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W, J, LINTON AT BRANTWOOD
stirring life of rnis fokmer
o n:Eit of n vskix s zro3ii;.
III Republican Gulhnilaim-VVIure
tlx "Eiik11J Republic" Wag Printed
Sums of the Famous Contributors.
Burton J. Hendrick of this city -writes
in the New York Evening Post regard
ing the famous Mr. Linton who resided
during his closing years in New
Haven as follows: A number of
the recent notices of John Rusk
in have appeared to assume that the
author of "Modern Painters" was the
original proprietor of Brantwood, the
house In which he spent the last thirty
years of his life and in which he died.
- As a matter of fact, however, Brant
wood was a name celebrated In the art
istic, literary, and political life in Eng
land long before Ruskin acquired 'the
property and gave it its enduring fame.
The previous history of this ancient
English estate has a particular Interest
for Americans and New Yorkers, for the
man who handed the old manor-house,
with all Its traditions, down to Ruskin,
spent the last thirty yeara of his life
in the United States, and identified his
later career with this city. It was only
a couple years ago that William James
Linton, engraver, artist, poet, and poli
tical agitator, died at New Haven,
Conn., in his eighty-fifth year. His
life had been eo full of stirring literary
and political adventure, he had figured
so prominently in the several capacities
to which he had dedicated his varied
powers, that it is not surprising that the
world has well-night forgotten the
Brantwood episode of his career.
The matter has been brought particu
larly to mind by a recent examination
of Mr. Linton's papers, among which
are several mementoes of Ruskin. The
collection Includes two letters to Lin
ton in Ruekln's delicate and beautiful
handwriting, one of them singularly
characteristic. It is in reference to the
sale of Brantwood, expresses Ruskln's
we)l-known hatred of railroads, and
shows how this constitutional infirmity
nearly prevented him from spending his
old age beside Corniston Lake.
"I think there Is scarcely any doubt,"
he says, "but that I shall thankfully ac
cept your offer the time was when
there would be no doubt but the rail
road station, just under the "Old Man,"
has lately so enlarged its horrors that
it Is doubtful to me whether I can bear
the constant Bight of it even on the
other side of the lake; but I'll write
again very soon. I have been danger
ously ill, and though now, humanly
speaking, quite safe, I cannot write
much, but am ever, yours moet truly,
i John Ruskin."
It appears, however, that Ruskin
finally conquered hla aversion to this
particular railroad station, and that the
bargain was concluded a few months
after the date of this letter, August 12,
1871. '
It was not surprising that Mr. Lin
ton, in the spring of 1852, should turn
from the cares and anxieties of his Lon
don life, to seek the poetic solitudes of
Westmoreland. The few preceding
years had been years of strenuous, un
selfish work and bitter disappointment.
He had, a decade or so before, formed
that close, friendship with Mazzlnl that
remained, up to the day of his death,
the preeminent passion of hie' life; and
he had been teh enthusiastic co-worker
of the great patriot in all his enterpris
es for the rejuvenation of Italy and the
republlcanizatiom of Europe. He had
also become the friend of hucIi contin
ental celebrities as George Sand who
authorized him to translate her works
the Abbee Lamenais, Ledru Rollin,
Garibaldi, Admiral de Rohan, Kossuth,
and other patriots and exiles who re
garded the year 1848 as the "year of
European hope."- Linton had associat
ed himself with these men In nearly
all their attempts to make the time ful-
fll its promise; had even been present
' in Paris during the days of the barri
cades, and had become one of those so
cial and political outcasts so heartily
despised by the conservative English
man of that day a chartist. He had
even associated himself wifh Sir Charles
Gavan .. , Duffy In the contemporary
movement . for the nationalization of
Ireland, and had contributed vigorously
In prose and verse to Its mouthpiece,
the Irish Nation. Finally; all these agi
tations and outbreaks falling of their
end, he had, in conjunction with
Thornton Hunt the son of his ota
friend, Leigh Hunt and George Henry
Lewes, started a republican newspaper
in London, the Leader, which also,
chiefly owing to serious disagreements
between Linton and his confreres as to
the policy of the Journal, proved a dis
astrous failure.
It was in a somewhat chastened spir
it, therefore, that Mr. Linton left his
London associates in 1852 and started
life anew at Brantford. The Brant
ford to which he came, however, was
not the Brantwood of to-day; for Mr.
Ruskin In his thirty years' occupancy
made many alterations in the house and
grounds. The shrubs and trees in front
of the bouse, for example, of which the
former maBter was so fond, interfered
with. Ruskin's view of the; lake and the
mountains beyond, and' were conse
quently cut down. Ruskin also added
a turret ho the room that served as Lin
ton's : library and study which, from
the bow window, where he had his desk,
looked out upon the lake and the Old
Man looming up on the other side. The
house itself was a very substantial af
fajr, with walls a foot thick, built of
blocks of the slate stone found In the
neighborhood. In Linton's day a trellis,
covered with cluster roses, plrus japon
ica, elephant creeper and white jessa
mine, stretched along its front, reaching
to the second story, and the sides were
nearly hidden by tall laurels of various
kinds. Above the road was a strip of
garden, which, besides being noted for
several rare plants . seldom found in
England, such as the white-cupped cal
mia and the American goldenrod, con--tained
a rustic bench known as
'Wordsworth'a seat."
