ESTABLISHED, 1800' VOLUME XC. Norwalk Gazette. TERMS UFSITISGIIIPTIIII. - 35‘ Two Dollars per‘year, in advance.‘€ea RATES FOR ADVERTISIIG AID JOB Pllll'l'llfl Furnished on a lication at the Office. Ordinary and trgi‘isient advs., 1 111011.} Week, $1.00 Each subsequent insertion, up to 4 times, .50 Half inch, half of above rates. ' One column, ordinary adv., one time, - 10.00 One column, reading matter, one time, _ 25.00 LOCALS in reading matter columns, perline, .20 Births, Marriages and Deaths inserted free. Advertising of Funeral Notices, - .- 1.90 Liberal terms to yearly and half-yearly advertis- ers, and ten per cent. discount on all advs. pre- paid for three months or over. THE GAZETTE J 0133:1211;ng e at ed with the bes ac es _ FtirsglClass Work of every descri tron. _ All orders for Printing. Engraving and Boo Binding. execu- ted promptly. and will be as well and reasonably done as anywhere. DEPARTMENT is for turning out LOCAL I TEllIS. “Shame Water” is what the uncivilized Africans of the Congo, call rum. Our local painters, decorators, paper hangers and truckmen are all busy. John ”Williams has been notified that his pension claim has been allowed. Druggist Vogel is to add another story to his handsome store On Wall street. Al. Avison has introduced automatic fans in his meat market on Main street. Mrs. S. E. Olmstead and daughter, Mrs. Clarence B. Coolidge, are at Atlantic City. Eph. Merritt is at work on the wood work of his new carriage shop on Water street. Timothy Henley, the elder, died yester- day morning, after a long and painful illuess._ Ex. U. S. Treasurer Hyatt is soon to re- move into his palatial :West avenue resi- deuce. The schools are out, and the boys have an opportunity to perfect their street edu- cation. The work of transferring the Simonds foundary fixtures to the boats is nearly completed. Miss Minnie Button and George W. W. Bates were married on Wednesday of last week. The cards are out for the Wilson-Wilson Wedding, in “the Congregational" church,“ on May 6th. ’ Several Norwalk people will attend the marriage of Miss Minnie Godfrey, in'Dan- bury, to-day. The Norwalks will play the Allertons on the Baxter grounds, at South Nowalk, next Saturday. __ The front of Messrs. Hoyt 65 Son’s shoe store in the Opera House block, has been painted yellow. The furniture belonging to Hon, Asa a Smith was disposed of at auction on 2 Thursday last. i C. R. Bouton, of New Haven, formerly ticket agent at the Norwalk depot, spent Sunday in town.__ _ Clifford Pai'dee and Howard Earle have gene to Kentucky for a pleasure trip and in pursuit of health. 'lhe Waterbury Sunday Herald now prints 9. Bridgeport edition and has estab- lished an office in that city. A church sociable at the residence of Louis Gregory at East Norwalk last even- ing was largely attended. Partrick Goldrick has begun Work on the cellar for a new house on Leonard street, near the parochial school. William C. Taylor and wife, of Danbury, were the guests of Fred. A. Taylor, on Orchard street, Thursday. Add the blasting on the Platt Price property adjoming the Opera House, on Water street, still continues. On Monday evening next, Jerome May will conduct a concert by the May-Burritt ' Banjo Club, in Music Hall. Conductor Isaac Bowe is laying off for ,_ a few days owing to indisposition—“com- fortable sickness,” he calls it. Scheele, the murder of Constable Druck- l er is likely to be tried before the Supreme Court, in Bridgeport, this week. . S. C. Palmer,— of South Norwalk, has been granted a patent for a “dipping ap- l paratus for hat forming machines.” Come to the GAZETTE office for estimates 3' on all descriptions of job printing. Best "_ work and most reasonable prices. C. Bryant Whaley, a Norwalk colored » oy, has just graduated from the Homec- pathic Medical College, of New York. The pleasint weather of early spring oesn’t seen to be accompanied with an .larming business boom, but it may come I et. . There will probably be a large attend- uce at the auction of the Vincent Colyer roperty at Darien, on Wednesday of next week. A tremendous break in the. water main in Main street, near Monson Hoyt’s house, on Monday evening turned the street into river. l An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially devoted to Local News. and Interests. G » ET » E. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR' NORWALK, CONN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23,1890.