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WEEKLY-INORWALK-GAZETTE. ’ - 7
a. A. FRANKE,
THE HAIR; CUTTER
No. 1 Gazette Building, Norwalk.
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DENTISTRY.
R. W. H. BALDWIN is‘now permanent:
1y located in the Bisho Building, No. _4i)
Wall street, where all in nee of Dentistry in
any form will find valuable assistance. _
His referencesare your friends and neigh.
bors, and he inVites inquiry as to his ability
am past record. Consultation free. Office
hours: 8 a. m. till 6 p. m. . j _ tf35
HENRY-HUSS.
Restaurant, cafe and Smoking Room,
_ GRAND CENTRAL fDEPo'r,
42d Street and 4th Avenue, New York
Entrance from waitin room of New York.
New Haven 85 Hartfordfiiailroad. tf82
1101‘ AND COLD BATES.
Building Materials, 86¢.
BIDDING STONE, all ualities of sand.
cellars dug, ardens an grounds renovat-
edand horses an carts for hire. I have some
thorou hly rotted an}! {era Elli]? manure for
flower eds. No. ii South Union Avenue.
P. O. Box 651. Norwalk.
TAR AND CONCRETE _WALKS.
'l' ' ew and the best possible manner
anldaclyldtdilfes neatly and substantially repairs
anfl at very reasonable rates. All orders
promptly executed.
Wm. Lockwood,
Real Estate, Insurance and Investment
Securities.
—-MONEY T0 LOAN. .
Insurance Placed in First-Class Companies.
Office—Corner Main and Wall Sts., Norwalk
'J. Belden Hurlbutt,
Attorney and Cenneler at Law,
BOOK 4, UP STAIBS,
Gazette Building, Norwalk, Co
Alex. 3. Gibson, '-
'- ' t of the First Congregationgl Church
Oigams Waterbury, and Teacher of
Pianoforte, Organ and
Musical Composition.
NORWALK, CONN.
P. 0. Lock Box.
TNA INSRUANCE (30., of Hartford.
E Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $8,902,272.64.
Insures against loss and damage by FIBE on
terms adapted to the hazard and consrstent
' , t on.
With the laws of E‘B’Wfi’fid 41k MERRILL._
Sole agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
The Nowell Fire Insurance Co.
Has now Completed its
26th SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR,
And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid
losses or claims for losses. Ito sound com
pc’my i'nsm'es for less.
W. C. STREET, Pres; G. B. ST. JOHN, Treas.,
Gno. R. COWLES, Sec 3'. '
R. B. CRAUFURD.
Investments, Real Estate and Insurance
noon 2. iiis'oxw BUILDING.
nUanUnn.
Geo. H. Raymond,
Furniture Dealer,
Has removed to the new and commodious
store four doors above his old stand and
stocked it with NEW GOODS of the LATES
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 dead.
Residence, No. 3 Berkeley Place, Norwalk.
Telephone communication with residence.
To Horse Owners!
We keep constantly on hand a good assort-
men of
Kentucky and Ohio Horses.
Selected with great care in the western mar-
kets. We have horses suitable for all purposes
and no one who wants a thoroughly reliable
animal should purchase before seeing what we
have to offer. We also keep constantly on
hand at our Carriage RepoSItory a complete
line of CARRIAGEB from the best makers.
which are manufactured for us to specnal
order; every carriage warranted. WAGONS
and CABTS of every description; HARNESSES
WHIPS, ROBES, BLANKETS.
DAN N’S LIVERY STABLE,
OFFICE :—48 WALL STREET, NORWALK
Opposite D. d5 N. Railroad Depot.
FURNITURE.
A Full Stock of Furniture of all kinds.
Parlor and Bedroom Sets,
A Specialty.
DAVID STOW.
Main Street, 085333" South Norwalk.
HENRY TILLY,
CARRIAGE MAKER,
.SO UTH NOR WALK, CONN.
