,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, SECOND FLOOR.

capable of being finished off into two or
three rooms if desired, and yet have enough
for storage. The roof is shingled and the
exterior walls clapboarded; the interior fin-
ished in pine, which is filled and varnished,
the cut and incised work being picked out in
ebony. The estimated cost of this house is
$3,000, and is a good eXample of What can be
done for that sum, as the general arrange-
ment is such as to show considerable variety
on the exterior, producing an architectural
effect only obtained by the natural combina-
tions and workings of the constructive part
of the structure with the least expenditure of
labor and detail in design. This is one of the
most attractive homes for the amount ex-
pended, and for the country is all that is de-
sirable in every respect.

Drawing Room Chairs.

 

DRAWING BOOM CHAINS.
It is particularly hard to find anything new

in the way of chairs. The two accompany—
ing designs are not at all startling in the de-
parture from commonplace .lines, but they
are graceful and show some originality. That
on the left of the column partakes semewhat
of "the French style. The center panel affords
ample opportunity for lovers of marquetry
work to follow their fancy.

The other chair is straighter and somewhat
more substantial, but at the same time is
graceful and makes a pleasing article of fur—
niture in drawing or reception room.

Extremely So.

“I, aw, weally don‘t see why people awsk
conundwums,” said Gus do Jay. “It’s woolly
tiahsome to be wacking youah bwains to
answer a question and discovah that the fol-
lah who ausked it knew all about it all the
time, you know.”—-Washington Post.

 

Probably. '
Mrs. Carson -I don’t see why Mrs. 80110
wouldn’t feel just as bad without buying and
putting on thatcostly mourning.
Mrs. Wisdom—Probably she would fed
’omI—West Shore.

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~ u. n. (lltAUFUIll),

Investments, Real Estate and Insurance,
ROOM 2, MASONIC BUILDING.

Wm. Lockwood,

Real Estate, Insurance and Investment
Securities.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Insurance Placed-in First-Class Companies

Office—Cor. MAIN cit \VALL STS.. NORWALK
ly 13

DENTISTRY:

Everything in Dentistry, and Everything
Fully Warrantedfi

w. n. BALDWIN, v.1). S,
68 Wall St., Norwalk, 0t.

.l. BELIIEN ”URLBU’I‘T.
Attorney and Counselor at Law,

Room No. 4. Up Stairs.
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN.

ALEX. S. GIBSON,

Organist of let Congregational Church. Waterbury,
Teacher of

Pianoferte, Organ and Musical

Composition,
Lock Box 39 P 0..NORWALK.CONN.

‘MR. C. F. DANIELS,

INSTRUCTOR UPON THE

PIANO-FORTE AND ORGAN.

Especial attention given to Harmony and Rhyth-
mical Studies.
Lock Box 114, Norwalk, Conn.

 

 

 

 

 

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‘TNA INSUICA No D,
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetn

CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $8,902,272.04.

Insures against loss and damage by Fire. on
termsadopted to the hazard and consistent with
he laws of compensation. COWLES & MERRILL,
Sole Agents for N orwalk and Vicinity.

 

INER D. RANDALL, Architect and Super
intendent.

Plans and Specifications for all kinds Of Build-

ngs. .
Artistic designs for Stairways, mantels, side-

boards, etc.
Framing or working plans for all kinds of build-
Ings accurately made.
Other. I ‘or Main and Wall sts., Norwalk. Open
Wednesday and Saturday evenings.
Residence, Riverside ave., East Norwalk.

Building Materials, 8w.

UlLDING STONE, all qualities of sand, cel
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.6 South Union Avenue.
I’. 0. Box 654. Norwallk

PLYMOUT ll ROCK ICE.

HAVE a large quantity of Ice on hand. It was

. frozen on pure water. It is clear, clean and
‘sohd 168.. All orders promptly attended to.

Thanking my customers for past favored solicut

pgqttmtinuance of their patronage.

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R. L. ELLS.

 

TH E

Norwalk Fire Insurance Co.
Ilas now completed its
18th SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR

And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid losses

orclaims for losses. No sound company insures

for less.

W. C. STREET, Pres. GEO. B. Sr. JOHN, Tress,
GEO. R. Cowms, Secretary.

Express.

Patronize the old reliable

A'DA'VIS EXPRESS COMPANY.

low RATES AND PROMPT DELIVERY.

Branch Office, Norwalk. at S. K. Stanley’s
Mam Otllce a: Depot, South Norwalk. tfl‘).
, ll. HUNT. Agent.

 

 

C. A. FRANKE,
THE HAIR CUTTER,

N0. 1 Gazette Building.
HOT AND COLD BATHS.

PFNSIO NS
J -
And GOVERNMENT (.‘LAIIVIS my sole busi-

ness. Rejected and Increase claims a speciality.
Don’t delay. Address or visit

GEN. WM. H. NOBLE,

No. 91 STRATFORD AVE, .BmDoEronr, Cr.