- Francis Leonard, of Norwalk, has the contract to build the south side sewer in . Torrington, Conn., 14,000 feet long,_for $11,760.20. _ Levi C. Hanford, and his son, H. Day Hanford, Surveyor Wood’s able assistant, have bought two lots on Myrtle avenue, of J. F. Bennett. Fish stories are caught, of unusual length and toughness already this season, notwithstanding John Wade hasn’t been down the river yet. Norwalk will send a good delegation to the annual convention of the Grand Divi- sion, Sons of Temperance, to be held in Winsted to-morrow. Hon. H. A. Bishop has been reappointed chairman of the Bridgeport board of police commissioners. Gen. W. H. Noble is a member of the board. Prof. George R. Nash’s gymnastic class ' ' ’ f l d' a at Miss Bairdsschool or young a ies, from Mr. Matthews. of Stamford,to swing now numbers about forty pupils, and grat- ifying progress is reported. Condhctor John Mahoney has succeeded Conductor John Gilbert upon the Danbury and Norwalk night freight since the recent accident at South Norwalk. An entire new front is being put'in the store recently fitted up for Nickersou & Betts, on Main street, formerly occupied, in part by Weeks & Stevens. If Kate Field is so very anxious for men to quit “sitting on their spines” let her agitate the wearing of bustles by men. A bustle anti nothing else will do it. Uncle [Jack Meyers has purchased an interest in a hotel at Rackaway, and will divide his time and attention betwren that place and his Norwalk business. Mr. Frank Bishop is making quite ex- tensive alterations and generally fixing up his Belden avenue place, previous to occupying it as his family residence. The Norwalks defeated the Delawares in the opening game of the season at the Baxter grounds, South Norwalk, on Sat.- urday afternoon, the score being 14 to 2. Mrs. lsaac Jennings and daughter, of South Norwalk, gave a most enjoyable afternoon tea yesterday, from 4 to 6 o'clock, which was quite largely attended. “Fritz” Taylor spent the Sabbath with" relatives in Danbury. He brought back his little daughter, Fredetta, who had been spending several weeks in Danbury. Officer Burnes found a gold ring on the streets a few days ago. The rose had its thorn, however, for he lost his own gold Knights of Columbus badge when he picked up the ring. Stanley’s bigh'iibber find ought to lessen the cost of wear and tear on the con- science of the chap who swears that the “circulation of this papei‘is bigger than all others combined.” A meeting of the projectors of the New Hotel was held last evening when plans from various architects were submitted for inspection. No definite conclusion as to plans was reached. The GAZETTE hastens to congratulate Mr. Henry E. Chichester, of Wilton, on his marriage to Miss Hannah S. Ogden, of the same place, which happy event took place on Thursday last. The “Little Lord Fauntleroy” in the burlesque to be given under the auspims of the Norwalk Library Association, is said to Weigh slightly less than 300 pounds. He’s a cunning little dear. Miss Augusta D. Seymour, daughter of Hon..W m. 0. Seymour, railroad commis- sioner, of Ridgefield, was married on Wednesday to Howard D. Smith, :1 Dan- bury druggist, formerly of this town. Mr. Benjamin Wheeler, a prominent contractor, of New York city, while visit- ing friends in Norwalk, died here on Thursday, of heart disease. The remains were taken to New York for interment. The Fairfield County Teachers’ Asso- ciation will meet at Bridgeport, Friday and Saturday, May 2d and 3d. The- Norwalk schools will be closed on Friday, May 2d, to allow the teachers to attend. Mr. Asa Smith has disposed of his household goods. His wife and daughter will make their home With Rev. Mr. Van- Buren and wife, in Newburyport, and Mr. Smith will remain in town for the present Cigar dealer Sutherland is making great improvements in his little store in the. GAZETTE Building in the way of cleaning, painting, paper-lug and renovating. Paint— ter Osterbank has done a good job there Another unmistakable evidence that spring is here, is the conspicuous fact that Reporter Tolles has sacrificed his luxuriant side-whiskers. and Conductor Martin Kel . logg has cut off his bewitching mustache. Mr. George W. St. John, a prominent and highly respected citizen of South Norwalk, died on Sunday of pneumonia, after a short illness. He was 70 years of age and had lived in South Norwalk many years. -—-For sale everywhere—‘ ‘N orwalk Club” Cigars. Smoke no other. Adrian Dake, aged nine years, fell into the harbor near Leonard’s dock yes— drowning by a canal boat captain. Fred Platt, of New Canaan, arrested on complaint of an agent of the Humane soci- ety for exposing and for cruel treatment of fine and costs amouning to $75. The CompanyFminstrels go to Stam- ford this evening to participate in an entertainment managed by the Stamford Banjo Club. 