——Manufacturer of—
Family Carriages, Victories, Bunnies in
ALL KINDS OF REPAIRING.
Ex-Sherifi' Charles Adams is serious-3
ly ill at his residence on Adams avenue.
The lighthouse board. reports Nan-
tucket new South Shoal lightship off her
station.
In the town of Northford, with a
population of 600, there are about 100'
cases of grip.
The Connecticut Pomological Society
will hold its annual meeting at the
capitol January 26.
‘ Ernest L.‘.Evers, abut-Cher, has dis-
appeared from Bridgeport, leaving
debts amounting to $2,500.
When Mr. Cleveland talks of “shifty
schemes,” “political riddles,” and ‘ ‘con-
undrums” he kicks the Hill boom on its
shins.
Mrs. Mary Kane and daughter Mag-
gie, of Yonkers, N. Y., are guests of
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hoyes on Wil-
ton avenue.
The Farmer says that Attorney Dan-
iel Davenport, of Bridgeport, is a can-
didate for appointment on the Superior
Court bench.
Mrs. James C. Newkirk and Mrs.
Jonathan Camp have returned from a
few days sojourn at the Grand Union
Hotel, New York.
The Senate passed a bill Tuesday
appropriating $325,000 for the construc-
tion of two U. S. revenue cutters for
use on the Pacific coast.
Fire Marshal Kennedy was unani-
mously elected chief of the. New Haven
fire department Tuesday night,1n place
of Chief Hendrick, reSigned.
Anthony B. Allen, for many years
editor of the American Agriculturist,
died at his home in Plainfield. N. J .,
Tuesday. He was ninety years old.
Representative O’Neil, of Massachu-
setts. has stirred up the department
clerks in Washington, by suggesting
that they work eight hours a day in-
stead of six and one-half hours as they
now do.
Joseph W. Robinson, of Plainfield,
N. J ., has recovered a verdict for $5,-
000 damages from the Pond Machine
Tool Company of that city for the loss
of an eye while at work in the shops
last summer.
Congressman Russell denies that he
intends to resign his seat in Congress
in order to take charge of the busrness
of his father-in-law, Sabin Sayles, as
reported, but will remain until his
term expires.
Judge Morris and his counsel have
not yet taken steps toward a further
testing in the courts of the title to the
Governorship and they are not likely to
take any immediately.
Professor S. S. Lamb, one of Con-
necticut’s best known teachers, died at
his home in Groton Tuesday. He was
ninety years old, and had been a school
teacher for fifty-five years.
Mr. Charles Booth proposes that
every person in England over sixty-five
years of age 'shall receive from the State
5 shillings a week. That can be done
for 17,000,000 sterling annually.
Everybody . who could procure a
sleigh was on the avenue Saturday af-
ternoon. All the local trotters were
given a turn, and ’tis said that William
Elllgann’s racer was “ the cock of the
“'8. ll,
Bya collision between two Lehigh
Valle freight trains at Castile. N. Y.,
Tuesc ay, flagman McCarthy and
brakeman Woodrufi‘ were killed. Ten
cars were wrecked, five of which, load-
ed with oil, caught fire and were con-
sumed.
The United States Court has decided
that corsets are clothes. It depends. If
the wearer has a, thirty-six inch waist
and tries to wear a twenty- six inch cor-
set she can never make them close even
with the aid of a locomotive.-Ansonia
Sentinel.
The New England Tobacco Growers’
Association, at its annual meeting in
Hartford, Tuesda , took decided ac-
tion against any 0 ange of the present
high tobacco duty, which it asserts
tends to shut out Sumatra and Havana
tobacco. "
Just before Senator Hill left Albany
for Washington, an Elmira friend sent
him word of the birth of a little girl in
the latter gentleman’s family. To this
message the Senator replied by tele-
graph: “Congratulations; but you’re
not in it. What we need are voters.”
