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The Gazette has the largest cir—
of any paper in Norwalk,
culation '
and furnishes the lowest advertlsmg
rates.
For Governor!
The Bridgeport Union of Tuesday,
starts a boom for Hon.John S. Seymour
for Connecticut’s next democratic car.-
didate for Governor! The democracy
can and probably will, “go farther and
fare worse,” but the GAZETTE is for
Norwalhfirgt, last and all the time, and
if the Governorship is laid on Ex-Patent
Commissioner Seymour’s front. door
step; the seat in Congress, on that of
' Mr. E. J. Hill; the state Senatorship, on
that Of our wide‘awake and popular
1‘ E. O. Keeler,—the GAZETTE
forth all its efforts to see that no
jealous rivals, sweep these glittering
prizes off any Norwalk candidate’s
stoop. “Old Glory,” shall float in loyal
triumph, at mast-head, above the GA‘
zn'r'rn BUILDING over the triumph of
any one or all these worthy, illustrious
and deserving sons of old Norwalk.
So, just swell the “booms.”
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Deserves Credit.
It is tO be hoped that the example of
Mr. Smith of New Jersey as a frank
and thorough-going opponent Of the
income tax atrocity will encourage
other Senators to take a manly stand
in behalf of sensible legislation. Mr.
Smith’s reasons for opposing the chi-
mera of populism that has been at-
tached to the tariff bill, are brief,
cogent and forceful. He said, without
mihcing his words in the least, that he
would do everything in his power to
defeat the income tax preposition for
eight very excellent reasons. These
are as follows, and it behooves every
member of Congress now drawing a
pay from the government that will be
exempted from this tax if it should be-
come alaw, to out these reasons out
and paste them in his hat : “First, be-
cause it is unnecessary; second, be.
cause it is unjust; third, because it is
unsuccessful; fourth, because it is unr
popular; fifth, because it is undemo-
cratic; sixth, because it is un-Ameri.
Mayo
will put
can; seventh, because it is unwise;
and eighth, because, on general princi-
ples, it is unworthy of an intelligent
government, supposed to represent a
free and enlihgtened people.” This is a
strong indictment, strong in logic,
strong in fact, and it will stand every
demurrer that may be applied to it.
There is not a democrat or" republican
now in the Senate who can successfully
deny these charges, and Mr. Smith de-
serves credit for putting them in such
a concise form that even the populist
can grasp them.
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Alcoholic Confections.
Chicago came to the front a few
weeks ago and waged a successful
municipal war against the sale of candy
containing alcohol. The variety of
sweets most persistently attacked was
brandy drops, which_were particularly
affected by school children. An anal y-
sis of these attractive little things dis-
covered that a dozen of them contained
as much alcohol as the average morn-
ing cocktail of the confirmed tippler.
New York has now followed the suit of
its big western sister, and the board of
health has decided that brandy drops
are bad for the health of minors, and
the police have been instructed to see
that their sale is discontinued. It
would seem as‘ though the manufactur-
ers of brandy drops and similar alco-
holic confections would object to such
a summary stoppage of the sale of their
articles, but such is not the case. On
the other hand, they are fairly over-
whelmed with pleasure, and are pre-
paringto meet the demands of a large
country trade, which the wide adver-
tisement of their peculiar wares has
created. In the numerous communi-
ties where local option and prohibition
compel a permanent thirst on the part
of the bibulous, the announcement that
surcease from sorrow can be procured
in a solidified form has caused a con-
summate satisfaction, and candy stores
which have hitherto led but a precari-
ous existence are about to bloom out in
new paint and plate-glass windows.
while the customers, who have hitherto
A. been confined to the small boys and
girls, will become adult citizens, whose
sweet teeth have suddenly been cut.
It may not be surprising, indeed, to
see the familiar gum drop and jujube
paste of happy childhood relegated to
rear shelves, and their places taken by
Tomgin tablets, Curacoa caramels,
cOmpressed cocktail cakes and other
similar creations.