'To-morrow they are billed to appear “on their own hook” in West— port. The ministers out at Columbus, Ohio, complain of the low—necked dresses and low salaries which now prevail in their congregations, and they are engaged in an earnest effort to secure an all-around raise. George Nash has received a challenge Indian clubs for a championship and $50 a side. George will not accept as he has no desire to be placed in a professional class. John Bray’s picture in the Providence Sunday Journal, makes him look as if he Were an ice dealer, and while others were mourning the scarcrty of that article, he had just heard where he coulc “go and get ice.” ‘ The New York terminus of the Norwalk and New York Steamboat Company has changed from pier 23 to pier 35 East ing the covered pier of the Bridgeport Steamboat company. Mr. Frank C. Smith has resigned his position as city editor of the Standard to go into the insurance business. His desk will be presided over for the present by Frank C. Beland, one of the Standard’s brightest young men. Miss Sara J. Smith is going to remove her “Lakeview Hall” School for girls, now at Litclifield, to Hartford, on J uue 10th. Her school at the State capital will be known as "Woodside,” a home and pre- paratory school for girls. “The man who inVades the privacy of a family and indulges in coarse and wanton attacks on priVate citizens is no better thana highwayman. He places himself oh the level of the blackguard and his vul- garities can have no weight with decent people.”— Grover Cleveland. Our esteemed Bridgeport contributor is apparently, with good reason, sképtical regarding our New Canaan correspondent’s recent assertion that the late secretary of the school board in New Canaan is tottering with the infirmities of age. The outlook for cheap peaches and cream next winter is not at all promising. The Delaware peach crop has failed, the new tariff bill threatens a high duty on tin plate. and now comes the glass trust with an increase in the price of fruit jars. Thomas M. Stewart, of New York, who formerly owned and occupied a house in Norwalk during the summer season has purchased the famous farm of the late Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, at Peekskill. It is said that the price paid was $75,000. Sheriff Sickles, of New York, has apporntcd Augustus B. Field his private secretary. Mr. Field is a graduate from Columbia College and is about twenty- five years of age. His great—grandfather was a member of President Washington’s cabin W. B. E. Lockwood, jr., announces in another column that he will sell his splen- did team of bay road horses, either of which can trot better than 2.40;. also a Brewster skeleton wagon, a Bennett road cart and a single harness. This is a rare chance for somebody to secure a bargain. The telegraph operators of the Danbury 8: Norwalk division of the Housatonic railroad held their first annual ball, in Renoud’s Hall, at Caunon’s Station, Thurs- day evening. Music by Heine, supper by Mead, and a fine time, ’tis said. There Were a number of Norwalk boys in attend- ance. _ One of New Canaan’s young sports visit- ed West Norwalk one evening recently and becoming alittlc too “fresh,” was ap— propriately delt with. The young ladies of the house where he was stOpping grab- bed him, aud by their" combined efforts succeeded in stuffing his mouth full of salt. There are a few more “fresh” young men in this towri who need “salting.”—M€s- senger. The prospect of having the county home for children located in Norwalk is good, A committee of the board of trade is soliciting subscriptions toward the pur— chase of the site, and the county com— missioners are said to be about ready to consent to the purchase of the Weeks property on the Westport road. Those were serious charges brought by the Connecticut Home, prohibition organ, against a certain place in South Norwalk, “not a saloon, but a bakery,” alleging that girls are enticed there, filled up with drugged beer, assaulted and kept for long periods of time in partial imprisonment. Is it possible 'for the Home to substantiate , these charges? .- The Norwalk _GAZETTE is factions this i Week. Explain what. you mean, Rode- . terday morning, and was rescued from 3 maven—Bridgeport Post. Certainly, Tom, with pleasure: A pig’s tail is like a carving knife because- you mean by “factions” and we’ll endeavor , to elucidate more lucidly. a glandered horso, has been convicted, the I LllCY, Barnum &Bailey’s leopard,which 'recently gave birth to four promising River, at the foot of Catherine street, he . |, cubs,.breakfasted on two of them Monday morning. She had eaten the others sev- eral days before. Superintendent George Conklin of the animal department has a theory thatthe leopard objects to encour- aging the show business in any way. The cubs were a great attraction to visitors to the menagerie, and the keepers mourn them far» more than does the unnatural but no longer- hungry parent.