ESTABLISHED 4800 I VOLUME XC. An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially devoted to Local News and‘Interests. GAZET Two DOLLARS A YEAR NORWALK, CONN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4 3, 1890. ) NUMBER 88.. Normal/t Gazette. TERMS OFSUBSGRIPTIGN. It? Two Dollars per year. in advancedaarzfi RATES FOR ADVERTISING Min 106 FRIHTIHG Furnished on application at the Office. a Ordinary and transient advs., l inch,.i Week, shoe Each subsequent insertion, up to 4 times, 0 Half inch, half of above rates. . _ One column, ordinary adv., one time, - ln.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, - - 1.00 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 JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT is equipped with the best facilities for turning out First Class Work of every description. All orders for Printing, Engraving and Book Binding. execu- ted promptly. and will be as well and reasonably done as anywhere. L 0 CAL I TEMZS'. A West avenue Miss Prim won’t call it Volapuk. She says volavomit. Litchfield county was visited with a severe hail storm a few evenings ago. A side street dealer advertises on a shingle, “Homaide plan and donutts maide hears.” Cashier Green has returned from a trip to Alexandria Bay and the regions of the St. Lawrence. .. Clark Ely, Grocer Raymond’s head clerk, is dangerously ill with inflammation of the bowels. The city of South Norwalk has appro— priated $300 to assist in maintaining a free library. The Norwalk veterans are well repres- ented at the national encampment at 1305. ton this week. The Merwiu street shirt factory opened on Monday for what promises to be a very busy season. When 8. Bridgeport landlord attaches an actor’s trunk, he calls the writ a ”pull” for the “show-er.” A competent seamstress can find steady employment at Mrs. F. E. anton’s, 68 Wall street. See adv. The Butler street straw factory isbeing repainted, roofed, and receiving repairs at the hands of its new owners. Miss Florence R. Fitch, daughter of D. Warren Fitch returned from a four weeks’ visit in Wertsboro, N. Y., Friday. Charles Stebb paid $12.21 in Judge Aus- tin’s court Monday morning for the fun he got out of a drunk on Saturday. Leroy Adams of South Norwalk, has opened a fish market on Main street. Mr. Adams is an experienced market man. The case against Gucrueri, for selling peanuts on Sunday has been adjourned, for the sixth time, to Friday of this week. Gen. D. N. Couch is not only an excel- lent judge of watermelons, but. he is a good judge of a good judge of water- melons. Dr. 'Walter Hitchcock returned from Lake George last week, where he left Mr. Ira Cole and Cashier Wm. A. Curtis and their wives. Ex—Burgcss Morison is having a fine granite coping placed in front of his resi- dence on lVest avenue, between his lawn and the side walk. Mr. James Ells, of New Haven, former— ly of Norwalk, with his wife, daughter ands mother—in—law, Mrs. Woodman. is visiting at Alderman Bowc’s. E. W. Purcupiie 8; C., is the sweet scented name of a new firm who run a peddler’s' wagon, from another “home made pie and doughnut” foundry. Fifty thousand veterans are in Boston this week attending the twenty—fourth I annual meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic, including half a hundred from Norwalk. A. L. Cheney, editor of the Sayville (L. I.) News, formerly of the Bridgeport Eagle, has been appointed a special agent of the revenue department at a salary of $4 per day. The parties who are collecting subscrip- tions for the new EpiscOpal chapel on West avenue, are meeting with flattering success, and the building of the chapel is not far off. Literati have squabbled and haggled over a word that would apply to manner of Kemmler’s taking off.‘ The Berkshire Curtiss supplies it. He says Kemmlerwas “electrotyped.” Corporal Thomas Hunt, of Company F, on Tuesday evening, at the armory, was presented With a handsome badge for being successful in getting the largest number of recruits. Henry Abbott was found lying helpless- ly drunk on the sidewalk on Wall street, Monday night. Next morning he was faked before Justice Austin, who dis- charged him on payment of the costs. It seems that the supposed attempt to burn the" Arnold feundry on a recent ’ Sunday night was not a piece of incendiar- ism after all. The fire caught in a pile of boxes, etc., 200 feet from the foundry, and was the work of careless children who had been playingtherc with matches. .He was a member of Chief of Police Buttery, William M. 