Deacon Tertius D. Potter, who died
of the grip on Sunday at Thomaston,
Conn., was born in 1793. He cast his
first vote 'for Madison and voted for
every President since that time. He
served in the State Legislature in 1838.
He leaves six sons living, the oldest
seventy-five years old.
Judge Phelps has granted a divorce
to Mrs. J ulia A. Crowell from her hus-
band, Smith Crowell, on the ground of
intolerable cruelty. Both parties re-
Side'in Durham, where Crowell is re-
puted to be worth $75,000. Mrs. Crow-
ell was granted $1,500 alimony and
Crowell was ordered to pay $150 a year
for the support of his child.
Before his present illness came upon
him, Walt Whitman used to go every
bright and sunny day to visit the Bur-
leigh Cemetery, near his home where
he has had his tomb constructed. A
very pretty little ivy vine entwines the
spot. The good, gray poet, at every
visit, directed its. course as it grew. “I
trail the vine.” said he one day, "in
the wayI wish it to run when I am
placed beneath the cold sod.”
The annual meeting of the stock-
holders of the Norwalk and South Nor i
walk Electric Light Company was held
on Monday afternoon at the Court of
Burgesses room in the Bank Building,
and the old board of directors, consist-
ing of Charles Olmstead, George R.
Cowles, Charles E. Dustan, E. T. J ack-
son and J. H. Hoyt, were re-elected.
The company’s books were read and
showed that the company was in a
sound, financial condition. The direc-
tors were to have held a meeting at the
same place, but as the hour was late,
an adjournment was taken until next
Monday afternoon, when they will
hold a meeting at the station.
The petition for the probate of .the
will of the late Don Alonzo Watson,
which probably disposes of over
$5,000,000, has been filed in the Surro-
gate’s court _in Rochester, N. Y-
Among those cited to appear is Austin
H. Watson of Stamford. _
Arrangements are being made for the
removal of Mr. S. R. P. Camp. of Win-
nipauk, to a New York Hospital. Mr.
Fred. Camp, of New York, was in town
on Tuesday and he will return to the
city and complete the necessary ar-
rangements for his father’s removal.
An unknown man, apparently a me-
chanic, was beheaded by a New Haven
train in the railroad cut at 165th street,
New York, Tuesda morning. Per-
sons in the neighbor ood believe that
he committed suicide by jumping from
the bridge over the cut as the train ap-
proached.
Mrs. Lillian Newkirk, wife of den-
tist J. C. Newkirk, went to New York
Wednesday and. sang at a concert given
at the Carnegie Music Hall last even-
ing. Cappa’s band accompanied the
vocalists and Mrs. Newkirk with Sig-
nor Massianni were the soloists on the
occasion. The proceeds were given
to the Charity Home.
When the express train from New
York on the Consolidated, due at New
Haven at 3.55 p. m., was running on
Tuesday at full speed between New Ro-
chelle and Woodlawn a broken derrick
projecting over the track came down
upon the engine, knocking off the
smoke stack. It is also‘ repOrted that
the stationary engineer was killed.
James Gray, 52, an employe of the
Sargent factory at New Haven, and
living at the Florence House, was
foun unconscious and nude at the foot
of the hotel staircase Saturday night.
He was taken to his room and led
without the hotel proprietor hearing of
the matter. The Coroner will investi-
gate the casc on the ground of crimi-
nal negligence.
Fire in Stamford.
Early on Sunday morning an incen-
diary fire destroyed the Monte .Christo
Billiard Parlors on Park Row, Stam-
ford, and considerably damaged Lock-
wood 8: Haight’s drug store and E. S.
Holly’s dry goods store. Loss $5,000.
will Receive $18,000.
Henry S. Whitlock, who is employed
at John H. Ferris’ coal and wood yard
at South Norwalk, will come into pos-
session of about $18,000 this week from
Gershon Bradley, of Westport, the ad-
ministrator of the estate of Rhoda
Smith. deceased, who .was Mr. Whit-
lock’s grandmother. The money is all
well invested and will yield Mr. Whit-
lock 9. very comfortable yearly income.