~—Farmer. The finical Record profoundly observes : “We are sorry to say it, but Bross. the Ridgefield poet, is guilty of plagiarism,” probably because the major portion of a poem in BrosS’s Press last week was identical with “Abou Ben Adhem.” .The Record’s awful charge is far fetched, but perhaps it has never heard the old saw about “great minds running in the same channel.” ' A Norwalk despatch, dated the 19th inst., says: “Mary Mchrnv, a domestic ,in the family of Mrs. Dr. Lyrics, has be- . come violently insane, due probably to disappointed love. Application has been made for her removal to Middletown asylum. ' Her case is considered hopeless.” Since. the above was in type, the girl has died. Her funeral will be held this morn—_ ing, from St. Mary’s church. Dr._Tnlmage began. a good job when he put U. Grant Houston’s head under water in the river Jordan, but spoiled it when he let him up. It is safe to assume that if Talmage had ever seen Houston’s crazy- quilt map of “The Universe” and heard the Choctaw harangue that goes with 'it, he would have acted the part of a public benefactor by holding that awful brain beneath the dancmg ripples until the troubled soul should flutter up the shining shore on the other side of Jordan.—Re— card’s Sour Kraut. Gov. Bulkeley has chusod to be issued the following Arbor day proclamation : “Pursuant to the provisions of the statutes of the state, I hereby designate Friday, the second day of May next, as Arbor day, to be observed throughout the state, and especiallyby the teachers and children in our public schools, in the planting of use ful and ornamental trees, vines and shrubs, in the promotion of arboriculfurc and in ceremonies and instruction befitting the character and purpOSes of the day.” Mr. Gould Rockwell of Ridgefield, a wealthy widower 83 years of age, and Miss Mary Louise Denman, aged 24, were mar- ried in Ridgefield on Wednesday last by the Rev. C. M. Selleck of Norwalk. The felicitous affair attracted considerable at- tention on account of the dispari- ty in the ages of. the interested and inter- esting parties, and the chestnut about spring lingering in the hip of winter has been extensively cracked at their expense. Said the Bridgeport News of yesterday morning: “Conductor Gurdon Coit of the Housatonic road, was taken suddenly ill on his train near New Milford, yester- day afternoon. A telegraph to New Mil- ford brought a doctor to the depot on the arrival of the train, who accompanied Mr. Coit to this city. Tire suffering of the patient was intense. Mr. Coit was re- moved to his home on Iranistan ave- Lastnight his condition had not improved much.” Miss Cornelia Hubbard of East Norwalk, who is to join Forepaugh’s circus has had at her home this winter two boa- constrictors which she uses in her per- formances. She also has a cat and for a long time it had appeared anxious to get in the room where the snakes were. When Miss Hubbard went to see the snakes this morning she was surprised to find the cat and Seven kittens with the snakes curled about them. As Miss Hubbard ap- proached, the snakes raised their heads as if to protect their newly made friends. The affection displayed by the snakes and cat was remarkablc.—Sentz'nel. —-—The “Norm—ilk Club," the ne plus ultra of Cigars. Ask for it. The national convention of the Sons of the Revolution will be held at Louisville, Kentucky, on April 30th, and the delegates elected from the Connecticut Society are: Hon. Henry C. Robinson, of Hart- ford ; Lieut.--;-jov. S. E. Merwin, Lewis L. Morgan and Franklin H Hart, of New Haven; Judge J. G. Cramp, of New Lon- don; Hon. Stephen W. Kellogg, of Water- bury, aud-Hou.E. J. Hill, of Norwalk. The annual meeting of the Connecticut Society will beheld in Hartford, Saturday, May 10th. Several Norwalk ladies having the wel- fare of the Norwalk library at heart, have engaged the dramatic association of the College of the City of New York to give an entertainment in the Opera House, for the benefit of the library. The date fixed upon is Friday evening, May 2d, when a parody on “Little Lord Fauntleroy” and the comedy “Turned-Up” will be present- ed, with a cast of marked excellence. It will be a rich treat for our citizens, and as the proceeds are to be devoted to the li- brary an unusually large audience is to be expected. ' a“ . years. flourishes over hams. Now tell us what ; Post, G. A. R., and his funeral, yesterday Augustus Burton, a crippled colored veteran of the war, died at his residence in Cranberry Plains, on Saturday, aged 60 He was a member of Buckingham afternoon, was attended by a delegation of comrades from the Post. Seats in the New York Stock Exchange are on the decline. A few years ago they Were worth $30,000, but. now one can be had for $20,000. It is claimed that the standing of the exchange is not in any Way impaired, but it cannot be denied that the sittings are fast approaching the Patti concert level. - - During the past two months Mr. John Porteous, of