An Entertaining
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OFA
WAR
WGURRESPUNDENT.
BY THE
Editor of the Gazette.
Copyrighted 1.391.
CHAPTER W 1.
As an act of courteous consideration
and convenience to his successor, Bu-
chanan, just before the expiration of
his term, had called an extra session of
the Senate, which organized at noon
on the day of Lincoln’s inauguration.
To this body, the new President prompt-
ly sent the names of his Cabinet minis
ters for confirmation, according to the
requirements of law. Mr. Seward was
named for Secretary of State, as gen-
erally anticipated; Mr. Chase, (,1qu
sworn in as Senator from Ohio,) for
the Treasury; Mr. Cameron, for the
War Department; Mr Wells, for the
Navy; Smith, for the Interior; Blair,
Postmaster-General; Bates, Attorney
General. The new Administration
found itself confronted by an impend-
ing conflict which proved to be the
most tremendous of any which history
records and in which a total of four
millions of men were enlisted in the
military service of the two contending
armies.
As heretofore stated, months before
Lincoln’s inauguration, John B. Floyd,
Buchanan’s traitorous Secretary of
War, had connived at the theft of
nearly every fort, arsenal, navy-yard,
revenue-cutter, mint, sub-treasury, cus-
tom-house, postofiice, and other prop-
erty of the United States in the South.
By the treasonable activity of this
colossal thief, some thirty forts, hun-
dreds of cannon, and other munitions
of war, valued at $25,000,000, also fell
into rebel hands. .
The following are the salient belliger—
ent events, stated in briefest terms,
which transpired between the dates of
the inauguration and the battle of
Manassas or Bull Run :——March 6th,
Confederate Congress authorized an
army of one hundred thousand men;
11th, Braxton Bragg, appomted to the
command Of the rebel forces in Flori-
ida; do, Adoptionaof Confederate Con-
stitution at Montgomery, Ala.; 15th,
Confederate Congress authorizes pur-
chase of gun-boats; April 12th, Sum-
ter bombarded; 13th, surrendered; 14th,
occupied by rebel troops; 16th, Forts
Caswell and Johnson, N. C., captured
by rebels; 17th, Davrs calls for thirty-
two thousand troops, and issues letters
of Marque on our commerce; do, seces-
sion adopted by Virginia; 18th, Arm-
ory at Harper’s Ferry abandoned and
burned; 19th Union troops mobbed
and killed in Baltimore ; 20th, United
States Arsenal at Liberty, Mo., cap~
tured by rebels; 21st, mint at Char-
lotte, N. C., captured; 22nd, Arsenal at
Fayetteville, N. C., sicZed ; 23rd, Fort
Smith, Ark., captured by rebels; do,
United States Army officers at San An-
tonio, Texas, seized as prisoners of
war; do, Company of Eighth United
States Infantry, captured at San An
tonio, Texas; do, Gen. Lee placed in
command of forces in Virginia ; 26th,
Gen. Joe. Johnston, put in command
of the forces in and about Richmond;
May let, the Governor of Virginia calls
for volunteers; 3rd, calls for more
troops; 6th, Arkansas. secedes; do,
Confederate Congress declares war
against the United States, issues letters
offlldarque, prizes, andtprize-goods;
7th, Tennessee enters into military
league with ConfederateStates; do,
Arlington Heights occupied by rebel
forces; do, Virginia admitted to the
Confederacy ; 9th, United States steam-
er Yankee, fired on by battery at Glen.
cester Pomt, Va.; 10th, Lee in com-
mand Of Confederate forces; 11th, se-
cessionist riot in St. Louis ; 15th, Gen.
Joe. Johnston occupies. Harper’s Fer-
ry; 20th, secession ordinance adopted
by North Carolina; 21st, Gren. Bonham
put in command of “the Alexandria
line;” do, Me Gruder in command at
Yorktown; 23rd, Gen. Huger put in
command at Norfolk, Va.; June 1st,
skirmishes at Arlington Mills and Fair-
fax Court House; 3rd, action at Phil-
ippi, W. Va. ; 5th, Henry A. Wise put
in command of Kanawha valley, W.