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Mrs. Mary D. Clark.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary D. Clark,
who died in Wilton on Monday last,
Was attended at her late residence yes-
terday the interment being at Ridge-
field. The deceased was one of the
five daughters of the Rev. Samuel
Merwin, a Congregational pastor at
New Haven and Wilton, but now for
many years deceased, and a sister of
the late T. T. Merwin, a former editor
of the GAZETTE. Mrs. Clark was the
relict of the Rev. Clinton Clark, who
was a pastor of the Congregational
Church at Ridgefield and afterwards
at Middlebury. Two daughters sur-
vive, one of whom is Mrs. Jas. T. Hub-
bell of this place.
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Struck bv the Roof.
I {As Conductor Betts’ train due at Wil-
ton at 7.30 neared the depot Wednesday
evening, Walter Murphy, 9. brakeman,
started to climb up on a box car to set
the brake, and when about half way up
the side of the car he was struck in the
right side by the projecting edge of the
roof on the post ofiice, which is close to
the track. Murphy was knocked to the
ground alongside of the track, from
where he was picked up and removed to
the depot and Doctor Gerham summon-
ed. A hasty examination failed to reveal
the extent of his injuries, and as his
sufferings were intense. he was taken
to the Danbury Hospital on the 10.30
train. It was the opinion Of Dr. Gor-
ham that Murphy’s ribs were injured
and that internal injuries may develop
later. Murphy is married and resides
in Danbury with his wife.
A Case of Suicide.
The man who was killed at 165th
street and Railroad avenue, New York,
on Tuesday morning by a New Haven
train. as reported in the DAILY
GAZETTE, committed suicide. He was
Frederick Essig and he lived on Second
avenue, that city.
Essig had been drinking three days,
and his wife called him to account.
"Shut up,” he said. “I’ll pitch myself
under a train at Morrisania, and that
will end it all.” The next morning he
dressed himself with particular care
and left the house. At noon Mrs. ESSIg
received a postal card bidding her and
the baby good3by. “I shall be dead by
the time you receive this.”Essig wrote.
His body lying in the Morrisania police
station when the postal arrived.
From the condition of the body Essig
seems to have laid his neck deliberate-
ly across the rail and waited for the
train. The head was cut off, and there
were no bruises or marks of any kind
on the body.
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Funeral of. Mrs. Mossman.
The funeral services of Mrs. Mary
E. Hill, wife of Dr. N. A. Mossman,
were heldlat the residence of her mother
Mrs. Eben Hill, Wednesday afternoon
and was largely attended by the numer-
ous friends of the family. The casket,
which was placed just where the mar-
riage ceremony was performed twenty-
seven years ago, was completely cov-
ered with choice flowers. while above
the casket and extending its full length
were banked pink and white roses, With
the word “Sister” in “immortells” at
the center, while at either end and em-
bedded in the roses were the cross and
crown. certainly a most touching and
beautiful tribute of love from brothers
and sisters.
The Rev. Mr. Burnes of the South
Norwalk M. E. Church, conducted the
services, and after the singing by the
choir of the h mn “Rock of Ages,” he
made a few well chosen remarks full of
comfort and consolation to the be-
reaved household, followed by an
earnest prayer. The hymn “Tell me
the old. old Story” was then sung, after
which the committal service was_read,'
the services ending with the singing of
the hymn “Jesus, Loverpf My Soul,”
followed by the benediction.
. foundered ofl' Cup Hi Point, and
A Bit of History.
At the annual meeting of the Phoenix '
National Bank. President Goodnow of
the. Etna Insurance Company, after
voting on the 1,000 shares of stock held
by the insurance company, made an in-
teresting statement touching the com-
pany’s relation to the bank.