'Stevens and A. N. Peck go to Norwich this (Wednesday) morning, as delegates rom Pilgrim Council, No. 54, O. U. A. M., to attend the state convention there. .John H. Webber died at his home on Center avenue, Wednesday, aged 70 years. His remains were taken to Petcrboro, N. H., for interment. He was an Odd Fel- low, and had been ill for several weeks. Chief Engineer Prowitt has placed a supply wagon at Dunn’s livery stable, with instructioas that when an alarm of fire is given, a horse is to be hitched to the wagon immediately and driven to the fire. See the achrtisemcnt in another col- umn, of the fall meeting of the Gentle- men’s Driving Association. The purses, classes, etc., were published a short time ago in the GAZETTE. The fall meeting is sure to be a great success. Several Norwalk boys ably represented our town at the base ball game played on Saturday, at Port Chester, between the Hackct, Carhart & Co, and the R. B. & W. teams, at which the Hackett, Carhart A: Co.’s won by a score cf 6 to 2. Mr. Frank Lockwood and wife, who have been stopping at Mr. Fred Betts’ for some time past, left for their home in Brooklyn,Monday. Mr. Lockwood’s sister, Mrs. Asa Peck, of Waterbury, will take the place thus made vacant at the Betts’ mansion Wm. Murphy and Christopher Dcermg were before Justice Austin, Wednesday morning, charged with being intoxicated. Deering’s fine and costs amounted to $8.76, while that of Murphy’s figured up $12.81. Murphy foolishly resisted the ofificer $4. worth. Miss Louise Morehouse, of New York, is paying her father, A. Morehousc, of Merwin street, a visit. Miss Morehousc is superintendent of a charitable institu- tion in New York, at which place Miss. Valleri, a former temperance worker in town, is also employed. There was another “family row” be- tween Charles Low and lda Barnes on Saturday night, requiring police interfer- ence as usual. Both were arraigned be- fore Judgc Austin Monday morning and fined each 537 and costs and in default of payment they went to jail. Next week sweethearts and wives will mourn the departure of our gallant sojer boys for the tented field at Niantic, and many and fervent will be the prayers that will go up for their safe return. Let us hope none of them will get shot, and only a few will get “half shot.” The salo’ou in the building owned by Mike Ratchford, at 44 Main street, former- ly run by J. Kearney, has been bought out by Charles Finch and Billy Anderson. Kearucy’s stock was attached by McMahon &. Wren of Bridgeport, and by Mr. Ratch- ford, to secure certain claims. John Bonk says that he can stand it no longer. He has put up with everything from Mrs. Honk and endured it. all with martyr-like fortitude. but patience long since ceased to be a virtue and further endurance is out of the question, and he is about to institute divorce proceedings. Pioneer Hook and Ladder company of Westport visited the Phoenix engine boys on Tuesday evening about twenty-five strong. They were handsomely entertain- ed with music,something to eat and plenty of conversation, and returned home at a late hour, with a good Opinion of thnix hospitality. 'A New York crank named W. H. Morris has threatened to shoot Mr. P. W. Mead, of White Oak Shade, New Canaan, and came up from the city for that pur- poseafew days ago, but failed to find Mr. Mead at home. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. He is probably "off his toboggan.” Mrs. Annie Stabell, Wife of Frederick T. Stabell and daughter of John and Charlotte Pooley, of Darien, died at her home in South Norwalk, Wednesday, aged 23 years, of diphtheria. The body was taken to Daricn for burial. She leaves an infant child. Mrs. Stabell’s bro- ther and sister died in Darien recently of the same disease. Mr. John Benedict, of New Canaan, called at this office yesterday and paid his fifty/fourth yearly subscription to the GA- ZETTE. Mr. Benedict is among the oldest of the GAznrrn’s old subscribers, and has been a reader of this paper upwards of sixty years, his father