The particular purpose of Linton's so
journ at Brantwood was the continua
tion of the periodical he had started at
Leeds a year or two before the Eng
lish Republic. He, therefore, ordered a 1
printing-press from London, invited j
three young chosen spirits to become a ,
part of his household, and transformed j
a large barn lut- a printing and publi
A CAREFUL BUYER.
There were only four neighbors in
Tucker's general store, at the crossing
of the plank ridge and the state road,
when Silas Slosson entered.
"How be ye, boys?" he said collective
ly. "How be ye, SI?" was the reply.
"How's th' ol' lady?"
" Baout th' same; don't see much
change."
Silas crossed the store to the counter,
behind wMich stood Tucker, his face
wreathed in mercantile smiles, his fat
hands pressed against the varnishless
table.
cation office. Though Ruskin made " n"ei it De, Mistur biosson?" he
many changes at Brantwood, he evi- I asked.
dently had a certnin respect for the "Haow much ye gittin' fer C sugar?"
eanctum from which the monthly num- replied the prospective customer,
hers of the English Republic were is- "Six cents." - -
sued, for the words roughly Inscribed by
Linton over the portal, "For God and
the People," have remained undisturbed
up to the present time. Among the con
tributors to this somewhat iconoclastic
journal were such names as Joseph
Mazzlnl, Walter Savage Landor and
Wendell Phillips all of them Linton's
personal iriends and admirers; and the
paper also attracted the attention of
Carlyle. Its success, however, was not
all that had been anticipated by its
founder. English republicanism, be
sides being cooled by the events of 1848,
had been brought into contempt by the
failure of the "People's Charter" move
ment a year later, and Linton's sub
scription list was not inconveniently
long. He afterwards admitted that his
circulation depended largely upon his
generous distribution of free copie3
among the deserving and appreciative.
The English Republic, however, was
not a Journal to be despised; it was full
of vigorous writing, and is not unac
ceptable reading even at this late day
as Is illustrated by the fact thai the
public demand was sufficiently strong
in 1S90 to warrant a reprint, with in
troduction and notes, by Kineton
I'arkes. Among its most Interest fea
tures are the advocacy of practically
the same doctrines that are now chiefly
associated with the name of, Henry
George, and the foieshadowing of that
grand fetich of modern populism the
referendum. Other productions of the
in the later days at Appledore, not only
wrote and published his own books, but
printed (hem as well was a poem in
the "In Memoilam" stanza, "The Plaint
of Freedom" a work that Inspired
Landor's tribute to Linton, beginning
"PralFer of Milton, worthy of his
praise!"
In a way Brantwood became, during
Linton's occupancy, the ssat of the
English republicanism of that day. It
became a resort not only for the ad
vanced thinkers of hla own country, but
of a famous coterie of continental ex
iles, who had grouped themselves about
Maxzinl, and, undlscoumgcd by the
failures of 1848, were still plotting for
the downfall of the European monar
chies and the political regeneration of
the world. Such were Alexander Her
zen, a wealthy Russian of noble birth,
who had sacrificed all his estates and
the respect of his family and friends in
his efforts to overturn the government
of the Czar; and Stanislas Worcell, a
former count 'of Volhynla, the head of
the Polish refugees In London, who,
ruined in health and fortunes, was etill
working for the nationalization of his
unhappy land.
Mr. Linton was not without his Eng
lish friends, who were welcomed guests
at Brantwood the artists William Bell
Scott, one of the few survivors of that
time, Edward Wehnert and Thomas
Slbson; William Bridges Adams, hus
band of Sarah Flower, authcr of "Near
er, My God, to Thee," and other fa
mous hymns, who with her sister Eliza
was among the friends of Linton's early
manhood. There were several houses in
tho neighborhood .where the master of
Brantwood, as Mr. Linton was called,
was a welcome visitor, and he was es
pecially fond of a walk over the hills to
Ambleside, to call upon Harriet Mar
tlneau, with whom - he became very
neighborly. When Mr. Linton was not
engaged with his friends or his literary
work he devoted his time to his particu
lar art wood engraving. He repro
duced a number of the words of Ros
setti and Millals; was the artist, as well
as the engraver, of the illustrations in
Harriet Martineau's 'English Lakes,'
and also made tho drawings for a book
on the Lake Country, the text to which
was furnished by his wife, Eliza Linn
Linton, the well-known English author
ess who dies only a few months ago.
Linton lived at Brantwood from 1852
to 1857, and from 1883 to 1887 the inter
vening years he -leased the house to a
contemporary English poet who neglec
ted to pay his rent. In 1867 the place
was sold to Ruskin. Linton never re
turned to Brantwood, even for a brief
visit, though he kept on friendly terms
with his successor, ' occasionally ex
changing books with him. Linton's cor
respondents, who numbered many of
the notable names of the century, al
ways kept him well informed concern
ing the later master of Brantwood.
One of the most interesting bits of Rus
kiniana among Linton's letters Is the
following description of the last days of
his successor written by one of (he
leading literary Englishmen of the pres
ent day.
