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The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-03
A Bankers Trick.

Once upon time, when Dumas, the
noted French author, was short Of cash,
he wrote to a certain millionaire asking
for the loan of sone money for a few
months. The letter was an extremely
characteristic one, and ended with Il
charming little rondeau, half jest, half
seriousness. Indeed. it was such a
clever production that the banker
sagely concluded that its author was
not to be trusted with money, and
promptly and curtly declined to make
the proposed investment.
At dinner that night several of the
bankers gRests happened to be discus
sing a recent sale of autographs, and
mentioned the almost fabulous prices
brought by familiar notes of Hugo, La
MARITIME, Guizot and Gautier.
"Do you mean to tell me, said the
millionaire, THAT things of that sort
have any value-money valued"
Certainly they haver' replied one of
his guests, who was a collector. "A
good autograph such as I have men
toned is worth it's weight in bank bills
any day."
.How much is this worthpn said the
banker, taking Dumas letter from his
pocket.
"pll give you hundred francs for it
this instant" said the collector, with
enthusiasm, after reading it.
"Done!n said the banker; and, with
plying smile, he pocketed the money
for the letter to which IL few hours be-
fore he had returned contemptuous
refusal.
TaxaS has . Sin nlo A.aolr q E cl.on,, ann,
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-03
Wait a While.

Wait q while,
Cheerily smile,
Soon the storm will be over,
There's bit OF blue
In the sky for you,
There's sweetness yet in the clover.
Trust and wait,
Though burdens great,
Hard on the heart is pressing;
For hand OF love
Will the cross remove,
And leave in its stead a blessing.
Meath the snow
No roses blow,
And there no bees are humming;
But they gather sweets
In their dark retreats
10 brighten the days that are coming.
Dark and drear
The skies appear,
When the cloudy days declining,
But the night must toll
And cover all,
EIe the sun renewS Its SHINING.
Wait q while,
Cheerily smile,
Fen through the tears of sorrow;
Grief may have sway
Ger your life to-day,
But Joy will return tomorrow.
Rest is sweet
For the weary feet;
And the soul that in faith reposes,
When the night comes on
And the MONDAY sun
Its gateway OF splendor closes,
Meier will miss
Its meet OF bliss,
Or grieve DER joys abating,
For the earth must turn
That our hearts may learn
How little is lost by waiting.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-03
The Cats of Paris and Their Friend.

Lucy Hooper, in = recent letter from
Paris to the Philadelphia Telegraph.
says: Talking of the Commune, relic
of its furies still remains in the shape of
the ruins OF the ancient prefecture of
police, on the Quai des OrtevTeries-
These lonely precincts have become the
haunt and the abode of innumerable
stray cats, a feline army only surpassed
in numbers by the cohorts that prowl
around the environs of the grain mar
ket. But Mt that latter point pussy has
a mission, and she fulfills it. The pur-
lieus of the great grain storehouscs
swarm with rats, and if mistress puss IS
Obliged to hunt for a living, at least she
finds plenty of game. Nor is she
molested or ill-treated. The dogs of
the eighborhood are forbidden to chase
her, and naughty boys who attempt TO
hurt or worry her are instantly pun
ished- Puss has a recognized home.
too, in the dilapidated, overcrowded
postoffice (now soon to be ereccnstrueted),
where but for her presence the rats and
mice would hold high carnival over the
mail-bags and the dead letters But the
luckless marauder of the Quai des Or
fevreries has no social standing and no
official supplies of game. The sparrows
are shy and hard to catch. The dogs of
the neighborhood are fierce and undis-
ciplined. But these poor cats have
found friend. Once n day there comes
to the ruins an aged woman, dressed all
in black, and bearing a huge basket on
her arm. At her cry. .'Pussi puss!
puss." from every nook and corner
hastens cat. They pop out of holes,
they swarm over the walls, they creep
from under piles of rubbish-grey,
white, black, tabby, tawny. tortoise
shell-all the varieties of the fciiS
don,eStica is revealed in moment. The
old lady sits down and opens her basket.
1t is full of scraps of raw meat and liver.
Every cat receives his portion in due
turn till all are fed and The supply is ex
hausted When first the benevolent old
creature began to feed these poor ami
mails, she had but hard time of it.
The starving eats would leap into her
basket. snatch the pieces from her hands,
and scratch her severely if she attempted
to resist their depredations. But row
they are as peaceable and well trained
as so many canary birds. They rub
against her skirts, climb into her lap,
and rub their faces against her cheek,
purring loudly the while. Every cat
waits his or her turn with patience
and eats his or her dinner with a strict
attention to good manners. There are
about forty pensioners that thus subsist
daily on the old lady's bounty.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-03
A Mothers Anguish.