The Etna Insurance Company was
chartered in 1819, and began business
August 19 that year, writing its first
pohcy' and opening its account with the
Phoenix Bank, which account has never
been changed. Every dividend check
(and the amount of dividends paid in
cash has been $19,313,365) has been
drawn on the Phoenix Bank, and the .
great majority of the company’s losses,
which amount to $8,116,622.96, has also
been paid by checks on the Phoenix
Bank, the balance being paid at the
company’s western branch. Beyond
these items of vast amount the many
millions of investments made by the
iEtna have been paid for by checks on
the Phoenix. In other words, nearly
all the many transactions of jEtna have
been done through the Phoenix Bank
and the president has yet to learn of
the first unpleasant word between the
two institutions. “Long may this state
of things continue !”
.It is a curious and interesting fac
With regard to the Phoenix Bank that
only two handwritings appear upon its
stock ledger. The bank was established
in 1814, and George Beach, its mana-
ger, conducted the stock ledger. In
1858 Henry A. Redfield was engaged
“temporarily” there, and one of the
first things he did was to post the stock
ledger, which he has ever since kept
char e of, so that his and George
Beac ’s are the only handwritings in
the book. Mr. Redfield, who began
work as discount clerk on a temporary
engagement, became successively cash-
ier and then president,'and has held
the latter position ever since the death
of John L. Bunce.—Courant.
er
-400 Drowned.
A dispatch from Hong Kong
says
that the steamship Mamchow
has
that
414 persons, including the European
crew of the ship, have been drowned.
The propeller shaft of the vessel
snapped in two while she was plunging
inn-heavy sea. When the shaft was
carried away the sea rushed into the
shaft alley and made its way into the
hold. The fires of the engine room
were extinguished by the rising water
and the Mamchow began to settle
down. The Chinese, of whom about
400 were on board, acted like alot of
ravmg maniacs let loose, and not even
the pistols of the officers could bring
them to order. The boats were over-
turned as fast as lowered, and no one
is known for a certainty to have been
savedl. About 400 went down with the
vesse . '
Stopped By a Red Light.
After the train due at Bridgeport at
6.22. left FairfieldWednesday night, the
engineer, who had instructions
to be especially vigilant in keeping a
lookout for obstructions, saw a red
light ahead. He slowed up, and as he
neared the light discerned it to be in
the hands of a man who was swinging
it in a frantic manner. Thinking that
the man had discovered some obstacle
on the track the engineer brought the
train to a standstill. As he did so, the
man and the lantern disappeared in the
woods. A search was made for him
but he could not be found. The track
for some distance was examined but no
obstructions were discovered, and be-
coming convinced that the stopping of
the train was the work of a crank, the
train proceeded and arrived at Bridge-
port a few minutes late.
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Officers’ Association.
The committee on permanent organi-
zation of the proposed Ofiicers’ Asso-
ciation of the 4th regiment, C. N. G..
met at the office of 001. Russell Frost,
in South Norwalk,Wednesday evening,
to prepare a report to be presented at
meeting which was adjourned to the
20th inst., at the time of the election of
the new colonel. A sub-committee was
appointed which will make the report to
the meeting, and a set of prOposed by-
laws were prepared. The committee
consists of Col. Frost, chairman, Capt.
Sheridan of Bridgeport. Capt. Hendrie
of Stamford. Lieut. O’Neil of ‘Bridge-
port, and Lieut. Parsons of \Vinsted.
All were present last night with the ex-
ception of the latter gentleman.
The Jury Dismissed.
The trial of the Osborn will case was
brought to a close Wednesday morning
by the dismissal of the jury upon an
order from Chief Justice Andrews.
The action of the Chief Justice will
probably result in a settlement of the
dispute, although counsel for the appel-
lant announce that they are ready to
try the case again as soon as opportuni-
ty offers. The case was begun on the
first of last December and delays have
been frequent. Chief Justice Andrews
recentlv adjourned the case on account
of his own illness.
