The Newtown bee., 1879-04-22

got frightened iii Sandy Hook one day last week and started off at fearful r;tte ot speed, but luckily for the owner of the establishment the horse was caught by Edward Troy, who displayed skill and courage equal to "Sport" ill his palmiest days.
 How can oae of two persons born at the same hour of the same day in the year 1S49 be two years older than the other? Because one of them Is thirty years old and the other is thirty, too. This was perpetrated by our 'devil, and we shall banish him for life.
 We publish in this issue the adver- | tisemcnt of w. w. Savage, of Bridgeport, who is offering bargains in the clothing | line. MT. Savage has a neat store which is we'll filled with all the latest styles of | gentlemen's clothing He is selling at the lowest bottom figures. Call and see him.
 MT II. N. Blood has succeeded MT. G. w. Northrop, retail natter, of Bridge port, Conn.,, and, ils Blood will tell, we | hope hewill make successful successor, -Hat. Cup aud tlu' Trade Reriep.
 The Ne,oto,en Bee, one of our spleiest exchanges, has of late been much i'm proved Bro Pearce, with his lively
 
 work, and richly deserve the encourage ment the5 are receiving.-P1anu0s County
 Honitor,
 John McMahan killed snake in | Hawleyvillo last week after a battle of three hours. Bremen says that John went home for fail, which took up ! some of the time.
 -Chas. Canneld who is in the employ 1 Ni,.l,. tNs-it bgS 1 injury to his left eye on Monday noon, by | having a stick of wood strike him there while cutting wood.
 --Herbert Skidmore, youngest son of P. H. Skidmorc, Esq, has been quite sick, but under the care of Dr. Monroe Jud5on Is rapidly improving.
 A son of Mr. Michael Bradley, of Han over, accidentally cut off tho forelinger of his right hand one day last week. Dr. | Williams, of Broookfeld, dressed the 1 wound. --.
 MT Edward Taylor is having his ho- l tel in Slndy Hook repaired and renovated on the interior by having the rooms new ly papered and painted. Smith and Per llins are doing the work. Mir. Taylor has purchased new furniture.
 Rev. Allen Clark, of Olvet church Bridgeport, exchanged pulpitS with Rev. J. P. Hoyt last Sunday. Mr. Clark gave notice that the pastor, Rev. J. P. Hoyt will deliver a discourse, next Sabbath af- ternoon appropriate to the fifth anniver- sary of his pastorate.
 Two interesting grandchildren of | Hon. Teo. W. Bradley, a son and daugh- ter of Mrs. Jessie Drew, havo been quite i'll with typhoid fever. The little boy is not much improved but tho girl is said to be getting better. Dr. Judson attends | them.
 Go and see Dr. Moore, the great ven- tiloquist and clcctro-psychOlogis We'd nesday night, in Custer Post Hall, Sandy Hook Lots of fun. Admission, 20 cts. Children under 12 years, 10 cts. Doors open at7. Entertainment to commence at 80 o'clock. At Sanfords Hall, on Thursday evening, Apr 24th. Mrs. C.. Hawleywent to Ct. Burlington Friday to be present at tho interment of her brother, Mr. Booth Fairchild, who died in Utica, N. Y., the same day and brought to Great Harrington and buried Saturday afternoon. MT. Fairchild was a native of Newtown, and son of Josiah Fairchild, deceased, of Taunton. MT. | Fairchild had been sick number of | years.
 Mrs s. N. Beers has returned from her visit in Hartford, and although she did not find her mother there, she was welcomed by many other friends, and sho is greatly indebted to MT. Frederick P. Marble through whose kind attention she was enabled to enjoy most delight ful and interesting visit to Trinity Col lego.
 MT. Charles Northrop received let ters last week from South Puebla Colo rado, informing him that his wifes broth er, sMr. Sam1. W. Banks was very ill and | that the physicians had given up all hopes of his recovery. MT. Banks has the eryseqalas. r. .-...
 A famous weather prophet up in | Beartown, (that's somhwhere near Bar ringtom prophecies the heaviest storm l between the 19 and 2Tth of this month and the coldest day will be after the storm, says the Conn. Western Nelcs, and we say shoot him. His name is Deebe. - | Neu Milford Gasette.
 We say, well amen and justly too, tor we are now having weather so dispiriting in it's effects upon b.rls tn tt they have folded their wings in disgust and refuse
 to sing. besides all this, the BgBIs have
 eat up all the copy on hand and are cry ing for more. In our dispair we have slung them the devil to toy with while we
 button up our Q9.t and breast the storm for anotheritem. ..-
 The storm on Friday prevented many
 of the pupils of the Academy gnd their
 friends from attending the closing exer-
 eises of the Spring term. Still inc eXer-
 eises were given and as 1t seemed to
 those present were unu ,ually interesting.
 The Paper especially edited by Miss
 Essie Camp and read y Charles Gdtely
 was highly complimentad as was also
 Willie Hawley's s rendering of anl extract
 from Caesar in three languages Greek
 Latin and English. There were several
 compositions and reeitatious of decides merit phe next term will begin next
 week Monday, April 18th. We give else ! where the honorary grades for the term, as read by the Principal.
 --The past week proved very event 1, ful one to the Housatonic- Railroal Com. pany in the line Of accidents, two very serious ones occurring in the briel space {. of forty-eight hours. We made last week
 a brief mention of the first accident | which was on a branch of the Housatoni, r Road. The second accident which oc $ cured Wednesday night was on the maiT r line, near Maltby's turnout, between Can
 aun and Falls Village, by which mucl l. cars were thrown from the traek by Q switch which it is supposed was pWpo5ee l. ly misplaced The engine lrnSd ,1ie npI tom sidc up, but fortuneteiy the eiiSiiiY v and fireman escaped with silght ortll99 l 'S ! ono car load of grain was destroy eu ft ld eavernI head of cattle killed, som9o
 them belonging to somc partiesIol nv Snntb Britain, who out of two car leis ee saved only two head of cattle. The qll ed w, was in charge of Conductor Martin Ie up vvbo was slightly iniure q Supelinten q ed Stillson was upon the train and renced
 rood service in extracting the engieF
 and fireman, the latter having ha1ls oN foot caught by the tinbers of the efie ee eab. We arc unable to say what ihe5s