Va.; 6th, Virginia State forces trans-
ferred to Confederacy; 7th, rebel re.
connoissance from Yorktown to New-
port News; 8th, Gen. Garnett put in
command Of northwestern Virginia;
10th, Beauregard put in command of
Prince William, Fairfax, and Loudoun
counties, Virginia; July 8th, Gen.
Sibley ordered to Texas. to expel Union
forces from New Mexrco; 13th, Gen.
Polk put in command alt-Mom phis, Tenn
14th, Gen. Jackson put in _command of
rebel forces in western Virginia; 15th,
U. S. military stores in Arkansas
seized; 17th, rebel army fortifies .at
Bull Run; 18-21, Joe. Johnston rein-
forces Gen. Beauregard§|at§Bull Run;
20th, Gen. Loring put in command or‘
western Virginia ; 2lst, Battle of Bull
Run, or Manassas, Va.
Counter to the above Confederate
actions, the following movements were
made under the direction of our Secre-
tary of War :—
April 7th, reinforcements for Fort
Pickens sailed from New York; 10th,
the second expedition for the relief of
Sumter sailed from New York; 12th,
Fort Pickens, Fla., reinforced; 15th,
Lincoln calls for seventy-three thous-
and three-months men; calls Congress
to meet in extra session, July 4th; 19th,
the President orders the blockade of
southern ports, from South Carolina to
Texas, inclusiye; Gen. Patterson of .lw
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and I nstrnctivc Home Journal, Especially Devoted to Local News and I ntorcsts.
NORWALK, CONN. FRIDAY JUNE 8, 1894.
the Pennsylvania Militia, assigned to
the command over the States of Penn-
sylvania, Delaware, Maryland and the
District Of Columbia ; 20th, an expedi-
tion from Fort Monroe to destroy the
dry-dock at the Norfolk Navy-Yard;
27th, the blockade of Virginia and
North Carolina ports ordered ; do,
Gen. Butler assigned command of the
Department of Annapolis; Gen. Mans-
field the Department of Washington;
May 3rd, President Lincoln calls for
two hundred thousand three-years men,
increase of regular army and addition-
al seamen; 11th, Gen. Harney resumes
the command of the Department of the
West; 13th, Butler occupies Baltimore ;
Gen. McClellan assigned the command
of the Department of Ohio and West
Virginia; 18th, Naval attacks on batter-
ies at Sewell’s Point, Va.; 22nd, Butler
assigned to command of Fort Monroe,
.Va.; 24th Union troops drove rebel
troops from, and occupied, Arlington
Heights and Alexandria; 20-30, Union
‘ll’OODS from the Ohio ’river occupy
Grafton, W. Va.; 27-29, Union troops
from Fort Monroe occupy Newport
News; 28th, Gen. McDowell takes com-
mand of‘ northeastern Virginia; 31st,
Gen. Lyon assigned command of the
Department of the Vlest; Naval attack
on batteries at Aquia Creek, Va. ; June
5th, attack upon batteries at Pig Point,
Va.; 10th, the fight at Big Bethe];
11th, Gen. Banks is assigned to com-
mand of the Department of Annapolis;
13th, descent of Union troops upon
Romney, W. Va. ; 17th, Engagement at
Boonville, Camp Cole, Mo., and Vien-
na, Va.; July 2, Gen. Patterson’s troops
cross the Potomac at \Villiamsport; do,
Gen. Thomas’ engagement at Falling
Waters, Va.; 9th, skirmish at Vienna,
Va.; 10th, a skirmish at Laurel Hill,
and 11th, an engagement at Rich Moun-
tain, W.Va.; 13th, the surrender of Pe-
grams’ rebel forces, \Vest Va.; 16th,
Advance of Union forces towards Bull ‘
Run ; 17th, skirmish near Fairfax ;
18th, skirmish at Mitchell’s Ford: 2lst,
Battle of Bull Run.