II E H II I II I] s s ,
Restaurant, Cafe aulSmukiuu Ruuu,

Grand Central Station,
42!) STREET AND 4m AVENUE, NEW YORK

Entrance from waiting room, New York, New
Ilaven and Hartford railroad. “32

FOR KEEPING

CIDER swear

USE

ANTIFERMENTINE.

ONLY 30 CENTS A PACKAGE.
AT HALE’S DRUG STORE.

 

 

 

 

Sewing Machines.

OF every kind and make. repaired. cleaned
and guaranteed. All orders left at

Spencer’s Jewelry Store,

Will receive prompt attention.
4tp36 ' C. J. GRUMAN.

HENRY TILLY

CARRIAGE MAKER,
SOUTH NORWALK . CONN

 

Manufacturer of

Family Carriages, liclunas, Buggies ls.
All Kinds—Of—Repairing.
ATENTS I

G. a. Ema-won,

w“ n, D. C.
to runs m u. a. “lg to “null“? "M [M

 

PATENT owes. a

 
 

 

o. E. WI 1.30 N
Rental Insurance I: Roll Estate Agen

Money to Loan.

Stocks, Bonds &c., Beught and Sold,
and Loans Negotiated at Lowest

Rates of Interest.
ROO‘VI NO. 3 GAZETTE BUILDING,
Norman. CONN.

w. 11? MEEEER, .
Plumbing, Steam and tau Filtiuu,

SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.

 

‘ Sanitary Plumbing, and Ventilation, and

Low Pressure Steam Heating, a Specialty.
PLUMBERS’ SUPPLIES.
Pipe and Fitting for Steam and Gas.
Agent fertile Florida Low Pressure Boiler.

Facilities for Cutting. and Threading all Sizes 0!
Pipe. I sou

T0 HORSE OWNERS! ,

We keep constantly on hand a good assortment of

 

Kentucky and Ohio Horses,

selected with great care In the western markets.
' We have horses suitable for all purposes and no

one whowants athoroughly reliable animal should
p‘urchase before seeing what we have to offer.
C also keep constantly on hand at our Carriage
Repository a complete line of CARRIAGES from
the best makers, which are manufactured for us
to special order ; every carriage warranted.
WAGONS and CARTS of every description.
HARNESSES, WHIPS, ROBES, BLANKETS

DANN’S LIVERY STABLE,

OFFICE 48 WALL $13., NORWALR
OPP. D. d: N. ll. R. DEPOT 35

FURNIIURE I
Geo. H. Raymond,

FLIRNITIIIIE DEALER,

Has removed to the new and commodious store
four doors above his old stand and stocked it
wlth NEW GOODS of the LATEST
STYLE and FINEST FINISH.

GEO. H. RAYMOND, Agent.

Furnishing Undertaker and. Embalmer.
I give my personal attention to laying out and
furnishing everything necessary for the
interment of the (lead.

 

Residence—No 3 Berkeley Place, Norwalk.
Telephone Communication with Residence

IIIINI'I'IIIIE

A Full Stock of Furniture of all kinds-

PARLUR AND BEDRUUMSETS

a specialty.

DAVID STOW,
Main Street opp. Depot
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN

GENERAL MARKET '

Meat. Fish, Vegetables. &c.

LOCKWOOD 85 LOCKWOOD.

MAIN STREET.

All kinds of the best qualities of Meats, 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 t
prove to our customers that we deserve thel-
patronage by fair and generous dealing. _
1v40 LOCKWOOD a LOCKWOOD.

J. 0. NE WIIIRK,

DENTIST

Dentistry performed In all branches. Gold and
Porcelain Crowns inserted. Gas administered
for the painless extracting of teeth.

Office at. residence. Lewis Street near Con-
gregational church. Non-walk 1137p

PORTRAITS

OIL. PASTE}. 6E CRAYON

Elegant work, at lowest Prices, by

E. T. WHITNEY,

Formerly of Norwalk. Leave orders at Art De-
partment of BOSTON STORE, 2d Floor, Nor-
wall, Conn. 36

GENERAL uncusuluuluu,
Carriage and Want Bullllluu and
Repairing, Paiulluu, Trlmlluu,

4.0.. so, .20.

THE subscriber having purchased the entire
establlshment known as Rockwell’s Shop. In
the rear of George S. Gregory’s Livery Stable,
will continue the business there of

General Blacksmith Work, Wagon, Cur-
riage, Sleigh, &c., building, repairing,
painting, trimming, &c.,

in addition to his established

HORSE SHOEING
business at the old stand.

[9.600]: Wonx, FAIR PRICES, PROMPT-
NEss AND Flux Dunne GUARANTEED and
a share of the public patronage respectfully

solicited.
311144. CHARLES E. MILLER.

Norwalkm Gazette
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Wedding Cards, Posters, -
Visiting Cards, - Handbllls,
Business Cards, Programmes,
Fancy Show Cards, Dodgers, '
Ball Cards ._ Bhlheads.
Statements, , Circulars,
T38 0““. Receipts,

Town and Probate Records, Letter Headings
Books and Pamphlets, _Note Headings, .
Hotel Registers. nil: Tickets.
Printed in the ileum Styles and at the Lowest.
P: on. , ‘