I am very glad that you speak so
warmly of Ruskin and I more than
agree with all you say. To me and to
the men of my generation, especially to
those who have known him personally
as I have, Ruskin must always be an
object of the deepest respect and love.
I feel that I owe to him more than I
can tell, not only in art, but in religion,
in politics and ethics, in the imagina
tive enjoyment of natural beauty.
Alas, his brain has been too much for
him; he worked it go intensely in youth
and early manhood that now it is all
awry. Sometimes, I am .told: he wakes'
up and talks, but only on ordinary sub
jects, and then his mind collapses and
he sits "like a great-grandfather of 90,"
unconscious of ail about - him. My
friend L , whoqi'he has known since
1853, was not at all sure that Ruskin
knew who he was, though Mr. Arthur
Severn thought he did know, and when
his .great friend Dr. Acland came to
Brantwood, Ruskin (as I hew) stared at
him, unconscious, then suddenly em
braced him, saying: "I know you, but
I don't know who you are!" Is not that
sad and touching? Another sad thing
is that he has spent every penny of his
large fortune, not wastefully, but in
overweening generosity; so that I be
lieve he and the Arthur Severns, who
take care of him, are living on the prof
Its of his books, and on the sum (four
teen thousand pounds I think) which he
set apart for Mrs. A. S. on her marriage.
MANY NEW BOOKS ADDED.
Recently Received at the Free Public1
Library.
The following new books have just
been added to the Free Public Library:
Arber. E. Shakespeare Anthology;
S2I0S A13.
tpenser Anthology; 8210S A12.
Atlay, J. B. Famous Trials of the
Century; S431 A.
Bacon, E. F. New French Course;
4482 B2.
Baker, , T., comp. and ed. Biographi
cal Dictionary nf Musicians; 9273 BIO.
Baldwin, W. C. African Hunting and
Adventures; 799 B7.
Barrett, W and Barron, E. In Old
New York; B275.1.
Beeching, H. C, comp. Book of
Christmas Verse; 82108 BIO.
Blyth, A. W. Foods, Their Composi
tion and Analysis; 664 B.
Bouvet, M. Tales of an Old Chateau;
j B66 T.
Bowman, I. The Story of Lewis Car
rol:; JU D661 B.
Breckinridge, F. A. ("Faith.") Recol
lections of a New England Town; 97462
BS.
Brine, M. D. From Gold to Grey; J
769'B.
Bryan, W. L., comp. Treaties In
Foice. 1S99; 3412 B.
Burnham, A. F. Natural History in
One Syllable; j 5904-B20.
Ca nd.ee, H. C. How Women May
Earn a Living; 658 C3.
Clarke, JVi. Story oi Aeneas;
CS.
Cook, A. S. Story of Ulysses;
C.
Crane, P. The Monster and Other
Stories; C85.6.
Crosby, W. E. Our Little Book for
Little Folks; J 3724 C.
Davis, H. C. comp. Commencement
Parts; 8085 R37.
Three Minute Readings for
Girls; SOS'S R38.
Day, W. Old Convict Days;
Dietrich, A., and Wldmann, J,
collections of Johannes Brahms
B.
Earle, Mrs. C. W.' More Pot-Pourri
From a Surrey Garden; 716 ICS.
Edminster, C. F. Architectural Draw
ing; 744 E3.
Ellis, E. S. In Red Indian Trails; J
E!0 I.
Uncrowing a King; j E1G U.
Field, C. L. Nannie's Happy Child
hood; j F4B2 N.
Fisher, W. E. G. The Transvaal and
the Boers; 968 Fl
LOCAL FINANCIAL NOTES.
FEATURES OF IXTJlREST TO XEW
HAYES IKFESTORS.
j 8731
j 8831
College
365 D.
V. Re
; B B731
Cuuaolldnled Rnllrond Slock-Onl ami
Wuler Block ell Hrltl-Ntw Haven
limilis-t hmliiKH nml ISnliiuci-s-Tlie
Dividend List.
New York, New Haven and Hartford
convertible fours have sold at 188, the
stock holds steady at 214 to 215, jvith
very few sales when we consider the
large capital of this corporation and its
distribution among many holdtrs in dif
ferent states. ,
Owners of the local gas company
stock are verv tenacious of their hold
ings, offers of $85 per share, eaual tj
340 pet cent., being refused. Ther-3 U
tome quiet inquiry for the stock of the
New Huven Water company, but none
is offered at rates quoted a short time
a t o. '
Holders of the stock of the United
States Rubber company dislike tc- see
the decline in quotations, the preferred
having dropped 20 points in a few
weeks, due largely to decreased sales
of its products;- though tho stock of
other industiial properties doing an
equally or more prosperous business
have been cuoicd at ft re'atively much
lower figure than tho Rubber stocks.
Clearings and balances of the New
Haven banks for the five business diys
of the week ending Fetruaiy 21 and for
the ccrrtsponding week of last year, are
furnishedibv the secretary .of the New
Haven clearing house by days, as follows:
NO SUITABLE HOUSE TO RENT.
F b. 19.,
Feb. 20..
Feb. 21..
Feb.! 22.
Feb. 23..
Fob. 24..
1900.
$18? W.'.l"
219 811.01
200,r,54.28
Holiday.