The weary, wearing burden of duties,
the mountain load of responsibilities,
the agony of apprehensxons, which
overtaxed and overwhelmed the Presi-
dent, during all those days, and weeks,
and months, were enough to paralyze
the‘body and brain of any man with
nerves not made Of steel. '
Buchanan’s admlnistration had left
Congress, the Army, and the Navy, all
the Government Departments, and
Washington itself, honeycombed with
treason. Every act and movement
towards combatting rebellion, was
made known in Richmond as soon as
revealed in Washington. Our great
arsenal and gun factory at Harper’s
Ferry had been surprised by an armed
force and had to be burned to prevent
its falling into rebel hands. There went
with its millions of other property,
twenty thousand finished muskets,
which the -Government desperately
needed. Bridges were destroyed and
tracks torn up beyond Baltimore, to
prevent northern troops reaching
Washington. The Sixth Massachusetts,
hurrying to the defense of the National
Capital, was assailed by an infuriated
mob in Baltimore, and four of its sol-
diers killed and thirty-six wounded,
while marching across that city aflamc
with disloyalty. The Twenty-Seventh
Pennsylvania Volunteers were forced
back, and not allowed to enter; the
Eighth Massachusetts, under Gen. B.
F. Butler, and New York’s crack Sev-
enth Regiment, were compelled to
flank the city, and take boats to An-
napolis and thence march to Washing-
ton. It was during this alarming period
that the Clay Battalion was hurriedly
organized for the protection of the
lives of the President, his Cabinet, and
the preservation of the Arsenal, Navy
Yard, Capitol, White House, Treasury,
Government archives, and ‘Other prop-
erty. Secretary Seward’s spies had
discovered a rebel plot to suddenly dash
a strong armed force across the Poto~
mac, to effect this work of destruction
and murder. Gen. Nye was one of the
chief spirits, with Cassius M. Clay, in
filling the ranks of this command. I
had not met him, before this morning
of April 17th, since the Chicago Con-
vention, where he drenched himself
with tears over Seward’s defeat. He
instantly swore me into the United
States military service and commis-
sioned me to go (hit and hunt for more
recruits. I hurried to the Capitol where
I found Ferry and VVoodrufl', whose
terms in Congress ha expired on the
fourth of March, and both promptly
accompanied me back to Willard’s
Hall, (the Battalion’s rendezvous,)
where they, also, were immediately
sworn into the United States service.
This gave to Norwalk all the glory
there may be in the fact of having fur-
nished the first Connecticut enlistments
and first military service, to the be-
leagured Government. Several other
Connecticut men, temporarily in Wash-
ington, were subsequently added to
the ,force. The' duty of the squad to
which Ferry and myself were attached.
was to patrol up and down, and guard
the line of the Potomac river from the
Navy-Yard to Chain- ridge, 8. distance
in all, of about nineteen miles. We
were armed with cavalry carbines and
our marching was to be done at night,
to escape the attention of disloyal citi-
zens as much as possible. The hours
of the day, not required for food and
rest, were employed in drilling at our
rendezvous.
The first night out we found the
streets along the river-front in a horri-
ble condition, but we made our patrol
from Willard’s to the Navy-Yard,
thence returning to ChaincBrldge and
back to the Hall, before it was quite
day. Being little accustomed to such
midnight tramps, I found on getting
into our quarters, that one of my shoes
was seemingly filled with blood,-with-
drawing my foot it certainly presented
quite a battle-field appearance, as my
stocking was soaked in gore. It was
ever after, Ferry’s joke on me, that I
{lad shed the first blood in the rebel-
ion.
On the arrival in Washington of the
troops which had been so long delayed
by the traitorous Baltimorians, the
Clay Guards were honorably discharg-
ed the service. As it was a some-
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but irregular and unique military
force, organized upon a sudden and
serious emergency, it has not figured
largely 1n the histories of the war.