A stylishly dressed young woman was
taken into the F Forty-seventh street police
station last evening. She was very drunk,
and her silk dress was rumpled. Her
mother came looking for her an hour
later.
Cant l see her!" she asked.
"She's too drunk too speak," the SER
geant said.
"What shall l dop" the mother cried,
despairingly. :" must see her."
Cant be done"
The aged mother burst into tears, and
leaned on the shoulder of the man who
was with her,
This is awful" she said. s'Ob, ,dearr
Don't take on so, said the sergeant.
You will see her in the morning."
sit isn't that" the mother replied :
she's all right It's the silk dress I'm
troubled about. She'll tear it all to
pieces before morning. ."-Nes0 York Sam.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-03
The Name of God.

Is it not singular that the name of
God should be spelled with four letters
in SO many different languages? In
Latin it is Deus; French, Dieu; Old
Greek, Zeus; German, Colt; old Ger
man, Odin; Swedish, Code; Hebrew.
Alden; Dutch. Herr; Syrian. Adam;
Persian, Syra; Tartarian, Edga; Scla-
vonian, Belg or Boog; Spanish, Dias (:
Hindoo, Dsgi or Zeni; Turkish, Abdi;
Egyptian. Aumn or Sent; Japanese, Zain !;
Peruvian, Liau; Wallachian. Zene /;
E,rurian Ghur; Tyrrhenian. Eber !;
Irish, Dieh; Croatian, Deha; Marga-
rian, Desc; Arabian, ALA; Duialtaam.
Bogt. There are several other languages
in which the word is marked with the
same popularity.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-03

A "Scenen Not i'm she Programme.
A correspondent tells a good story on
Joe Proctor, the actor, who has spent the
greater part Of the summer in this city
and vicinity:
During the recent uprising of the
Utes Mr.. Proctor and a party of friends
were camping out" in the mountains-
and that he might roam at his leisure
through the tangled wilderness of fallen
trees and underbrush, Mr.. Proctor, at
the suggestion of one of the party, had
taken with him his Jibbonainosay dress
instead of the customary fit ont" of
miners russett called iron. clads-"
One evening, later than usual. he had
returned from his prolonged wander
ings, and the campers, not having
heard of the Indian outbreak, had re
tired to their couches of pine houghs.
and only their watch dogs and two
packing donkeys were doing with their
eyes half closed.
Mick of the Woods" however, mad
his glaring eyes wide open. and seating
himself at some distance from the cabin
became wrapped in profound medita-
ton, gazing at the stars and rejecting
upon the past and future. A sharp
cracking of dry limbs aroused him from
his companions had come to disturb his
solitude, he sprang suddenly upon the
stump behind which he was resting, and
shouted, in the language Of the Utes,
Beware the ambush, Beware the
Jibbonainosay" Standing there with
his big knife appraised, and with the
bright moon, like 4 calcium light. de-
scribing every outline of his weird and
gigantic form, he looked the very in
carnation of the forest ficnd that had
filed the Shawnee tribe with supersti-
tious terror, and from whom tradition
had given to all the other tribes the
story of his fatal touch and sanguinary
knife. For a moment the prowlers Uor
they were the Utes themselves, creeping
upon the cabin TO Destroy were para
lyzed with fear at the sudden appearance
of the majestic phantom. But when
they heard the voice of thunder and
words of fire that echoed through tie
forest, they gave one unearthly yell and
leaped down the deolivity mt breaknsck
speed, at which the dogs set up n howl.
The two donkeys opened their sawmill
chorus and followed, leaping and rearing
rs il in pursuit.
The sleeping inmates came from thciI
cabins Just in time TO see "A huge bear
turn abruptly from the approaching
dogs and jacks, and losing Ia Halance.
he rolled dcwn the gorge and reached
the bottom just as the Indians had
crouehed there in trembling terror.
Another yell followed the crushing
advent OF "old br.,:S1" in their midst,
and, without stopping 10 determine
whether it was man, Seast or icvii,
their yells were soon heard so faT "a The
distance that there was no fear Of their
making a second visit to the locality for
lat night Mt ieast.-LeadciHe Chronicle.
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ADVERTISING RATES: (:

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cents 70, each subsequent insertion
Transient Advertising payable in advance No
deadbeat adver.isng taken. Yesriy Advertisements
payabIe Al the ems of each quarter Professional
and business cards ca occupy not more than nEe
lines), s. year.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-03

Paris contains ten cemeteries within
its walls and two outside,
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-03
MANUFACTURING PROPERTY
FOR SALE.

Situated in the village of Sandy Hook, town
OF Newtown, Conn, on the Housatonic rail-
road, nineteen miles from tide water, and
near the proposed depot on the New York and
New England railroad, now in process of COM
pletion. Said property has been used as a
woolen mill, but is suitably arranged for any
other business. Water power never failing.
Will be sold with or without machinery. Fol
j articulars inquire OF
MINOIT AUGUR, Receiver,
Sandy Hook, Conn.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-03
A ROUGH DIAMOND;

OR, FARMER JONES' THANKSGIVING.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-03
Job Work

NEATLY EXECUTED AT VERY Low FIGURES
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-12-03

Texas has a single flock Of sheep mum
bering 60, GOO head.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-09
A HIGH OLD TIME
At the Funeral of n COlOred
Sister Near Amherst. Va.

AMHERST, August To-day the
funeral of an old and highly esteemed
colored woman, Jane Clark, took place
at Union Hall Church, in this county.
An immense crowd was in attendance.
Ii had been arranged that the Rev. Bob
Cook, of Lynchburg, should conduct
the funeral services, but when the vast
concourse OF relatives and friends
OF the deceased got in the
church they found a strange
preacher in the pulpit. The Society OF
the Sisters of Sarah, to which the de-
ceased had belonged, insisted on having
Rev. Mr.. Cook, while the relatives de-
manded that the preacher in the pulpit
should 20 on, and so ordered him. The
parties threatened to pitch the preacher
out of the window. Then fierce fight
took place in the church, in which both
men and women took part. In the strug-
Gle the coffin was knocked over and the
corpse thrown out on the floor. This
horrible sight did not stop hOstllltles,
but the relatives fought until they drove
every member OF the Society out OF the
church. 1t was then found that the
preacher had fed, and the burial took
place without a preacher. Several par
ties were seriously hurt.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-09
FINANCIAL FURRY.
Excitement in Montreal.

MONTREAL, August S.-The excite
ment over the bank failures is increas-
ing as the people come to hear OF the
suspension OF the Villa Marie bank.
Before the hour OF commencing busi-
ness this morning an immense crowd of
bill holders and depcsitors had collected,
and when the doors were thrown open
a rush was made to the paying tellers
and gold demanded. After few
moments conference the officials deemed
it the wisest to suspend. The directors
assert that the bank is able to pay all
its liabilities within reasonable time
and have a considerable amount OF
capital for the shareholders. The
capital stockis 81 100000, nearly all of
which is paid mp. 1t has 100000
OF bills i'm circulation and 100000 on de-
post, four hundred thousand dollars
Of this sum requiring notice before pay
ment. The notes under discount amount
toSl, 100000. Brokers are offering from
seventy-fve to eighty cents for bills.
The run on the city and district Savings
Banks increases, and as the depositors
nearly all belong to the working classes,
it is most serious that has yet occurred.
The deposits aggregate 100000 and
it is said that considering the run inev-
table the directors had taken every pre-
caution beforehand to be prepared for
it. The general manager OF the Bank
OF Montreal states that the city and dis
trict bank will have no difficulty in
meeting all demands on it. 1t is
asserted on good authority that they
have converted securities to the extent
OF two million dollars, and have that
amount OF Bank OF Montreal bills in
bank. There is also talk that gentle
men OF the Seminary of st. Sulpice have
rendered assistance. The Hockelga
Bank being small affair with only
circulation $4,000, occasions verv lit
tie uneasiness, whether il succumbs or
not. a report was in circulation that
BanQue De 81. Jean, of st. Johns, Que
bee. was in trouble, but the directors of
the institutions say it is all right. Its
doors are open, and business is going on
as usual. ...
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-09
WOOL MATTERS.
SteubenVille.

Wool Growers Bulletin.
No change in the market since writ
ing our last report. The same 'roSy
view" presents itself. The future isfull
of promise ior getting full prices, pro-
viding the market is not kept full OF
wool, by those who rushed into the
country to get wool, and getting, have
been rushing East to sell at what ever
price Manufacturers chose to give, be-
fore they have time even to grade and
sample their wool. The U. 5. Economist
saws that these fellows are pretty well
cleaned out" and that somebody will
open their eyes before the lst OF Novem-
ber.
There is nothing doing, either East or
West, in fine heeces, and operations have
slackened off in all grades, according to
reports and market reviews. Yet the
latter are evidently written TO strengthen
the market, one allowing that man is
a fool 10 sell wool now. and but for the
experience of the past two years, We
would say so TO.
Quotations are nominal, and may be
given as unchanged. We have sold but
little wool since last writing, and would
ask consignors and others interested in
our sales To read carefully the market
outlook as given in other parts OF the
paper.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-09
MARSHALL COUNTY.
Wheat-Church Affairs-Delay-
ed Trains-PersOnal.