267,262.18
C91.382.21
Balances.
$25,973.02
62,106.78
38,066.40
Holiday.
75,333.48
66 254.12
1S99,
$230 545.35
251.590.75
242,615.51
Holiday.
327.728.5S
253,014.51
i $1,570,512.83 $258,338.89 $1,305,522.70
Increase week of 1900, $264,990.13.
Balances week of 1899,' $306,862.82.
Difference week of 1900, $48,528.93.
Clearings week of 1898, five days, $1,-342,596.71.
Cleaiings week cf 1897, five days,
1.58,940.39.
$1,-$1,-
six days, $1,-
Fcrd, Mrs. G. King Pippin; j F752 K. dealings week of 1896, elx day
Gale, N. Songs for Little People; j 422,637M6.
821 69 (G.
Garratt. H. A. The Modern Safety
Bicycle; 6S9 C.
Gold, T. S. Catalogue of Farms in
Connecticut for Sale; 330 G.
Griggs, E. H. The New Humanism;
170 'G16.
Guerber, H. M. A. The Story of the
Thirteen Colonies; j 973 G19.
Gunton, G. Trusts and the Public;
338 O.
Gwynn,
3 2489 G20.
Hall, T.
Religious
H14.
Hamp,
S. The Decay of Sensibility;
C. Social Meaning of Modern
Movements in England; 261
of
S. F. The Treasure
Mushioom Rock; J H181 T.
Hauptmann, G. The Sunken pell;
8328 HB.
Hoiden, E. S. Elementary Astrono
my; j 5202 H.
Homer. Story of Ulysses; j 8S31 C.
Hnwarth, A. Sword and Assegai;
H831.1. '
Ireland, H. A Green Mariner; 9104 I.
Johnston, A. F. Two Little Knights
of Kentucky; J J642 T.
Kimball. G. S., ed. Rhode Island in
the. Past; 91745 K.
Krausse, A'. ussia In Asia; 950 iv.
Lindsay, H. An Up-to-Date Parson,
and Other Stories; L643.1.
Lothrop'o Annual; j 051 Lo.
Mae Dougal. D. T. The Nature and
Work of Plants; 581 M6.
Meniman, H. B. Rellgio Pictoris; 2D4
M4.
Natural History Stories; j 5904N.
Nirdlinger, C. F. Masques and Mum
mers; 792 N.
Ocean Steamship Co. A Sketch of
Savannah, Ga.; 91758 O
Page, I. Guide
Drawing the
for
Acanthus, (etc.); 745 P. , '
Peard, F. M. Donna Teresa; P318.8.
Peters, W. T. The Children of the
Week; J P44C.
Powell, L. P.. ed. Historic Towns of
the Middle States; 974 F.
Practical Upholsterer, The; 645 P.
Rawnsley, H. D. Life and Nature at
the English Lakes; 91428 Rl.
Richmond, M. E. Friendly Visiting
Among the Poor; 361 R4.
Riley, A. C. D., and others. Songs of
the Child-World; 7848R4.
Rod way, J. In Guiana Wilds; R612.1.
Rogers, A. K. Brief Introduction to
Modern Philosophy; 102 R3.
Sagon, A When G-sorge the Third
was King: Sall.l.
Sayce, A. H. Babylonians and As
syrians; 91335 S3.
Shoemaker, M. M. Quaint Corners of
Ancient Empires; B13 S.
Sienkiewlcz, H. Knights of the Cress.
Vol. I.; S1U3.
Spencer. A. G. Bee Street Chapel
Discourses; 252 S26.
Stephen, H. L., comp. and ed. State
Trials. 2 v. 3431 S. '
Sunday Reading for the Young. 2 v.;
i cir.2 R:
Tarbell, I. M.- Life of Abraham Lin
coln. St.; b L63 Tl.
Tarde, G. Social Laws; 302 T4.
tire. A. Ure's Dictionary of Arts,
Manufactures and Mines. 4 v.; 603 U.
Wakeley. J. B. The Prince of Pulpit
Orators: Ceorge Whitfield; B W58 B.
Warner, F. The Nervous System of
the Child; 613 W6.
Warren, Uncle, ps. Animals and
Birds; ,1 599W. ' '
Webster. H. C. Through New Gui
nea: 919 W. v
Welsh, C. Publishing a Book; 655 Wo.
West. Sir A Recollections.2 v.; B
W516 A.
Wilson. H. W. The Downfall of
Spain; 9738 W12.
Wilson, L. L. W., ed. Handbook of
Domestic Science and Household Arts;
640 W.
Young Folks' Menagerlt; j 5904Y.
A CAMPUS THIEF CAUGHT.
W. G. Wing, a Yale freshman, re
ported to the detective bureau Saturday
the theft of $12 from his room in 522
Piereon hall. Detectives McGrath and
Daly were detailed to look into the case.
Inside of an hour they had the guilty
party in the person of William C. Retd,
a colored employe of a clothes-pressing
concern. He was also in possession of
two society pins, a number of stick pins
and a '92 class ring. He was locked up,
being unable to secure bail.
I Clearings week of 38
352.7SS.73.
Dividends soon due are:
American Linseed OI, preferred, 1 3-4
per cent., payable March 15; books clos
February 24.