1 lie followmg copy of my discharge
W111, give the interested reader as in.
telllgent an idea of the organization as
anything that has ever been printed
concerning it:
UNITED STATES or AMERICA. 1
WASHINGTON CLAY GUAuDs, '
ArmourWILLARD’SHOTEL. ,‘
WASHINGTON, D. 0., April 27, 1861.J
To rlfon. Simon Cameron, Secretary 0f ll'ar,
bailed Slates,
Sign—The undersigned officers of Major
Clay 3 Battalion, organized while the Capital
of the United States was consrdered in immi-
nent danger from a civil invasion, would most
respectfully represent that the battalion .1s
chiefly composed of non-residents of this DIS-
trict; that they were organized on the 18th
instant: that 811106 that time the battalion has
been on. duty day and night, sleeping on their
arms. and have at all times been ready, at a
moment’s notice. to do any service required
of them. They number about three hundred
men. and Since reinforcements have arrived
here. it is thought that it might not be neces-
sary to keep up the organization. Should it
be deemed necessary by the Department to
continue the organization. the men compos-
1ng_1t most cheerfully tender their services.
If such services are not required, we would
respectfully ask to be disbanded and honor-
ably discharged by the Department. .
JAMES W. NYE. Major Commanding.
DAVID WEBB, Capt. let Co.
J. E. NEWTON, Capt. 2nd Co.
WAR DEPARTMENT, May 2, 18(31-
JIajor J .‘mu’s 1V. .Vye.
SIn:—1n_ reply to your letter of the 27th‘of
April stating that in consequence of the arriv-
al of a- large number of troops in this city, the
emergency has ceased which called the bat-
talion, commanded by you. into service and
that you would be pleased. therefore, to have
authority to disband the battalion and have
an‘honora‘ble discharge from servive._
Loncurring fully with you, I readily grant
the authority asked for. and in (10mg so, I beg
to extend to you. and through you to the men
under your command, the assurance of my
highapprecmtion of the very prompt and pa—
triotic manner in which your battalion was
organized for the defense of the Capital. and
the verv effiment service rendered by it dur-
mg the term of‘its existence.
Very respectfully,
SIMON CAMERON.
_ . . Secretary of War._
I cheerfully concur in the foregomg testi-
monial glven by the Hon. Secretary Of War.
A. LINCOLN.
By authority vest-ed in me as Major of the
Washington Clay Battalion, 1, David Webb,
now command1ng,do hereby certify that A.
H. BYINGTON,'a. member Of said battalion,
served his country at a time of great peril
when threatened by hordes of traitors; said
service commencing on the eighteenth day of
April, 1861, and ending on the date hereof. 1,
also, by Virtue of said authority, do hereby
honorably discharge the said A. H. BYINGTON,
from the sauce of the United States.
' Given under my hand at Washington City,
[his fourth day of May, 1861.
‘ DAVID WEBB. Major Commanding.
T. S. LITTLEJOHN. Adjutant.
Our Connecticut state election had
been held April 1st. at which, as a mat-
ter of duty and unfailing custom, I had
been present. Kind friends had elected
me to the Senate, by a majority of one
hundred and seven in the old and close
'lweltth District. The Leglslature had
convened at Hartford May 1st, and on
being discharged from further military
duty afflWashington, I hurried to the
state capital to continue'm y bestefforts
1n the way of urgently needed legisla-
tion in support of the Union threat-
ened w1th destruction
Vlashington Items,
- Patent Commissioner John S. Sey-
mour has rented a house on P street,
N. \V., and gone to housekeeping.
Capt. Charles Townsend, New Ha-
ven’s breakwater creator, is here in
that interest.
Senator Hawley told his democratic
fellow senators that their nondescript
Tariff Bill was like the mule, with “no
pride of ancestry and no hope of pos-
terity.” That its parentage was unac-
knowledged and its three or four wet-
nurses heartily ashamed of their baby.