having taken it several years before he died, since which time the son has continued it. Harvey Fitch died at his home op Park street, Wednesday, after a short illness. He was 74 years of age. Deceased for several years carried on the grocery buSi— ncss on Main street and later was engaged in the milling business near the horse rail- way depot. He had acceptably filled the offices of selectman, assessor and depugy sheriffamd his honest was nnquestionc . ur Brothers? Lodge, I. 0. O. F. He leaves a wife and four children, Sarah, Alice, A pee ‘and Mrs. John Cotter. The funera was attended from his late home, Saturday afternoon, at 4 o’clock—Record. ' The Housatonic road will sell excursion tickets upon the occasion of the Butclicrs’ Barbecue in Danbury. The fare from South Norwalk and return will be $1. Walter Mitchell, of Georgetown, had a wrestle with one of the night trains on the D. A: N. division Saturday night and did not come off victor. He had his left arm and leg broken and was considerably cut and bruised about the head and body. He was found lying beside the track un> conscious Sunday morning and was taken to the Danbury hospital. He will proba— bly recover. Speaking of the prosecutions in the borough for Sunday peanut selling, the 'Mcclianics’ Journal says : “The GAZETTE thinks that in this way the borough will soon be made as virtuous as tlrE" city is! Not much. Here we arrest each other to demonstrate how truly good and pious we are and how great is our respect for law:' No sordid motives of business competition in ours!” There was no business in the borough police court this morning.—Sennta'el. Well, well! this has a metropolitan twang, certainly. We have indeed made progress if we have arrived at the point where the absence of lawsuits in the morning, in the borough police court, is an occasion for special comment. By the by, where is the “borough police court,” anyway ? The monument which the employes of the New York division of the N. Y.. N. H. and H. If. R. are to purchase for erection over the grave of the late super- intendent of the division, W. H. Turner, in Worcester, Mass, is to cost $1,400. Designs have been submitted from half a dozen different concerns, but that by the New England Granite Company of Hart- ford will undoubtedly be accepted. “Fort” Jones has gone on to Boston with the veterans. deuce on the way, and announced his intention of having some fun with John Bray. There is no doubt that he will enjoy himself and his home cronies will have to draw on their imagination to learn how he did it, for although “Fort” Jones is willing to converse, it takes a keen catechiser to pump any information out of him. The Stamford News last week printed a very good picture of High Sheriff Clark- son,who will probably be re-nominated for the position by the democrats of the county. The News strains a point, how- ever, when it says:——“No finer looking body of men than the sheriffs of Fairfield' county exist in the state of Connecticut.” Thercisu’tareal handsome man in the lot, and very few that are not actually homely. The county commissioners with Dr. Lindsley, of the state board of health, and L. W. Wessels, :1 member of the state board of charities, met in Bridgeport, Wednesday, and adopted plans for a new county home in Norwalk. The building will cost $12,000, and speCial attention to ventilation and heating has been given by Architect A. H. Beers, of Bridgeport; $3,700 has already been expended for the site within 200 feet hf the. borough limits. Superintendent of the Census Porter has issued his first bulletin regarding the indebtedness of the states. It shows that within the last decade the states’ debts have decreased in round numbers about $50,000,000. The figures for Connecticut are as follows: Bonded debt in 1880, $4,967,600; in 1890, 83,740,200. Cash and funds on hand in 1880, $3,028,876,78; in 1890, $2,627,151.62. Net debt in 1880, $2110,240,40; in 1890, $1,239,752.11. Col. Stevenson is said to have received an order from a New York music publish- ing hous'e for “all the original piano com- positions he can find time to write.” The Colonel has ivrritten some excellent music, but if the programme laid down by certain democratic politicians of Fairfield county is carried out he won’t