American Steei, Wire, common,' 1 3-1
per cent., payable April .20; books cloje
March 10.
Baltimore and Ohio, preferred, 2 per
cent, payable April 2; . books close
March 15. , , , - f-, .( .
Boston and Maine, preferred, 3 per
cpnt., payable March 1; books close
February 15.
Boeton ard Maine, common, 1 3-4 per
cent., payable April 2; books cl:se Feb
ruary 28.
Boston and New York Air Lin-a, (Pre
ferred, 2 per cent., payable April 2;
books close March 20,,,.,
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, 1 1-2
per cent., payable MarclWS; books ciose
Febiuary 20. S
C. C. C. and St. Louis, 1 1-2 per cent
payable March 1; books close February
9.
Cleveland and Pittsburg, 1 3-4 per
cent., payable March 1; books close
February 9.
Chicago and Alton, preferred, 1 3-4
per cent., payable March 1; books close
Febiuary 20. '
Delaware and Hudson, 1 1-4 per cent,
payable March 15; books close Febru
ary 28.
Diamond Match company, 2 1-2 per
cent., payable March 12; books close
March 3.
Federal Steel, 2 1-2 per cent., payable
March 20; books close March 10. , .
Fcrt Wayne and Jackson, preferred, 2
3-4 per cent., payablo March 1; books
close February 20. v
Glucose Sugar company, 1 3-4 per
cent., payable March 1; booka close
Febiuary 10.
Iowa Central, preferred, 1 1-2 per
cent., payable March 1; books close Feb
ruary 19.
Illinois Central, 2 1-2 per cent., paya
ble March 1; books close January 31.
International Silver, preferred, 1 3-4
per cent., payable April 1; books close
March 1.
Northern Pacific, preferred, 1 per
cent., payable March 5; books close Feb
iuary 7.
National Lead, preferred, 1 3-4 per
cent., payable March 15; books close
February 24.
National Load, common, 1 per cent.,
payable March 1; books close February
15.
National Biscuit, preferrred, 1 3-4 per
cent., payable February 28; bookB close
February 19. '
, National Biscuit, common, 1 per
cent., payable April 16; books close
Apiil 9. -
Peoples Gas, 1 1-2 per cent., payable
February 26; books close February 16.
Reading, first preferred, 1 1-2 per
cent., payable March 8; books close
February 19.
Third Avenue. 1 per cent., payable
February 2S; books close February 20.
United States Envelope company,
preferred, 13-4 per cent., payable March
1; books close Fcbrruary 9.
Union Pacific, common, 1 1-2 per cent.,
payable April 2; books close February
28.
Six Months' Residence Hunting Done
by an Ambassador.
For more than six month? the ambas
sador of the-Unlted States, Charlemagno
Tower, and his agents were begging
and Imploring owners and agents of
residences in this city tha-t were vacant
or liable to become so to lease the same
to be used as an embassy for the Uni
ted States, but the answer was always
the same: "Mv house is for sale. I do
not care to rent it. Why doesn't your
government purchase a house to be
used for an embassy, aa other nations
have done? You are very rich and can
well afford to do so."
Unoccupied houses suitable for an em
bassy of go Important a power as the
I United states has become are not to be
I found readily, even in a city so large
and famous for its palaces as St. Pe-
tersburg. Such houses are usually oc
cupied by the owners or under a long
: lease to sonr; one of the great powers.
I When Ambassador Tower was ap
pointed to this post there was but one
vacant house In St. Petersburg suitable
for an embassy, and It had been unoc
cupied for several years by reason of
the high tent demanded forty thou
sand rubles per year and a considera
ble sum would be required to make it
suitable for an embassy, but whenithe
! ambassador was about to make terms
for the same its owner failed, and his
twelve trustees refused to rent, saying,
"It is for sale." , '
After six months, during which time
the ambassador and his agents kept up
' their search, the wife of a prominent
business man, who had met with busi
ness reverses, concluded to rent her res
idence 'to the ambassador, but refused
"to Insert the "diplomatic clause" by
which ambassadors and ministers are
pc-rmitted to surrender their lease In
case of recall or transfer to another
field, but he took the lease for two years
jot a rental largely in excess of that
paid by the American ambassador at
London. St. Petersburg Correspond
ence of the Washington Post.
Peoples' (ins Co m rottf,
x ill., K.lli., 1,111. fi: B. ijOlllg .... IU Ml
lio i'fd ST !I3
Pullman I'niiioe Car Co ........la" 1S8
lti-uilln.ir is: 111
i io 1st i'fd riii-fc rsij
lio 2U I'M 2: Ws
5omueni icamruy t'oiu 12
rviiiiiii'rii iiiuiwny no u,'!( EiJ
Southern Pacific HS ,W
St. I.uuis & Southwestern I'fd.. 2S 30'
Standard Hope , Twine Co... 'A 8
Tennessee Con I it Iron j 02:i TO
J t'xns & l'nelnc in J1114
1. 1111111 jiieine 4:r& 4!t;k
do rta , 70 Toy
1 iiiieu Biuies i-.xpri'HS i;o 4ii 4S
I'. S. Leather Co , il'i i:i
Tt J'V'fi U
V. S. Rubber to ,fS2i,4 83
Do I'fd o;t 10
Wo hash (jaj 714
lo Pfd 20V6 2(
iieiin-raiKO Impress LO J-S
Western I'nion IVIeirnink Co . . KM, H4Vi
Wheeling & Lake Krie 10V& 10
Uo 2d I'fd 27 2794
Goverument Jfonttn.