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A Misplaced Switch.
A misplaced switch threw the 1.05 p.
in. express out of New Haven and the
Hartford way freight into collision in
the “out” near the Fair street bridge,
N ew Haven,Wedneaday afternoon. The
trainswere on the same track, going in
oppomte directions. The two engines
were completely wrecked and that there
was no explosion of the boilers on either
or both was miraculous. The trains
were going at a slow rate of speed. En-
gineer Daniel Olds of, Hartford, en—
gineer of the express, Daniel O’Neil of
New Haven, of the freight train. and
Conduct-or Dunbar of the express train
were slightly injured.
Hatters Complimented.
It is a remarkable report that has
just been made in the Convention of
the National Hatmakers’ Association
sitting here. There was no strike in
the trade during the year 1891, and
there is no strike in it at this time. The
boss hatters, journeymen batters, and
hatters’ apprentices are able to get
along for a good while without fighting
each other, notwithstanding the belli-
gerent reputation of batters. There
are not many other trades in the coun-
try that can present such a record as
iéhat of the batters for last year.—
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Free Homesteads-in the West.
Congressman Pickeler of South Da-
kota, says that President Harrison will
open the Sisseton Wahpeton reserva-
tion to settlement April 15. There are
about 4,000 quarter-sections opened to
homestead entry. Claimants are al-
ready on hand and the spring will
bring an army of home-seekers.
f Al, use new enienonslnn GARPET Eileoniuiis
scorn Leann
Are now showing all the
New Spring" Styles in Carpets"
At the Lowest Cash prices and also on installments. We are also offering
a large line of LINOLEUMS, OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS.
RUGS, and everything in the line of House Furnishing
Goods at Lower Prices than any house in town,
\Ve shall continue to keep the Largest Assortment of
my Goods, Notions, Hosiery. Cloaks,
Jackets, Underwear.
And in fact everything that is to be found in a first-class Dry Goods and
Carpet Store. .
In our South Norwalk store we shall keep a larger stock of Carpets,
Mattmgs and Oil Cloths than heretofore, and will give our customers the
some benefit in terms and prices as at our' Norwalk store.
We have lately added
FURNITURE
To our stock, and it is selling lively at the prices wehave marked it.
SCOFIELD & HOYT, Norwalk and So. Norwatk.
flur - flveieea s - and — Heefeis
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1 Men’s and Boys’ Suits-
Gan’t be Beat as to Style, Fit and Price. I
——:GIVE US A CALLG—Y
HENRY BIELEFELD,
12 North Main Street, -. l - South Norwalk.
is cheering, more sustaining and more satisfying than
tea. or coffee. Better for the nerves. Take no substitute. 5,.
ONCE TRIED—ALWA 78 USED.
E. S.—li—E. S.—H—E. S.—ii—E. S.——|1—E. S.—!l—E. S.—ll-—E. So—ii—E. S.
Edward - Street
—HAS THE—
ines es 0 He' Gee
IN TOWN AND ARE BEING SOLD
At Very Low Prices.
WThe stock includes novelties that cannot be found elsewhere.
HANDKERCHIEF - STOCK - IS - COMPLETE!
Choice goods and are being sold cheap.
Edward. ' Street,
No. 5 Gazette Building. Norwalk.
ennnn CLEARING on sun
'COMMENCING SATURDAY, DEC. 19.
I will offer to the public my Entire Stock of
Holiday Goods, Dry and Fancy
Goods, Furs, '
OIL CLOTHS ANDzNOTI'ONS
AT PRICES THAT WILL SELL THEM.
BARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS.
Everything to be sold. A grand opportunity is now offered that wi.‘
meet the favor of the public as I have a
GOOD STOCK OF NEW f GOODS!
J. F. BENNETT, .
19 MAIN STREET, NORWALK.
Norwalk Chronicler