find time to burden the market with original piano composi- tions this fall, although there may be various and numerous original composi- tions played on the democratic “organs.” A peculiar accident was caused by a dog, on Main street yesterday morning. Mr. Underhill’s dog while trying to escape being run over by Sheehau’s milk wagon, ran between the legs of the horse, tripping the animal up. The horse fell on top of the dog, and as it went down it twisted in such a manner that the milk wagon was upset and the cans were scattered and the contents deluged the street in a white and creamy fiood. No damage was sustained by either the horse, wagon or dog. New Canaan is “not at all satisfied” with the census returns. She thinks she has increased more than 25 in the past ten years. The Messenger is a little mixed in its reference to the revision of the Stam— ford nnd Norwalk returns. It is true the Stamford people figured their population a couple of thousand too high, but in the case of Norwalk the approximate returns gave us 17,127. whereas the corrected figures are 17,734,.3 difference of 607 in our favor instead of 2,000, as the Messenger states. He will stop at Provié ’TAnson-Stratton of East Norwalk, was found dead at a railroad crossing in West- port, Tuesday, with his neck broken. Therewas no truth in the published report that the town would have to bear the funeral expenses, as a brother of the dc» ceascd living in Brooklyn has provided for the same. The U. S. fish commission steamer Fish Hawk,which isicruising in thisvicinity, gives out this warning :—“The command- ing; officers of the United States fish com- .miSsion steamer Fish Hawk desire to give house that that vessel will be anchored during the present week at points on a line betWecn Matinicock Point, L. 1.. and the Connecticut shore, engaged in taking observations of the currents, and requests _ that all vessels be on the lookout and give thetli‘ish Hawk a wide berth. isSays the Danbury News of Friday: The police had a lively chase, last night, after a gang of five toughs._who came from Norwalk a day or two ago. They have been making themselves obnoxious about the streets. and when the police had good reason to suspect them of crime last night, Sergeant Waggneor ordered their arrest. A'squad of officers searched in every rendezvous of tramps from the ice house at Oil Mill pond, to the freight yards at the opposite end of the city with- out finding any trace of the fellows. Congressman Mason has succeeded in his efforts to have the Commerce Commit- tee agree to report an amendment to the interstate commerce law that Will permit. railroad companies to make special rates to parties of seven and over. Does Mr. Mason~ realize the wide scope of this change? Does he wish to be responsible for another epidemic of Uncle Tom’s Cabin shows ? Has Mr. Mason stopped to consider how much misery seven people, anfiitinerant street-car mule, and a pair of bloodhounds caninfiict on a civilized community ? The man who jumped or was thrown from the steamer Elm City as it was pass- ing ofi'Bridgcport, Wednesday night, is now feared to have been Herman Reichter, a boy seventeen years of age. Reichter lives with his mother, who is a widow, and she has heard nothing of him since the excursion. Chief Rylands received a telegram yesterday afternoon from Chief Bellman, of New Haven, asking the for- mer to notify him if a body is found. The missing young man wore a dark striped suitgid a Derby hat. lie is lame. Con- duit-ing reports have been spread about, one being to the effect that Reichtcr was seen on the boat after the man fell over- board. No body has yet been found in the vicinity of the harbor.