BUI.
U. S. ext. 2s, reg
T;. S. 3s, reg
V. S. 3s, coupon
U. S. 3s, small bonds. .
4s, reg., 1H07
4s, coupon, 1007
4s, reg., 11123
4s, coupon, 11123.......
3s, reg., 1!!()4
3s, coupon, 1904
D. (.'., 3-ti3s
Asked.
103 m ..
lOUfidUlOVi
10l4ll0,i
10i),4fti'110tt
no (Sin
dillT
ftt im
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!115
frtllj
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110
135
135
114
114
118
Quotations of Acflve Tioml.
Iilil. Asked.
At., Top. & S. Fe Ity gen g 4s.. 100
At. ,Top. & R. Fe adj. gen 4s. . 81
Brooklyn 11. T. Co. cts (is
Central lty of N. .1. gen mtg 5s. 122
('., It. I. & Pacific ext. GS..Y...100
Chesa. & (Wiio gou g 41,4s QH
Krie 1st con. prior lien g 4s.... 89
Munlmttuu KI. con. mtg -Is., . . ..W.iVa
Mo., Kan. & T. 1st mtg 4s. M
'Mo., Kan. & T. 211 mtg 4s 6a
Mobile & Ohio gen mtg 4s 80
N. Y., Out. & W. gen mtg 5s....l0tr
N. Y., Sus. & West, gen mtg 5s 04
Nor. Pacific prior gen mtg 15s. .10i!?i
Xor. Pacific gen lien g 5s 6054
Oregon Short Line 5s ll!
l'liilu. & ituaillug gen mtg 4s.... 83
Klo Grande & West. 1st mtg 4s.
Southern By 1st con g 5s 1074
St. Louis & Soutli'w. 1st mtg Ds 00
Texas & I'acIUfi 1st mtg 5s.... 113
Union Pacific 104
Wabash Ity Co. 1st mtg g 5s llfl4
Wabash lty Co. 2d mtg 5s 09
lorua
82',i
107
12S
1011
104
01
C5ya
87
107
04W
104
o?4
115
8314
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107
wo
114
loiy-j
110
frtmuicwl.
We Have a Good List
of choice bonds and guaran
teed stocks for sale at prices
rn npf frnm a C - .
nviii ij. iu j per CCI1C,
Send for Special Circulars. ,
H. C. Warren & Co.,
Bankers,
108 ORANGIS STREET.
lliai in Htra Bait
Chartered as a State Bank
A. D. 1792.
Orngulzed as a Nntiomil Bank A n isni
NEW HAVKN, Jan. 9t 1 ion
At the Annual Meetfuir nf th. oV-,.."!?:. .
ers of this Bank, held this day, the to lo.
lng named Directors were chosen to serv
for the ensuing year, viz.: .
wiijUuk if. DAY,
IIEMtV L. HOTCHK1SS.
LOUIS H. BRISTOL,
K HAYES TUOWBKIDGB.
TIMOTHY DWIGHT,
GEORGE H. TOWNSEND,
THEODORE S. WOOLSE?.
Attest: It O BERT I. CO0CH. Cashier.
WILBUR F. DAY, President. jul it
HENEY L. HILL,
EXPERT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT,
Qualified by 30 Years' Practical Ex
pcrlence. '
Investigation!, Audits, and Adjustment!.
New Haven and elsewhere, self or aaslitaoti.
18-2 First Mat'J Bank Building,
23 tl 42 CHCROH STRHBX. I.
IVrw York Cotton Kxcliailr.
Reported over private wire by H. C. Fried
man & Co., bunkers and brokers, 10 Wall
street, N. Y., and 7U3 Chapel Street, New
Haven. N. A. Tanner, Manager of Local
Brunch. Opening. Closing.
IHiutuctal.
Ai 11 roitti srtHiK x.i icn nr.
0ipiiliifr, lllqlli-st, I.ntvest Quofnf lull
On the New York Stock Exchange, reported
by l'rlnce & Whltely, Brokers, 15 Center
Street, New Haven.
Open. High, Low. Last.
Am. Steel Wire. ,.
Am. Sufrnr Co....
Am. Tin l'lnte Co.
Am. Tobacco Co..
At, T. & S. Fe ..
Do I'M
Baltimore & Ohio.
Do I'M -.
Brooklyn It. T. Co.
