The Newtown bee., 1878-10-10
NEW HAVEN, Oct Eth

NE" HAVEN, Oct- fth-
 The election for members of the Board Of Education, few days since, resulted in the selection of three persons, who are pledgep to reinstato devotional exercises in the public schools.
 With the going down of the sun. on Sept. 21th, colnmenced the 5,639th year Of the Hebrew calendar, and the dawn of the following Saturday ushered in their New Year. During the proceeding weck, the Hebrew denomination closed all there places of business, and joined in the pray CTS and fasting, which their church re- quires.
 The authorities of the city are doing 6 good work in having the main part of Chapel street torn up and repaired, by laying walks through the Green" and by improving the appearance of the city generally. They have also bourded up the old State House, to the regret of the younger portion of the inhabitants.
 The Operatic season has opened quite successful Emma Abbott apperared in "Fasut' and Bohemian Girl" last Tues day and Wednesday,, and gave great satls- faction to q large and appreciative au- dienco. Those who saw with delight Mary Anderson play the part of Parthenia in ''Ignomar" last Winter, will be delight ed to laarn that she will probably be in Now Haven the 1st part Of November.
 The students of the different classes are taking great interest, this Fall, inathlet ie sports of all kinds, Baseball receives particular attention, and practice games takes place every Wednesday. and Satur- day afternoons at Hamilton Park; whilo the football teams take their little ex- ercises' daily. Neither are the crews far behind the other i'll faithful honest swolk Great interest is erinced for the navy just now. for the reason that the College Regatta comes off Saturday, the 12th, Ut Saltonstall. and each class wishes to car " of the honors.
 The Dean of Westminster, private min
 
 prayers, Friday, the 27th.
 'ol, the Sophomore class seems likely to carry off the championship for base ball. from the rest of the departments of the College. In every game which she has played yet, she has come off victori- ous. In a match with the Freshmen, last Saturday, by dint of hard work and bulldczing, 'S1 conquered by score of S-4. On the following Wednesday, by q similar score, she ovcrcanIe ST. She has. thus, beaten the two best classes in Col lege besides herself. and to all appearance will go on eonquering to the end of tue season.
 There was rush" appointed for Sat urday evening, between the Freshmen and Sophomores, but the courageous Freshmen who have been pretty well used up since the last rush, both by the society initiatio-4s. and by being put to bed" etc, failed to put in ansappearancc. It Is a very common saying that, each Freshman class contains the ',grecnest" looking fellows, of any class that ever entered College. But the proyerbial in nocence of the Freshmen of the different American Colleges can not be potter ll- ilstrated than by the following:
 YR DARTMOUTH FRESHMAN.
 (From The Dartmo,dh.
 It was a Freshman, and it happened about dusk Thursday evening. We found him wandering diseonsolately through the dust and ashes of Bcd-bug alley. Upon being questioned as to the cause of his discontinue. he exclaimed: :-"Darn it. don't get the knack of them lamps there (pointing to the gas-fixtures}-they don't have the confoundcd things out of our way" Why. continued he. perhaps you wouldn't believe it. but I've been try ing to t,un up fhot srick for these two hours and can't raise her. Now AND THEN
 CONSUMPTION CURED.
 An old physiean. retired from practice. having had piseea ia his han is bs an Eazs India fnisssoa- sry the fsrmul. af simple vsgeszhs remedy. fox
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