—- Stand/1rd. Henry Gray and William Flynn, a couple of Westport sports, appropriated a horse and buggy belonging to Dann’s livery stables, which Will Blascer had hired last Friday night for a drive to Westport. The team was taken from in front of Henry Pcnnoyer’s house, where Blasccr visited. The loss was soon dis- covered, and the culprits were traced to Norwalk, where Gray was captured the same night and Flynn on Saturday night. Gray was fined $12 and costs on two counts, aggregating $20.26, and Flynn paid $31.77. The horse was recovered, none the worse for his adventure. ’ TheBridgeport horse railroad has been sold, and the names of the gentlemen who have become the owners and who will in the future direct its affairs are, Mr. Char- les M. Everest, Mr. A. G. Yates, Mr. W. S. Kimball, the tobacco manufacturer, ll r. A. V. Luetchford, Mr. J. N. Becklcy, Mr. A. F. Perkins, and others of Rochester, N. Y.; Mr. Nathaniel McKee and Mr. A. M. Verner of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Mr. Sherman H. Hubbard and Mr. C. A. Hotchkiss of Bridgeport. The formal transfer of the property from the present holders to the new owners Will take place about September 1. There are thirty-seven Congregational churches in Connecticut whose pulpits are vacant. They are mostly in small towns, however, whence the “calls” do not come in sharp, piercing shrieks.—Reoord. It is probably the faintness of the “calls” that keeps these pulpits vacant and in- duces some ministers to seek more profit- able employment. Thcre’s the Hey. Mr. Atwood, for instance. He used to preach the Gospel up in Vermont, but on finding that he couldn’t earn a living at it, he came to Norwalk and secured. a situation as horse car driver on the Winnipauk branch. Then, too, a good many ministers leave their cheap pastorates and become book agents, actors, etc. The publishers of Tolstoi’s now famous book, “Kreutzer Sonata,” do not appear anxious to have it admitted to the United States mails, as they have given no inten— tion .of appealing from the order of the third assistant postmasterogencral shutting it out as obScenc matter. Since that decision was made Postmaster-General Wanamaker has been looking into the matter, and it is understood he has arrived at the conclusion that there was no justice in the order excluding it from the mails. He cannot prOpei-ly overrule this order, however, unless an appeal comes to him through the regular official channels. If it does come he is prepared to rescind the order of the third assistant}: ofilce, brand- ing the book as obscene literature. Col. Home was not the first man to enlist from Connecticut, that honor being borne by Joseph R. Hawley, of Hartford, [113W U. S. Senator, &c.—Cor. Bridgeport 6203. If we are not greatly mistaken the senior of the GAZETTE was the first Con- necticut man to enlist in the late war. Being in Washington at the time, he was among the first to enlist in the Cassius M. Clay battalion, and then induced the late General Ferry and Hon. John Woodrufl‘ to do likewise, both of whom had just ended their terms in the Congress which expired March 4th, 1861. But this is not of so grave consequence as who was the youngest infant to enlist? Norwalk still claims that undisputed honor for citizen R. M. Rose. The Danbury News gives the following account of the funeral of the late E. F. Foster, which occurred on Friday :— A large number of Danburians attended the funeral of E. Francis Foster. The servrces were held at his late residence in West ‘Redding. The funeral was the largest ever held in that section. There were present relatives and friends from New York, New Haven, Bridgeport, Stam- ford, Norwalk, Ridgefield, Brewster, Bethel, Wilton and many other places. The Rev. Mr. Lathrop of North Salem conducted the services at the house while those at the grave were conducted by the Odd Fellows’ lodge of Ridgefield. The pall bearers were Abner Brush, Brewster ; Alonzo Brush, Danbury; Bradley chler, Mill Plain; John Vail, Hiram Banks, Miry Brook; Delos Gregory, Middle River. The floral tributes were elaborate and profuse. There were several large pieces and many small ones. The most notice— ablewas a large tent from the Danbury Agricultural society and a pillow from his brothers which bore the inscription, “Our Brother." The Record last Saturday created con- siderable comment by an editorial article alleging injustice in the punishment of the German who appropriated Mrs. Beach’s corsets, While intoxicated. Its point was that the court and officials overstepped the bounds of their authority in getting out two complaints and thus doubling the costs. The prosecuting attorney, how- ever, Edward Lockwood, Esq., avers that the two charges could not legally have been embodied in one complaint, in view of the fact that drunkenness is a misde- meanor, and the taking of the corsets a felony, and that each of these offenses must be set forth in a separate complaint. The same issue of the Record contained this paragraph,wuich also excited con- siderable comment :— Thcre are two schools of “sharks” in town. Both are voracious. And woe bctidc the unfortunate’s pocketbook that gets in the clutches of either. This was construed to refer to our two “justice mills,” between which there is considerable rivalry. A prominent gen- tlcman remarked, in discussing the matter last Saturday z—“Judgc Austin’s mill catches all the regular police court bus- iness, which makes a comfortable living for the court, prosecuting attorney and grand juror, while Judge Selleck must be content to take what business can be gathered in by Constable Morehouse, who, since he has bebome an ex-policeman, no less Zealously than before, is on duty from morning till night, patiently watching and waiting, like the immortal J. Wilkins Micawbcr, for something to turn up. There is an obvious and bitter jealousy between these two courts, and it looks as if this spiteful fling at the Selleck justice mill was inSpired by the jealousy of the Austin mill or some of its sympathizers, who begrudged the north side court even that one little bite.” ——Carriagcs, carts and wagons of all de- scriptions and at reduced prices at W. E Dana’s, 50 Wall street. tf17 At the annual convention of the State Fireman’s Association last week President Hyatt submitted a report showing seventy~ six benefits amounting to $2,604 for injuries, $1,250 paid on deaths, and $477 paid to orphans during the year. The benefits were distributed as follows:— New Haven, 4, $380; Norwich, 9, $794; Hartford, 8, $140; Danbury, 8, $335; Waterbury, 5, $146; New Britain, 5, $280; Bridgeport. 4, $114; New London, 4, $188; Middletown, 3, $708; Birming- ham, 3, $135; Meriden, 2, $40; Norwalk, 2, $42; Stafford Springs, 2, 154; Willi. mantic, 2, $174; Winsted, 2, $104; West- port, 2, $172; South Norwalk, 1, $20; Sonthington, 1, $14; Wallingford, 1, $12; Seymour, 1, $10; total, 76, $3,854. Treasurer Snagg reported a balance of $11,630.26 in the relief fund; $6,430.26 was in the fund at the beginning of the year. The following oflcers were elected for the ensuing year:—Hon. Nicholas Staub, New Milford, president ; Henry J. Eaton, Hartford, vice-president; S. C. Snagg, Waterbury, treasurer; John S. Jones‘, Westport, secretary. The county vice-presidents were as follows: New Haven—Frederick Beecher, Seymour; New London—Joseph B. Carrier, Nor. wich; Windham—C. E. Leonard, Willi- mantic; Middlesex-F. W. Willey, Mid- dletown; Hartford—John W. Carlton, New Britain; Tollcnd—fJohn Wagner;I Rockvillc; Fairflcld-iMon-is Myers, Dan- bury; Litchfield—Thomas J. Bradstreet, Thomston. , In every town where Seven: is introduced the ‘ sole is larger than all other washing compounds. l The strike of the employes of the New York Central railroad, continues and spreads and unavoidably and seriously at- fects other roads. The losses to the ‘rail- roads by the. stoppage of traffic, will be enormous, and the losses to the strikers, in wages, will also be serious. The offi~ cials of the Central refuse to accept the proffered terms of the Knights of Labor and defy their dictation. Freight and passenger traffic has been crippled and the efi'ects of the strike have been fell. along the entire line of every road running out of New York and the disafi'ection 1' spreading to the exnployes of other roads." At the present writing the ultimate victory is confidently claimed by both sides. The prevalent opinion in the New York press, however, seems to be that the Knights will be forced to surrender. Pinkerton detectives and military are in readiness for any outbreak which may occur. Nellie Terrell is a nasty girl. She has been lodged in jail on various occasions for various misdemeanors. A couple of years ago she lived with her husband at Cranberry Plains, in a house owned by “Shaky Joe,” a negro with the Saint Vitus dance or some other fascinating jig that kept his head on a perpetual wiggle like the balance wheel of a quick train watch, at which time the husband disorganized the household and had both his wife and Shaky Joe sent to jail for loving each other not nicely but too well. Nellie has’ been a