The Newtown bee., 1878-01-17
Danbury.
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 George Brown was arrested in New. ark, and brought to Danbury for lrisl, as one of the parties who broke into the Union Hat Factory, and stole hats. He was bound over to lhe superior court un- der $500 bonds. His brother remarked at the time that it was too bad to put him in jail for so small sum, and said .ha, he would have put the amount in his pocket, if he had only known that il
 would have been needed. AS no one was ready with the bonds he was kept under custody, over night, at he Turner House, his brother returning to Norwalk for money to give bail for his appearance at court. s. e,. ',
 In the morning he was put in jail, and in the course of the day, Friday, bis bro. ther returned with the money, 10 give bail for him, which was refused by Mir. Sherwood the keeper of the jsil. Browns brother then went to the officer that had him in charge, who went with him 10 the jail, and released Brown. His brother slipped some money in his hand, and said 'go !'which was all that was re. quired, and off he went. so the officers of Danhnry have got to lookq once more for their prisoner We hope they will catch him, and profit by this lesson, and keep him.
 The weather for the past week or ten days has been combination of All seq sors. First we had an opera of Winter winds, then blanket of snow, and soon after the thermometer and our ears poin> el to some inches below zero. Runners and wheels entered into contest fur the championship of The road. and fm time there was not much sdvantage on ci her side. The bells did not have he jolly ring that denote good sleighiug, and the heels were without much ani- nation in their movements Jack Frost made some very fine e,chings on the panes of our chamber window, but the pictures lacked warmth of expression, ,ap index of his OWE character, which he had brought out in tue tranquil quiet oi the night, and the prevailing sentirnena appealed directly te our feelings. A change was soon apparent, Wednesday appeared to have been transferred from May to January, and for The remainder of the week the latter was as tender hearted and weeping as April. Instead of the artistic touches of Jack F-os, there were tear drops on the window.
 Pickerel fishing is now the prevailing sport, and our lakes have yielded up large quantity within the past few days. Over hundrcd were taken at Kenosia on Wednesday, and the Bshermen st Lake Neversink have been very success. ful, securing several that weighed, ,singly, two pounds and oyer. It is some years since we dropped g line to the denizens of Taunton Lake Since then several generations of black bass have come and gone, some of thsm-but we are an. ticipating period not far in the future when we shall meet the BEE.man there, break the ics between us and the inhabf tsat beneath, and arrive at closer reIa- .ionship (assimilatiye) with some of the best of them. We have frequently thought there was strong characteristic that marked both editor and pike--they are always ready to seize an item, and for the life of us cannot tell which does ii the most yoraeiously. But we must Hook out, for We imagine we see the sting of that BRE, in perspective and that is just where an editor has the ad. vantage.
 The closing lecture of the Lyceum Course was delivered by Col. Higgisson on Friday evening last, and was very ia ,eresting and instructive. The speakers vie ws on the "Arisiocfacy of the Dollar were received with general satis faction Rev. Mr. Hershey stated that be would endeavor 10 secure Joseph Cook, and if successful be would appear iB March MT. Hershey thanked his patrons, and promised them that his next lecture course should Dc equal to the one just completed.
 The tenth annual masquerade ball, of James E. Moore Post, No. IS. c. A. R. will take place Thursday evening, Jan. i7,h, q, Military Hall From what we hesr the committee propose to make this