MOundsvllle Commercial.
WM. BLAKE & SoH, of this place, ship
ped the first car load of new wheat from
this place, Wednesday.
A REGULAR line of hacks are being run
from the depot to the camp ground for
the accommodation of persons coming to
this summer resort.
The County Court will convene on
Monday, the llth inst, for the transac-
ton of police and fiscal business, and
also to lay the levy.
TIE freight traffic on the 3. & o.
railroad has been so heavy for the last
ten days as to cause delays OF the pas
senger trains, particularly the trains
from the East.
TIE choir of the NJ. +. Church of this
place are preparing to give several mus
ical concerts, the proceeds OF which are
to be applied to the benefit OF the
church The concerts are to be given IN
about five weeks.
THE fourth and last quarterly meeting
for the Moundsville VI. +. Church, for
the present year, will be held on the
camp ground on Sunday, the 18th inst.
A Law delegate will be elected to attend
the annual Conference, which meets in
Morgantown, October lst
Mrs. JENNIE FARRow, OF Volcano, ar
rived here Friday last to visit her many
friends and relatives. On Monday she
received telegram from her husband
to the effect that all their household
goods were destoyed by fire which oc-
Cured at that place Sunday night.
Col. BRIDGES returned from Jackson,
Michigan, few days ago, where he had
been inspecting the State prison at that
place. He was pleased at the appear
ance OF the Northwest, and says the
people are exceedingly prosperous, and
highly complimented them upon their
generous hospitality.
MARSHALL COUNTY seems to be coming
TO the front in the way OF large yields in
her products. A few weeks ago we
mentioned an unusual large yield OF
wheat, and now G.. w. Crawford OF
Liberty district, comes forward As the
"boss" potato grower. He planted his
potatoes, in sandy soil, on the 18th OF
April and dug them July 3lst. He in
forms us that the potatoes weighed ten
pounds TO the dozen.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-09
STATE MATTERS.
MOrgantOwn-Teach-
ers Taught-The Hinton Mob
and the Press-TObaccO-New
Panpr


FAYETTEVILLE has a new paper,
greenback organ, called the Legal Tender.
Ii is probably only intended to last
through the campaign, and we appre-
hend IL will Outgrow ITS usefulness in
less time than that.
The Hinton Herald says: Mr.. j. W.
Anderson, OF this county, shipped his
crop of tobacco to Richmond, Va, and
sold it at public auction, at an average
of SIS per hundred. This is tine price
for tobacco, and shows what can be done
on our rich hillsides.
LAST Friday while moving away oats
in ID. 1. B. Anderson barn. Near Nor
gantown, Marion Mclaughlin slipped
off the oats and fell to the floor, dis
tance of twelve feet, striking on his
head and shoulders and almost killing
him. His scull was fractured and he
received other injuries, but he is slowly
recovering.
The Monongalia county teachers in
stitue has been in session since Monday,
in charge Of Prof +. III. Crago, Of
Moundsville We have heard his mode
OF conducting the exercises highly COM
mended by number of the teachers
who are present. Up TO Wednesday
morning Is teachers nave been enrolled,
and many more are expected yet.-Ae'r
Dominion.
THE Police Ga-etts furnishes a flaming
illustration of the recent riot at Hinton.
Papers FROM abroad contain many gross
misrepresentation OF the affair, and
this Is the way our State is shown up
in an unfavorable light to those who
know nothing OF our affairs only as they
read in some of the sensational papers
of the Wayne .idyOcdtS.
Very true, Bro. Howell, and what is
worse, many OF our state papers seem
10 take delight in giving currency TO
these exaggerated reports.-Herdld.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-09
KEYSTONE KILLING.
Cold BlOOded Murder nj
Montgomery Ferry, Pa.