familiar figure on our streets for a few weeks past, and has attracted consid- erable attention. Nellic’s personal ap- pearance is calculated to attract attention, not particularly to her beauty, but more particularly to her general style and make» up. Her complexion is more like a crush— ed tomato than a rose, and it is evident that there is “no rosin” nor any injurious substance in her soap. She has a gait like a wood chopper and wears a tremendous bustle that bobs up and down at every step, like an inflated foot—ball. She is known among the street hoodlums as “Sal Slush” and is sometimes called “Boots,’ in deference to the covering of her pou- derous feet. The police have kept a watchful eye on her of late, and have dis—- covered that she consorted with the ital- ians cf’ the Chapel street barracks, and other low-down trash of the less than Four Hundred element of society. Last Sun- day she was seen strutting about as usual, sending her bustle into the air at every strut, and carrying herself in a manner that shocked Officer Burnes, our modest special policeman, who, after an earnest consultation with Officer Adams, took up Nellie’s trail and started like a sleuth— hound in pursuit. He came upon the fes— tive damsel down below the gas house and escorted her gallantly to the lock—up, Nellie protesting vigorously all the way, with the voice of an asthmatic fog—horn, against the indignity. She remained in the jug all night, in the company of three other unregeneratc sinners, and on Mon- day morning Judge Austin frowned upon her as he listened to the evidence against her, and then sent the horrid thing to jail for 30 days. —W. B. Hall d: 00., the restless, push— ing dry goods men, of Bridgeport, last year added the three story building of the Young Men’s Christian Association—last week they added a new building exclu— sively for dress fabrics. The Bridgeport Farmer of the 2d thus speaks of the firm : Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, and the Bible declares that it did. It would require a command signed by two Joshuas to make the house of W. B. Hall 6;: Co. “stand still”fifteen minutes. Their store has been like a horse-car for years ——always room for more, and never halt— ing by the way-side. At the start, this octopus of the retail dry goods trade in all Western Connecticut felt proud of their attractive mart at the corner of Main and Cannon streets, and with the finest show- plate windows in the city, well—supplied with an elegant stock of low-priced goods, were quite happy. But,in the course of a couple of years, the in embryo firm dis- covered how insufficient were their ac~ commodations, and declared they must have an “L” to the roar larger than half the others put together. Another two years or so rolled by, and the demands for more dry and fancy dress goods drov‘c W. B. Hall &' Co. to a second enlargement of their store of “magnificent distances.” Another lapse of time, about of the same duration, and 10! Mr. Hall demanded that a third enlargement be made. The Old House at Home was already shaking its gory looks at the Man in the Moon; receiv- ing the first kiss in the morning from the fiery darts of the sun; dreaming of the fun and seriousness of those days before Mr. Cannon gave the “corner lot” on which to erect St. John’s church—all this, when, in the nick-of-time, W. B. Hall & Co. spoke up and reached out for a fourth enlargement of space by the annexation of the large new building, formerly occupied by the Y. M. C. A. it here is this expan— sion business to end, pray? On the heels of these four extensive alterations and ad- ditions, now comes the fifth one within twelve years—the monster of them all! Thro’ a graceful arch adjoining the eleva. for thousands will, Wednesday next,.pass from the main store into an Aladdin like palace, having an arched ceiling and wonderfully stocked shelves. No doubt the opening of this beautiful annex to W. B. Hall & Co.’s labsrynthian‘ dry goods establishment will be memorable for the constant stream of urchasers and sight— leers present and in inc on this accession. —"—Evcrything pertaining to horse fur- nishings, carriages, etc., at greatly reduc- ed prices, at W. E. Dunn's, 50 Wall St. 17
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