The Newtown bee., 1878-07-18
Danbury.

another picnic at Parlor Rock some time in september--not quite satisfied with tho 5th of July.
 The Kohanza Hose Co. No. are out with posters announcing a summer nigl { entertainment at Wilaman's grove on Monday evening July 22. Some of our local papers call it moonlight enter tainment Moon rises on that night four minutes before eleven. But come early 1; their entertainments are not generally all moonshine. Ives, with his musit tians will be there.
 An attempt was made, if is thought, to burglarize the residence of NJ. r. Taylor, Esq, Saturday night week, on Deer Hill avenue. Mr. T. heard voices, and the sound ot u wagon driving away, and saw In the morning marks of ladder, which had evidently been placed against the house.
 The Washington (Conn.) taso ball boys came here the other day and defeat ed the S s. s. club. Our boys sly they will try that again, and lick 'em " yet. The reformed men went to Beaver Brook on Sunday afternoon in force for temperance meeting.
 On Thursday last a man by the name of J. W. Morehouse, q natter 5 or 40 years of age, formerly of New Preston, committed suicide by taking arsenc.- Domestic trouble is supposed to be the cause. In the morning he was before Justice Burk with q charge of assault against one Dwight ". Gregory, his brother in-law. Gregory denied the charge The wife of Morehouse, Greg oryIs sister, witnessed the affair, but on being sworn denied any assault and substantially corroborated her lrother's statement Gregory was discharged. Monehouse was dejected and seemed careworn, and, after the court, related q pitiful story of trouble to the justice, who advised him to go home and calm him. self and rest. He very soon went to a drug store bought the fatal poison, which was put up in paper and ,beled "poison," and went to the Wooster House, called for glass of beer, added the arsenic and swallowed it. On his way home ne told different parties what he had done, that he was tired Of living, and wanted to die Medical aid was called, bMt failed. He died about 5 o'clock Domestic difficulty few days before resulted in his wife leaving him, and he was alone. His remains were taken to New Preston on Saturday.
 OTa Tuesday of last week young man arrived at the Wooster House about Il o'clock in the forenoon, having walked from Stratford' that morning. He had walked from New York to Stratford two or ti,ree days before, taking parts of two days for it. He started from New York with the intention of walking to Albany for his vacation After refreshing him Scls ssAfI ESSiDS uDuht bnlCC IouIS HI Danbury, he started for Brewste"'s St. tion, N. Y, to meet the mp train on th , Harlem road to take the cars in case he Jagged under the hot weather. He was good walker. When he turned off from Main into West street he went with the spring and suppleness of an antelope. his broad-brm turning up in the breeze, and the skirts of his wrapper iIuttering like sheets in inc wind. We did not learn his name
 The St, James EpiscopaD Sunday school went to Parior Rock yesterday Wednesday, for their annual picnic.
 Lieut. Commander Dickens, U. s. N, has been enjoying vacation at his pleasant Anchorage in Danbury.
 The popular counting-room man of the Newa office has entered ErnestIy into domestic bliss documents dated last Thursday
 The hen that laid the eggs brought to Danbury by Mrs. c. G. BIakeman, of Palestine, recently (and which we put our tooth into), has talent for large eggs. If she did not cackle an extra cackle of triumph when she laid those eggs, she is a modest hen and hides her talent under [a bushel. Several of them would fill a quart measure. ......
 By the way, Mr. BEE, is "we singu- lar or plural number? It is singular that we get no items from Palestine through the BEE.
 The shower Tuesday of last week flooded the street near the Pahquioque block. Said an uptown neighbor to Judge Peters, who holds forth in that neighborhood, "You have had a deluge here" "Yes, replied the judge, we're so wicked here they've tried to drown us out: next thing will be f<e." Everybody within circle of thirty miles knows Judge Peters; he has fiddled and shaved for more than half century; his shin ing face is now turned towards the setting sun. and still his elbow is timber; he is intelligent and keeps an intelli- renee office. A Danbury man got a eoIored boy through his agency. After A few days he met the judge and told him the boy he sent him was frst-class boy. only he was confounded lazy, and vxould lie so he could place no depend- enee on him. "well," said the judge, atbe darkies will lie; l think have