Senator Platt waked up the western
Populist senators, who have been aid-
ing and abetting the iniquitous and ruin
ous tariff bill,by stating the East could
buy their grain of Russia and South
America. landed in New York, cheaper
than western Farmers could possibly
lay down their grain there for, if cere-
'als are to be admitted free of duty.
Mr. Platt wanted to know how western
farmers would like this result.
Messrs. Wm. R. Lockwood and Rich-
ard Golden are here and expect to re-
turn home on Saturday. .
The A. O. H. Convention.
The biennial convention of the An-
cient Order of Hibernians of Connecti-
cut closed in Danbury Thursday even-
ing. At the afternoon session the re-
ports Of the secretary and treasurer
were read, and showed that the order
was in sound financial condition and its
membership was rapidly increasing.
During the last year three divisions
had been formed, two being organized
in New Haven and one in Waterbury,
increasing the number of members 211.
The total membership of the order in
this state now is 5.734. Officers were
elected as follows: President, John P.
Murphy, Norwich; secretary, J.
Cunningham, New :Haven; treasurer,
P. B. Ryan, Hartford. Three counties
elected delegates. Litchfield elected
Patrick Gleason; Hartford, William J..
Kelleher; New Haven, Patrick J. Bree
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And They All Laughed.
Quite a crowd'congregated near H.
E. Dann’s livery stable this morning to
watch Emmett Austin release a. large
rat from a wire trap. A dog was also
among the anxious spectators. When
the rat was released it scurried around
among the 100 or more feet that were
standing on the platform, w1th the dog
in full pursuit. Austin made a_k1ck.at
the rodent when it camepear him With
the result that he lost his balance and
fell on the platform striking With such
force that, as is alleged, the observatory
on the Norwalk hotel, near by, threat-
Austin who weighs considerably over
200 pounds escaped injury, and the rat
escaped death.
Will Drag for Dr. Holmes.
Arrangements have been made to
drag the Housatonic river for the body
of Dr. William C. Holmes, who disap-
peared Monday from Riverside insti-
tute, Derby. His relatives say he had
not money to go away with.
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cued to topple over into.the street. ,
Still Missing;
James Grady, aged fifteen, who left
his home at Winsted seventeen days
ago, is still missing and his parents are
much alarmed.
No Trace of His Body.
The Baxter Wrecking company Of
New York is making preparations to
raise the hull of the steamer Rambler,
that was wrecked by an explosion while
lying in Pocket dock at New Haven.
No trace of the body of the cook, Mr.
Weller, has yet been found.
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Wanted to Die.
Eugene Clark, evidently suffering
from meloncholic insanity, was prevent-
ed from throwing himself in front of a
train at Bridgeport Thursday, by ofii-
cer Hackett. He was taken to police-
headquarters and locked up in a pad-
ded cell.
Coachman Co—respondent.
Henry J. Hall, 60, a wealthy New
York Oil merchant who resides in Win-
sted, has brought suit against his 28
years _old wife, alleging infidelity.
Newell Minor, who was Hall’s coach-
man until a short time ago, is named
as co—respondent.
Clean Republican Sweep.
Careful estimates of the‘ vote in Ore-
gon shows the following : For govern-
or, Lord, rep., 38,972; Pierce, pop.,
24,173; Galloway, dem., 15,875. For
congress, first district, Hermann, rep,
20,510; Miller. pop., 11,928; Weather-
ford, dem., 9,953. Second district, El-
lis, rop., 17,674 ; Waldrop, pop., 7,072 ;
Raley, dem., 9,335. ‘
Convention of Postal Clerks.
The annual convention of the Uni-
ted States Railway Postal Clerks’ Ben-
efit association will be held this year
at Cincinnati in September. Seven
delegates are allowed from New Eng.
land, from the states of Maine, Massa-
chusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island and
Connecticut. The probable candidate
from Connecticut will be S..R. Keith of
Norwalk. ’ '
Dr. Helen Kean Convicted.
