The Newtown bee., 1879-07-09


 Zoar, is very ill with brain fever.
 --Judgc Morris Beardsley and family are spending the summer in town, the guests of Mir Norman B. Glover.
 MT. Henry Sanford, accompanied by his daughters, Misses Annie and Tanie Sanford, are visiting in New York
 We are pleased to see Mrs. D. S. Ham, mond and family of Brooklyn, who arriv- ed last week ut their summer residence.
 Miss Mary Lynch, of whom mention was made a few weeks ago as having brok en her arm, has returned to her place in Danbury.
 Henry Smith, son of Styles Smith, had one of thumbs cut off by a moving machine knife. Dr. F. N. Bennett dres- sed the thumb.
 MT. J, c. Beers and family, of Brook lyn, arc in town for the summer, and are the guests ot MT. c, B. Sherman.
 Miss Sarah Morehouse of Zoar, has just returned home from school, where she has been teaching two terms.
 Mrs. Morris, the mother of Mir. E. J. Morris, died on Wednesday. The funeral took place Saturday.
 MT. Wm. Homer Hubbell, wife and children, returned home on Thursday from very pleasant trip to Western New York. They were absent about three weeks.
 l Ms. Edward Taylor of the Sandy Hook Hotel, received very fine fishing rod and reel from Mir P. s. Sanford, of New fork city.
 ] Owing to the absence of our compos- itors enjoying the Fourth, we, were un- able to get out our paper on time this week
 MT. George Couch has gone to Mid dletown, Conn.,, to work in the new rhb- Der factory just started. MT. CouclHwil move his family about the first of Au. gust.
 MT. NJ. C. Hawley has a door screen made of wire, placed in his front door which is about as handsome as anything we have seen.
 MT. Joseph Newton and Mir R. L Livingston, of New York, were in towI last week, the guests of Dicks Hotel and returned home Monday MT. New ton expects to return during the hunting season.
 By reference to our advertising col umns our readers will see that there vii be grand prize excursion to Dudley's Grove, by the Elias Howe, Jr., Post, No 3, G. A. R., of Bridgeport, Friday, Jul. 11th.
 Dolly, one of the fine horses belong ing to the Grand Central Hotel, was takel sick on Saturday and died Sunday morn ing. This is quite a serious loss to MT Browne, us it will be difficult to fint another so good horse for the service
 Mir. Simeon B. Peck found one of hi fine steers laying dead in one of his lot last Thursday morning. It is supposed it was killed by lightning on Sunday, dur ing the shower,
 Four young ladies, Miss Jennie Morris Miss Fancy Sanford, Miss Essie Camp and Miss Bessie Austin, intended to go tt Berkshire to get some berries and cur rants, on last Monday morning. Mis- Morris and Miss Sanford were seated sil MT. George R. Couch's wagon waiting fo their friends to get ready; some littl, boys placed few fire crackers on a post and when they exploded the horse startet on run for home; Miss Jennie and Mis- Fancy held on to the lines for dear If until the horse reached the lane going t the barn, but the whole establishment ran into post and stopped. Miss Morri tainted on being taken from the wagon and Miss Sanford was very much fright ened
 -Adjutant General Harland has issuet : an order appointing post surgeons to de g termine exemptions from military duty : For Fairfield County they are George F
 Lewis, Bridgeport; W. c. Burke, Nor
 walk; William O. Bennett, Danbury; W | H. Trowbridge, Stamford; and William n c. Vile, Newtown. The order says
 All persons between Is and 45 years 0 [ age, desiring exemption from militar, . duty and commutation tax, by reason 0 [ mental or physical disability, must re . port to one of the post surgeons for ex ' animation and if found exempt, will b. !. furnished with certificate of exemption :. to be filed by them with the selectmen o s the town where they are liable to enroll : ment. Those who were exempted b. post surgeons in 1878, and the disabilit
 classed as permanent, will not be requires g to be examined again, unless ordered b af fnr a, aminations are as follows: July 16, : and 30, August s, 13, 20 and 27, from ? t e SD m. Persons not filing their certif < cates of exemption with the selectme
 before the first day of September. will b . debarred rom exemption for the year t Post surgeons are required to make es : emptions strictly in accordance with tn a orders of the surgeon general, and will ' on the 1st of September, report to hiI | l . L