57
110
HUi
107
20
02-Ji
01
78
Canuda Southern .-. 48
Central of N. J 1171n
Cliesa. & Ohio .... 24
(.'., 11. it t) 12214
('., Mlhv, & St. V. .121
(.'., It. I. & I'aclfle. 10714
('., C, C. & S. L. . 50
Col. Fuel & Iron... 4
Con. Gas 188 i
Cunt. Tobacco 81
Dela. & Hudson., .-.110
Deln., L. & W 1804
I-'eileval Sloel ..... 5HV4
Do i'fd TAY-i
Louis, ti Nash.,;.,. 8i4
Manhattan III H7V4
.Me. HI. Hallway.. .174!4
.Missouri Pacific ..'. 45'
N. Y. Ceiirul i:i:o,i
N. Y Out. & West. 24
Norfolk & West.... 32
Do I'M , 74
Northern l'ueltle .. 5234
I'aelfle Jlall !W
Pennsylvania .. ...lU;t
Peonies' Gas Co.,.. 'JH
Phiiii. & Heading.. Ill
Do 1st PI'd .... 50
Southern Pacific . . 8
Soul hem lty I'M. . 57
Temi. Conl & iron. U5H
Union Pacific ..... 40
Ho Plil 7IK
!. 8; Rubber Co. . 32'4
U. S. Leather Co., 13
Ho PM 74
Wabash i'fd 20'4
Western Union ... 84
Wheelliin:, L. File ..10
Do 2d Pfd ...... 27
57
1HV4
31 V4
10SV4
20 '4
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78
72
4874
U7V4
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122
121'fc
107V4
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188
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110
180 Vt
53
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173
45
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57
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February 8.83 8.83
March 8.77 8.83
April 8.80 8.84
May 8.80 : 8.80
June 8.82 . 8.85
July i 8.82 8.83
AugiiRt .'. , i. 8.72 8.70
September .... 8.03 8.14
gftttKttctaJ.
Have. you a SAFE .
Place for your SECURITIES?
If not, why not
Try one of our SAFE
Deposit Boxes?
THE NEW HAVEN TRUST CO.,
42 Church Street. .
Cloning Prices.
Following are the closing prlpes reported
uy I'linee & wiiiieir, iiiuiKeis nuu nioRcrs,
new 1
02 Broadway,
New Haven.
klork, and 15 Center st,,
urn. Asuea
Porous Piaster
THE
STANDARD REMEDY
V
QUICKEST,
SUREST.
SAFEST,
BEST.
Never Accept a Substitute.
Adams Kxpress Co 115 117
Aineilean Cotton Oil Co 3J 34
1)0 Pfd 04 05
American Kxpiess Co 140 150
Am. Smell lng & Meaning Co. .. 80V4 30
Do Pill W4 110
American Steel Wire Co 57V6 57
Do Pfd 02 02
American Sugar Hefiiilng Co ...111 ' 111
Do Pfd 112 112'A
American Tin l'lnte Co 31 32
Do Pfd ; 81 83
Anaconda Copper Mining Co ... 43 43
Atemnon, r op. a o, i'e 20
DO I'fd H2 02
Do ad.l. 4 per cent 82 82v,
Baltimore & Ohio (il 01
Do Pfd 78 '4 78 'A
rtnv State (Inn Co 1 I7t
Hrooklyii itnpiu Transit 00 00
HnuiKwick Co 11 12
Canuda Southern 48 48
Canadian Pacific 08 08'4
centra or new jersey iiioa 117
Chewi. & Ohio oting Cts 2s 28
(. inc., . w w
Chlciinii & IhiKt Illinois 03 04
Do i'fd Old 122
Culciiuu tii-fiit Western 1314 13
Do 1 Id 72V, :2-
Chicago, Mlhv. & St. Paul 121 .!!
DO Pill HI 172',
Clilcaco NortlnvcHtcrn 158 101
Chicago, II. I. & Pacific 100 11.17
l uicilgo, IM. x., .u. hx umaiui ,.xiu JIO
Cleveland, C, ('. & HI. LouIh... 58 50
Col., Hocking Valley ifc Toledo.. 33 33
Co orudo Fuel k Iron 43 43A
1 onsoiiuareo uas uo j.i
Coullneiital Tobacco Co 31 31
Do Plil ; 8414 8.)
Dela. & lludHon Canal Co 110 117
Dela., Lack. WcMtern 18014 182
DenviV & Klo (Inuide I'fd 71 72
DiHtilllug Co. of America 7 7
Do Pfd 27 27
Erie 12 12
Do 1st Pfd !!7 38 If,
Do 2d Pfd 10 20!i
Federal Steel 52 53
Do Pfd 73 73
General Klcetrlc Co 120 128
UlucTOiu Sugar llellnory 5014 51
Do Pfd 08 loo
Great Northern Pfd 157 150
Illinois Central 112 113
International Paper Co 22 23
Do Pfd 07 OS
Internatlimiil Silver Co 8 !)
Laclede (las (Vo 70 74
I. like l-lrle K- Western 21
Do I'fd : 84 85
Louisville k Nashville 81 81
Manhattan Klevatcd 05 0104
Met. St. Hallway 173 174
iUC.ll'!l!l ll'UUIll J 1
Mo., Kan. & Texas 1014 11
Do Pfd 32 33
Missouri I'acllic 45 45
Nuloiiul lliscult 30- 30
National Lead Co 21 2."