HARKsBURG, August w. X. Mil
Ter, a resident of this city, was brutally
murdered at Montgomery Ferry, fifteen
miles west OF Harrisburg, this
morning, by Samuel +. Albright. Mil
Ter was a widower, with two children,
until several weeks ago, when he mar
ried Miss Maria Hamaker, a servant
girl, to whom he paid attention about
six months in this city.
A few days ago he received letter
from his wife requesting his presence at
his wife's home. He accordingly start
ed last evening, and this morning, while
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller were sitting in the
door Of the latter's brother-in-law, Mil
Ter was introduced to Albright, who
handed communication TO the bride
setting forth his determination to kill
the husband. Almost simultaneously
he drew a revolver and in rapid success
sion fired two shots at Miller, one OF
which penetrated the heart and the
other struck the breast OF the object OF
his wrath. He then shot at Mrs. Mil
Ter, without doing her any harm, when
he fed 10 the mountains.
About two hundred yards from the
scene of the trage'y he dropped sealed
envelope addressed to the public, and
containing letter in which he stated
that he was going to create some excite
ment, and that if any one followed him
he would meet with cold reception.
A vigorous search has been made in the
mountains for the murderer, but at last
accounts he had not been captured.
The coroner of Perry county held an
inquest to-day, and verdict
Of deliberate murder was rendered.
Albright is about twenty-five years old,
and has a bad reputation. Several
years ago he participated in a robbery
with a man named Billings, who was
sentenced to the Penitentiary. Al
bright jumped his bail and escaped to
Texas, returning short time ago.
One story ahoat is that he was mar
ried to Miss Hamaker recently, but the
most plausible theory is that he was a
rejected suitOr, and that he killed Mil
Ter, and attempted to murder his wife in
a fit of jealousy. The deceased was
highly res pected, and for a number OF
wears had been in the employ OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company in this
citv
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-09

AMERICAN BANKERS.
In National Convention.

SARATOGA, August Sat the Bank
ers' Convention to-day, l.. Halsey VIII
liams, cashier of the Fifth National
Bank, Pittsburgh, delivered an address,
in which he stated the changes
made by the new revenue act OF Penn
sy!vania in taxation OF banks with a
history of the Origin progress and sue
cess OF the effort to obtain new legisla-
ton.
The reflections on Congressman by
Williams called forth protests from diff
ferent members of the Convention.
Mr.. Fleming, of Allegheny, Pa, re-
marked that the SIX mill tax on the cap
ital stock of the banks in that State was
reduced to four mills by the consent OF
bankers. He wished that the Execu-
tive Council would adopt some general
plan to bring the grievances of the banks
before Congress. The facts rightly pre-
sented TO the average Congressman will
bring relief, despite the prejudice against
the National banks. When the matter
is rightly brought before them they will
give us Justice. They certainly cannot
get away from it il intelligently present.
ed. | ask that no more reflections be
made on Congressman or anybody
else. Molasses catches more flies
than vinegar. We want to make
friends, not enemies. 4 committee
should be appointed from the great
commercial centres. and western
men should also be considered, for from
the West comes power. Brevity in
documents should also be studied.
Mr.. Nelson, OF Selma, spoke against
the two cent tax on checks and the ten
per cent. tax on circulation. He wanted
the laws imposing the tax repeal led. The
banks should concentrate their forces
and advance like an army il they would
secure relief. He deprecated any an
tagonlsm of National to State banks and
wished no more reflections on Congress
men, as he had some intention OF be-
coming one himself.
Mr.. Hayes, of Michigan, asked: Is it
lawful to tax banks and exempt
railroads, mills and churches? The only
products of the manufacturing interests
taxed are luxuries. The report OF the
Comptroller of the Currency shows the
income of his Office from the banks to
be seventy millions more than the ex-
penses. Instead OF going to Congress
and opposing Congressman we should
educate the country up to the fact that
the banks benefit the laboring classes.
Another member said, although much
has been argued against Congress, Con-
gressmen generally speak the thoughts
of the people.
Logan ii. Roots, OF Arkansas, wished
to impress upon the members the value
of brief and pointed arguments and offer
ed resolution authorizing the Execu-
tive Council TO prepare and circulate
among the people such extracts from the
paper of Comptroller Knox as would
show the small profits and Onerous tax
alton of the banks. Adopted.
A paper by II. l.. Lamb, Superinten-
dent OF the New York banks, on
Savings Banks and their Dangers"
was then read.
Mr.. Hardy, of Cleveland, gave many
interesting "reminiscences OF Banking
and Bankers, nearly all ante-dating
railroads and telegraphs.
Honorary members and rules were
made and vote OF thanks to the officers
and peakers passed, when the COnyen-
ton adjourned si,Ie die.