At Waterbury Thursday Helen Ash-
land Kean, an alleged physicmn, was
convicted in the district court, crimin-
al side. of violation of the medical
practice act and was fined $100 and
$38.40 costs. This is the first prosecu~
tion under the act ever brought in this
state, and in consequence is of peculiar,
interest. The case was tried before
‘Judge Bradstreet and a jury.
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USE DANA'S SARSAPARILLA, IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES. ”
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The Boys Apprehended.
Morris Nichols and John McWhiney,
the two lads who ran away from Whit-
l_ock’s boarding academy in Wilton last
Saturday, were apprehended at Mt.
Vernon by the police. They will be
returned to the school. The McWhi-
ney boy was brought to this city by
his mother and received a good talking
to from chief of police Thomas Brad-
ley.
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' USE DANA’S SARSAPABILLA, IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES.”
Library Benefit. '
The Library Benefit June 12th, in
the Norwalk‘Opera House, at 8:15-
o’clock,l bids fair to be a great success.
Those who have seen the actors in their
other performances are eager to patron-
ize this somewhat more ambitious at-
tempt, and have bought tickets readi-
l . The management has thought best
to follow the fashion of many New
York theatres and begin at 8:15, thus
giving the audience plenty of time for
the evening meal.
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USE DANA’S SARSAPARILLA, IT’S
\ “THE ,KIN D THAT CURES.”
Boy Badly Hurt.
Charles Glennon, son of Capt. James
Glennon of' Co. E, was run over by a
hack on the lower bridge at Bridgeport
Thursday evening and sustained inter-
nal injuries. Young Glennon was cross-
ing the bridge when a violous dog
snapped at him. He got out of the
brute’s way but the dog pursued him.
To escape being bitten he ran into the
roadway under the wheels of the hack.
Before the driver could stop both
wlieels had passed over the boy’s stom-
ac .
USE DANA’S SARSEPARILLA, IT’S
“THE KIND THAT CURES. ”
Fire at Greenfield.
Verna Farm, the elegant country resi-
dence of Frederick Bronson at Green-
field bill, was visited by a destructive
fire Thursday morning about 1 o’clock.
Before it had spent its fury. the cow
barn, dairy and several small buildings
near them had been burned to the
ground,entailing a loss of about $15, 000.
Just how the fire started nobody seems
to know, but about 1 o’clock one of. the
laborers was awakened by a bright
blaze. The light was from the burning
barn and in a few moments all the men
on the place was aroused. Under the
direction of ;Foreman John Costigan
they tried to extinguish the flames but
without avail. With a feeble means at
hand they could do but little, although
they prevented the fire from spreading
to a great extent. The flames ultimate—
ly exhausted themselyes and the ser-
vants thoroughly tired out went back
to bed.
Several theories have been advanced
as to the cause of the fire. Incendia-
rism has been suggested by some but
many think it was caused by fire from
the pipe of one of the men who slept in
the destroyed buildings. Mrs. Bronson
says she had not yet been able to ac-
count for the fire or estimate the loss.
Fortunately nobody was hurt. Mr.
Bronson himself is now aWay from home
being on route " 5r Shelborne Falls. Vt.,
with a coaching, party from New York.
[$1.00 aYear ‘
PRICE TWO CENTS. A
—Free! Fans! Fans! Fans!
AJapanese fan to all our customers
buying $1 worth of groceries or tea .
coffee or baking powder. N. 1'" Store.’
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The Hall Case.
The evidence in the suit of Mrs. Sarah
Hall was finished in the Superior Court,
at Bridgeport, on Thursday. The case. ‘
is being tried before Judge Thayer and
ajury. Mrs. Hall fell in front of the
Norwalk hotel on January 1’), 1892, and
sustainedafracture of'the leg which
confined her to her home for a year
anda half. She is obliged to use a
cane at the present time. She claims
her fall due to a defect in the curbing.
She asks $10,000 damages. The argu-
ments in the case will be heard on
Tuesday next.
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TERSE TALE OF THE TIMES.
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The N. P. U. will meet tc-iiight.