Do Pfd 104 I01114
National Steel Co 40 48
Do lTd 05 oti
N. Y. Air Iliake l'O 120
,". V. Central & Hudson 132 132
N. Y.. Chicago &- St. Louis 121', 13
New York & New Unveu 213 " 215 "
N. V.. Out. it Western :7 o4
Norfolk & Western Pfd 74 71
Northern Pacific , 52 R2
Do Pfd w, . 74 74
Pacific Mail S. S. ('0 30 37
Pennsylvania It, K 133 134 1
THE V
National Tradesmen's Bank.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
Capital, $300,000
Surplus and Profit l5,000
Accounts of Individuals, Firms, and Cor
Derations received.
Exchange on Great Britain, Ireland, and
rue comment,
Letters of Credit, for use of travelers,
issued ror casn or against avauaDfe col
lateral. ......
Correspondence Invited.
W. T. FIELDS, President.
A. W. DeFOREST, Vice President.
ROBERT FOOTE, Cashier.
H. W. THpMSON, Asst. Cashier.
$40,000
To Loan on Real Estate,
AT
4K, 5, and 6 per' cent,
ACCORDING TO LOCATION
VALUE OF SECUKITr.
JOHN E. LOMAS,
INVESTMENTS nnd INSURANCE, "7
850 Cbapel Street.
Telephone 402-5. gog
Security Insurance Cot1
, of New Haven. , ;
' OFFICE, 87 CENTER STREET.
Cuhlmu January 1, 1900,0004,190.00
DIRECTORS 1 :
James D. Dewell, B. Mason,
Joel A. Sperry, .0. Stoddard,
S. B. Merwln, William R. Trier,
John W. Ailing, T. Attwater Barnei.'
cnas. iy. Bneidon.
CHARLES S. LEETH, H. MASON,
President Secretary.
I. D. DEWELL, H. C. FULLER,
Vice President. Aai't Secretary.
nrry burglaky, fire
ULN FORGERIES,
By Hiring a Safe in tho Vault of -
Mercantile Safe Deposit Co.
Annual rental o safe from FIVB to
S1XTX DOLLAUS. Absolute security foe
Beads, Stocks, Wills, Bullion, Plate, Jew
elry, Precious Stones, and all evidence of
values. Access to vaults tnrougn me bank
ing room of the Mecbanlcs Bank.
Tl CHURCH, cor. CENTER STREET
Con Don rooms for convenience of natrons.
All persons Interested ere cordially invited
10 in. ect me company s premises 1 opea
from 8 a. u. to-1 p. m. .
CAPITAL,
flOO.OOO.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL,
$1,000,000.
Tie Oil Trust Cipp
NEW HAVEN.
CHARTERED by the State of rnn..u
iMit with authority to act as Exunnnr. . a
miulstralor, (iuardlan, Receiver or Trustee
under will or deed. cc'
Is a legal depository of money paid intn
Court and all Public Trust Funds. Acts as
Trustee for Municipalities, Corporations
nnrl Individuals, and administers i..t. .
all kinds. Empowered to act as registrar of
hnnriM. Ol' Other ftvlrlnnno. ., 1...,..
edness', manage sinking funds, and do all
business such as Is usually done by Trust
It also does a general Banking business
ftnilecttnir checks, notes. couuon. n-nA '
ceives deposits. The principal of each Trust
Is invested by Itself and kept separate and
npart from the general assets of the Com
pany. ...
This Company is by law regularly exam
Ined bv the Bank Examiner of the Kim.
Connecticut.
UISMU it. nuitrinins, resident.
EUGENK S. BRISTOL, Treasurer.
Prince &WWtely,
BANKERS AND BROKERS.
No. 52 Broadway, New York,
AMU-,
15 Center Streat, New Havst
MemberM N. T. BtocK Exchange, Product
Exchange, auu -un.-uu uuru 01 xraae.
C. B. BOLMER,
'Uanugcr tvew tiuven Brunch.
and
ud
ALL CLASSES OF RAILWAY STOCKS
COTTON. BOUUUT AND SOL1J iw
COMMISSION.
Connected by Private Wire vlth New Tor.
U ,mt.n anil Clilnn .rn. '
INVESTMENT SECURITIES
A SPECIALTY.
1TTTJ TtTTT nr
BANKERS.
Dealers in Investment r
Ci " A;
OBCUriLlQS.
Nassau and Pins Streots, N. Y. Gil,
No. 27 Stats Street, Boston.
H. C. Friedman & Co.,
BANKERS and BROKER3,
10 Wall Street, New York..
Members N. T. CON. STOOS BXOHANO
end N, X. FSODUCH BXOBANQH,
New Haw Office,
763 CHAPEL STREET,
uoomi Zand tf.
NORMAN A. TANNER,
We Offer SnDject to Sals
250 Shares
Winchester Avenue
R. R. Co.
KIMBERLY, ROOT & DAY,
133 Orange St (
Fire Has No Effect
On a man's business If lie carries sufficient
Insurance to cover all loss.
Old and reliable companies representee, or
JOHN C. BUK 1 11, AjJ't,.
TO CHURCH STREET.
Tha New Haven Real Estate
Tit a ComDanv.
132 Orange Street, Sew 1 Liven, Conn
INCORPORATED 1805.
Insures against every delect of title for
purchasers and mortgagers. Mortgages on
New Haven Real Katnte, double security,
constantly on hand tor Investors.
JAMES GARDNER CLARK, President.
JAMES KINGSLET BLAKE, Secretary.