Norwich, has lost tWo val- uable dogs, one being poisoned, while the other-’s throat was cut. Monday morning he found his imported mastiff, an animal valued at several hundred dollars, dead in his front yard with his throat cut. Mr. Porteous thinks somebody who has a grudge against him is taking revenge by killing his dogs. The May Century will be a Memorial number, havtug reference to Memorial Day. It will have two articles of interest to both Union and Confederate veterans on “Valor and Skill in the Civil War.” Brander Matthews will have “A Decora- tron. Day Reverie” in thisnumher; Walt Whitman a “Twilight Song for Unknown buried Soldiers North and Smith”; John Vance Cheney an ode on “The Fallen”; Robert Burns Wilson a paper on O’Hara’s familiar lines, “The Bivouac of the Dead”; .Mr. Kilmer a paper. on “The G. A. R., as Seen from the Inside,”,and 'Rossiter John- son one on “Martial Epitaphs.” A trial trip from New York to Wilson’s Point was made Saturday,'of the new and immense transfer steamer Express, recent- ly constructed for the New England com- pany. On board were President Starbuck and Vice-President Stevenson of the Hous- atonic system; President Bestat'rck of . the New York and New England road ; Presi- dent Tedcastle of the New England Ter- minal company and other railroad officials of high degree. An elaborate banquet was served during the trip. . We' are in receipt of the fifth annual report of the Gounccticut Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is replete with statistical information. Thirty-eight pages OHhc 220 in the book, are devoted to a compre- hensive presentation of the oyster indus-1 try, with illustrations of oyster steamers, star-fish, oysters from embryo to maturity, and two large and complete maps of the lay and surroundings of the oyster grounds in the eastern and western sections of the state. The book with its maps will prove of great value to the large number engaged in oyster cultivation. Taken as a whole, it is the most interesting report yet issued by the bureau. Miss Emma Rohrback, a 17-year-old girl of Danbury, attempted to commit suicide Sunday evening by taking an ounce of laudanurn. Medical assistance was summoned and the girl’s life may be saved. After recovering consciousness, she told why she committed the deed. She said she wanted to end her life because for the last six months she has been get- ting very obese. She had done everything in her power to keep her weight down and had even used heroic measures, but was unable to prevent the accumulation of flesh. For seven weeks she ate twelve lemons a day, which made her sick, and she was ordered to discontinue the prac- tice by the doctors. —Try the latest and best—“Norwalk Club” Cigar. '_______ The entertainment to be given in the Opera House on the evening of Friday, May 2d, for the benefit of the Norwalk Library, cannot fail of being a grand financial success, as any one can easily believe who reads the announcement in another column in the GAZETTE. The list of patronesses alone is a sufficient guaran— ty of success, and the entertainment itself is pronounced a very meritorious one. The burlesque, “Lord Fauntleroy,” is said to be a most laughable farce and aclever and ingenious satire on Mrs. Burnett’s charming story. “Turned Up” is an orig- inal comedy in three parts which Will make the people laugh. The cause itself, for which the entertainment is given, must commend itself to all as a worthy one, and the price of admission is reasonable. We predict a large, select and well pleased attendance. The annual exhibition of the Norwalk. Young Men’s Christian Association gym- nasium will take place in Y. M. C. A. hall. on Friday evening of this week, and all interested in athletic sports should be present. There will be class work of several kinds with special features added here and there through the programme. One of the principal events will be the tug of war contest betWeen teams from the association and Company F, Fourth regi- ment. The price of admission will be only 25 cents and it is hoped the hall will be well filled on that night. Several young men have already secured complimentary membership tickets in the association for 30 days and every young man who has not, should do so ere this present month closes. The general secretary will be glad to meet you and give you one. NUMBER 17.. Hamilton Gorsley, a roller skater of considerable reputation on the stage and in circuses, ran away from Bridgeport, on Monday, with $100 belonging to Cook, the fish dealer. A year ago he ran away from the same firm with the same amount and joined a circus, afterwards returning and making his deficiency good to .his em- ployers, who hired him over again.’ It is thought he has .gone to join Barnum’s circus. ' ' ' The waiters. at: Wisemann’s I r-cstaur‘arit“ J” in Birmingham, where the Y. M. C. A. supper was held Friday night after the exerCises of the class in the Opera House, would not allow the young men to do their speaking at the tables. When-rcmonstrn. ted with for this, they replied that they were hired to wait upon tables and not to listen to\speeclies and then made more noise than ever, completely drowning the words of the speakers, do that the meeting had to be adjourned to the ~Y. M. C. A. rooms. , Hi The people of New Milford have found an interesting subject, in the rumor that negotiations are in progress for the pur- chase of the old Rogers place by the state authorities for the purpose of converting it into a branch of-the Middletown Insane Asylum, to be used as a home for insane incurablcs. The piaCe is admirably adapted for this purpose, as it is a large structure. formerly used as a school for .boys, and is finely situated east of the village, away from all noise and confusion. It is said that New Milford has sent to the insane asylum the full quota of patients allowed, according to the population,and has had several applications refused. O. E. Wilson has Sllfd since our last issue lot No. 22 Glenwood arenue to Samuel B. Sherwood, of South Norwalk, who will build a cottage on the same at once; two lots on the same aVenue to John T. Smith; house and lot on Fitch’s Hill, formerly owned by Eliza (1‘. New- kirk, to Wilmott and Louisa Faweett; lot No. 4ZGlenwood avenue to Mary Fiedler; lots 30 and 32, Glenwood aVenue, to Jere Sullivan; lot 46, Prospect avenue, to Bernard and Margaret Reynolds; lot 40, Glenwood avenue, to Bernard Knoedlein; lot 38, Glenwood avenue, to Martin Spaagr; two lots, corner Stuart avenue and Valley Place, to John Driscoll; lot 34, Glenwood avenue, to Michael Wendling, and lot 33, same avenue, to Henry Schank. —Finest ever made in town—the “Nor- 'walk Club" Cigars. Says the Bridgeport Standard .' ' Infor— mation has becd received from what seems to be a reliable source, that‘withiu the past few days Col. W. H.Steveuson, of Bridge- port, vice-president and general manager of the Housatonic system of railroads, has received and has now under consideration the offer from a large western railroad company to become the general manager of their road at a salary of $20,000 per year. His decision has not yet been made public and while be fully appreciates the flattering offer and believes it would be advantageous to accept it, yet it is believed by those in his confidence that he intends to decline the same, there being many ties both social and otherwise, that bind him here, which he cares not to sever just at present. The public certainly hope that he will remain in Connecticut. Poor old “Crazy Mary”-O‘Rourke, who for a long time had taken washing to her rooms in an old barn, near France street, is dead. She had not been seen for a couple of days previous to Monday morns‘ irig. On that morning a man who was accustomed to bring a basket of clothes to her humble abode to be washed, went there as usual, but found the door fast- ened and could get no response to his rappings. The door was forcedopen and the poor woman was found lying dead ..at the foot of the stairs. The body was taken in charge by Under Raymond. She is thought to have been dead two days when found. She was about 65 years of age and had never been married. Coro- ner Doten, of Bridgeport was summoned, and found that she had fallen down stairs and died from the shock. At the meeting of the Sliepaug Litch- field and Northern R. R. 00., held here on Thursday of last week, the directors were authorized to issued $600,000 five per cent bonds. the proceeds to be used for branches and extensions. As near as we can leaOu the purpose of this vote is as follows: ‘lie gentlemen who now own a majority of the stock of the road have bought the uncompleted line,from Port- chester to Danbury. In case no arrange- ments can bemade with the New England for the use of their track, about six miles of road would have to be constructed from Danbury to Hawleyvillc to connect the Portchester and Danbury with the Shepau g road. The money from the bonds, if they are issued, might we suppose he used either for a Danbury extension, the New Preston branch, or a northern extension. The Portcliester connection, if completed, will be of great advantage to the Shepaug. Instead of its striking three independent roads at Hawleyvillc, as was the case when it was built, those roads are now practi- cally under one control. The line by Port- chester would he an independent one to tide water. It would also shorten the time‘ to New York by an hour. We do not . hear that any special action was taken with reference to the New Preston‘braucli. -—Lz‘tchfield Enquirer. '
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