-——Tlie Mackinaw hardwood Refriger-
ators are the best. For sale by H. H.
Williams 15 Wall street. 874 3-t.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Talcott are
weitlng friends in Brookyn.
Persian Powder at Hale’s. 85lltf
c The Elastic Web W-ll‘kS of Buckley
o: Son are now runnin,r on full time.
—White Hellebore at Hale’s. 856tf
Artist J. J. Vaughan predicts warm
weather on and after next Sunday.
—Camphor gum at Hale’s. 856tf
Postmaster Carmi G. Hubbell’s term
of office is_rapidly nearing its close.
And who will be his successor?
—Roach exterminator at Hale’s.
"5th
Complaint has been made that boys
are trapping bobolinks. They do so at
the risk of being arrested.
—:Me‘ns calf, Goodyear welt, regular
$3.00 snoes selling at :53 at D. J. Shee-
hans, 5 Main street. 27-874.
Thirteen divorce cases are down for
a hearing-at the short calendar session
of the civil Superior court today.
—Low prices at Hale’s. 836lf '
Captain A. A. Chipnery has been
subpoenaed as a juryman before the U.
S. Court which meets in Hartford next
Tuesday. ;
—Don’t forget the one-half price sale
now gomg on. The entire Judd stock
Wlllf‘h we bought, we are selling at half
price. Taft Bros, clothiers.
I'Ihe funeral of the late Clark Brown
Will .be attended from the home of his
son John Brown, bu Hendrick avenue,
to-morrow afternoon. -
—24 lbs. granulated sugar, $1, N. Y.
Store.
~ The Norwalk representatives of the
A. O. H. who attended the convention
in Danbury on thursday, report having
received a cordial greeting.
—Lemons, 15c. (102. N. Y. Store. ’
Mr. and Mrs. George B. St. John,
Miss Sarah Lewis and Mrs. Fannie L.
Beers attended the Kissam-Lyle wed-
ding in Brooklyn, Thursday.
~Pictures framed by J. T. Hayes.
872~tf
The closing exercises of Prof. Har-
strom’s school took place Thursday at
which Rev. S: H. Watkins delivered
an interesting address on “Culture.”
—Ladies, clean your kidlgloves with
Josephine glove cleaner, for sale only
J. A. Riggs, Pharmacist, 11 Main
street, Norwalk. 10-1yr
The horse-cars’which have been stand-
on the tracks on West avenue for the
past two or three days were taken to
the depot this morning, where they
will be fitted with new trucks.
——G. A. R. take notice. We are sell— I
ing a fine blue suit, single or double
breasted, at $7. This includes the G.
A. R. buttons. Taft Bros, 27 Wall
street.
It is reported that at a certain butch-
er shop in town refuse fat, scraps, etc. -
are boiled up. lIf this be true the pro-
prieter is liable to arrest unless he has
been granted perinissson to do so.
—The representative of . “French
Glove and Clothes Cleaner” will be at
the Boston store, Norwalk, all next
week, and will clean your kid gloves
free of charge. 23-2t
George Grumman, who is employed
at H. J. 8; G. S. Grumman’s old [time
root beer establishment, was taken sud-
denly ill this morning. He was pre-
scribed for by Dr. Huntington, and
this afternoon was somewhat better.
The present cool Spell has had a de
pressing effect on the receipt of orders
at the'Wheeler straw factory, and a
number of the hands have been tem-
porarily laid off. Up to the present
time, the factory had been one of the
busiest in town.
—Hoyt & Son, shoe dealers, offer
some good bargains in shoes at out
prices. Children’s red shoes, 2 to 5, at
550.; 5 to 8, springs, 650.; russett;
spring heels, 5 to 8, 50c.; 9 tall, 659.;
ladies’ ties, 65c. and 75c; boy’s solid
school shoes, 800. to $1; ladies" kid
slippers, 50c.; calf boots, (extra,)‘$1.50.
A. 125. Hoyt & Son, 37 Wall street, No:-
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