The Newtown bee., 1878-08-15

 of Mir. ii. NJ. Boiles wore next visited. rhugorti line and beautiful lreus Wnru blown over. Ills house was slightly damaged, windows and window blinds being broken, 4 line and large Hall IT. t was very badly damaged, and a line or chari continuing rare and costly irrns, Werc mora or lusa ruined, Air, John x. Gum had lha roof uI hls barn taken completely uII and carried long Wnys, Search has buan made for nearly mile in every direction, but nothing has ypt boon found of ll, His trees worh nearly nll broken oli. Four large glaasos were broken out of bay window and his house was more or less Injured, Tho tornado did mol visit any porllon or New Preston except the plrtiJn where the nboye-nnnl,d parties Aynl, From Mfr tiunns the tornado tr-ssed kinney Hill, taking In lls eourae trcns and nearly wely feucu. Tho orchards owned by Dencon S. J. Ayerlll were badly damaged, Some trees were ul- ken twenty-lye ruda in tho gnlc, hh'l nearly six hundred barrels oI apples were blown On. On New Preston nlll the buildings and orchards belonging iO <. Newton were very Duuly damaged John Ackley had forty line young nll'ic trees blown over, large tobacco barn unroofed, and his house was uore or less damaged. We, as Il community, have every reason to bo thunKIul thhl no lives were lost in the fearful storm The ruins of the tornado have ba'h tis' tied by hundreds uI people. hc NJ" York reporters have also Nisllbd New Preston. Fine residences that were shaded by beautiful and stately trees art now left destitute of every gf'cL lhln5' The work Of life time was m m .nl cuses ruinel in four minutes. Iht most remarkabls feature oi Inc storm which was quite laughnbl"' yet -au' wa' this: A certain ludy Who llicd where the tornado passed went 10 thc outside door for the purpose of closing Il, and when in the uct oI doing so, the wlnC tore the ololhing from her person ant ths air was 50 full of leaves that sh' couId not see the first thing. She de scrjbed the scene aS terrible. Large sticks of timber and boards were ear fied in the air for nearly mile. | really seemcd that the heavens wer' full of timber and leaves. The lots fol miles around are covered with shingle' and boards. Large ganss of workmeI are being employed to clear awy lh' doris. Yet it Is with sad thought aha ", note the altered condition of th' prosperity. Truly 'al we say that o strange and mysterious indeed are th' wlys of the Lord" REPORTER.
 At the quarterly temperance meeting which was held last week Wodnesda, evening. the following officers wer elected: E. H. Bcardslcy, President ,-elected Frank Newton and Mrs. S Williams, Vice-Presidents; H. Ian cashire, Sect'y; and Mrs. Walter Burn ham, Treasurer. The union have elect ed new President and one which vii be pride to the union.
 A large number attended the gram excursion up the Noble Hudson" las week Friday, and every thing passed oi M very creditable manner.
 The regular monthly tcmperanr meeting was held Sabbath evening, an' very interesting one it was.
 Among the recent arrivals may D mentioned Mr. and Mrs. L. Baldwin an son from Wol9ottyil.e. Mrs. M. ; Beeman of Litchiicld, H., Miss Nelll Merwin of Bridgeport, Miss Nellie Boot of Monroe, Conn.,, and Fred. Co+Swe of New Britain, Ct WHO: