Connecticut western news., 1884-06-04
Am Afternoon at Norfolk.

We recently spent an afternoon at Norfolk, calling on the merchants and other friends.
 At present there is a sharp eompeti- ton among the merchants. and groceries and provisions especially, are being sold very low.
 There are four stores carrying gen. eral assortment of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, etc; also one store building just completed, but not occu- pied yet. In addition to these there is the furniture store, millinery store, drug store, iewelry store and store where stoves, tin-ware, glassware, etc., is sold and perhaps some small store that we did not observe.
 Situated on the main street and facing the park is the large store of W. I. Sparks. MT Sparks has been in business there several years. He carries a heavy stock of general merchandise and does a large and profitable business.
 Jeweler F. B. Catlin occupies a DOT tion of Mir Sparks store and not only carries a full line of watches, clocks, sil- ver-ware and iewelry, but deals in mus ical instruments as will be seen by ref erence to his advertisement in another column.
 G. W. Scoville's warerooms are op- posite Mr Sparks store. Mir Seoville has made arrangements with one of the best and most complete furniture stores in this part of the state and is prepared to furnish anything in that line at bot tom prices. He sells parlor furniture, black walnut, ash and painted suits, din ing room and kitchen furniture, also can supply you with furniture made to or der, in any style and covering, also up- holstered goods are repaired and re-cov- cred by him. His stock of opaque shadings, dado shades, shade pulls, cord and spring balance fixtures, etc., is the best ever shown in Norfolk.
 The new Hall building is not quite completed yet, but the first floor is fin ished and is occupied by Messick < Cone's store and Miss Murray's millin- cry establishment.
 Messick X Cone are new firm. Their store is handsomely fitted up and they have a fine assortment of goods, and al- ready are doing quite good business.
 Opposite the Hall Is Mir William Thurston's stove and tin-ware store. We judge business IS good with him, for he Is ''enlarging his borders and strengthen ing his stakes" by making extensive additions and improvements on his building.
 Mir George T. Johnson is doing large business and has the most extensive and convenient drug store in this county. He carries an immense stock of drugs, paints and oils, lamps, glassware, fancy goods, toys and other wares too numer- ous to mention, and occupies four floors of his building to display hls assort. ment.
 Messrs Clark X Bassett have full assortment of general merchandise and do an extensive business. They have just received fine line of new goods adapted to the season.
 Mir E. A. Cobb has just built a new store at West Norfolk and filled it witI bran new stock of groceries and pro visions, dry goods, boots and shoes, crockery, glassware, wooden-ware, etc and is selling them at rock-botton prices. Mir Cobb has an extensive ac l quaintance in Norfolk and vicinity ant , is very popular. For many years Il, was in the employ of Mir J. K. Shepard and built up large trade, which vii go with him to his new store. All liver and malaTial diseases curaf