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and q spire. It is eighty-seven feet high from the base to tine top of the spire. The first floor is devoted to public offices. The second is entirely devoted to pur- poses of the library. The main room is fine affair. It is fifty-six feet and four inches in length by forty-two feet and eight inches in width. with nn arched ceiling twenty-two feet high at the high est point and lighted by stained glass. which gives a beautifully soft and plcas- ant light. There are several thousand volumes ill the library, embracing every variety of subjects, and new works are constantly being added. 4 yearly sub scription is S1.50. For this small sum | any one can read the year through. No one can estimate the benefits to coming generations that may flow from this muniticient gift.
 Mrs. Woodruff, wife of Rev. Dr. G. w. Woodruff, 8 former pastor of the Metho- dist church in Danbury, died last week in New York. Her remains were brought here for burial i'll Wooster Cemetery on Wednesday.
 Tuesday evening (to-night) there will be Il grand sociable given Ut the Turner House. largo attendance Is expected. An old gentleman whose name was "Uncle Hezakiah" for short lived In the submb,. He had in some,way got fear ful rent in the seat of his pants. His good wife not feeling responsible failed to repair the damage. The old gent like thrifty landlords looked sharply after those matters and had an eye especially on the rent. It happened when ventila- tion in Il sanitary point of view was not ;ts well understood as now and he cared less for fresh air than he did for collect ing rents, and he bethought him of ali h. genius method of collecting this one. By lint of much careful handling and gentle persuasion he succeeded i'll gathering the ragged edges together and thus closing the breech tied up the hole with ;t leather string! This seemed n decided hit, but 1t proved more ornamental than useful. It was better for standing than a sitting position. When he came In from his labor and sat down to his evening meal he experienced a sudden giving away beneath him and q sort of all-gon- ness extending to his extremities, and he thought the boys had put butternuts In his chair as q means of grace. 'Drat the boys v said he as he sprang to his feet, and resolved himsel into an Investigating committee with power to send for persons and papers. On examination he found more rents than he could conveniently collect. The pants proved too tight In front and not roOmy enough behind, be- sides they pulled at the knee and his knee-pans protruded. Mending old pants with a leather string was like putting new wine into old bottles. The string held its own but the bottle had burst. The pants were rent in twain from top to bottom. Unclo Hezekiah reached around to sound the magnitude of the difficulty and finding himself beaten he determined to change his base and withdrew as gracefullly as possible with the leather string still clinging to the rents and d flag of truce luttcring in the breeze.
 MT. John Smith was found dead In bed Saturday morning. It Is supposed that he committed suicide. HORACE.
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Monroe.

We arc glal tho stepping off month from Winter to Spring is so far gone. Farmers havo had leisure enough to ity their plans for their Spring and Sum- mer work.
 James c. Johnson Is preparing to em- bark largely In the strawberry culture for market the coming season. Mir. JameJ Burr of Elm street has given the business thorough trial for several years, and almost invariably tho result has been an Immense profit. Although his crop last year wls considerably below the average in quantity, yet he gathered over l, 100 quarts, or about 450 bushels, from five acres. At 10 cts quart he would realize Sl. 400. Deducting from thls amount two conts quart for pick Ing, one cent pint or 64 cents a bushcl for raising, we have the authority of the American Agriculturist" for the last es- tlmate, and Sl00 for marketing, we have al not profit of s732 or SAG per acre. His berries are sold In Danbury, Waterbury, Bridgeport Birmingham and Bethel. You will, no doubt, see them next Sum- mer on the tables of Dicks Hotel and tue Central House. They have uniformly had ready sale. We are confident that 10e acres In Monroe and Newtown of this luscious and healthful fruit would effect the market pIice but a very trille. There will be not less than 10 acres of straw berries and raspberrles under culture in Ella street next season.
 farm of IS acres. with good house md barn, situated In Elm Street District belonging to Jere Davis. Is for sale, cheap. temptiny offer of q $l, ,5OO sal Ary has resulted In his sudden departure for Chicago, where his family will join him soon.
 Miss Emma Read, of Mobile, Is the guest of Mise May B Wheeler. A brother 0f Miss Wheeler, Dr. Edward c. Wheeler, "a the leading dentist In Mobile.
 MT. William l.. Judson has sold his trotting horse. "Gen. Sheridan" to a Birmingham gentleman.
 Monroe Is wide awake over a runaway. Last week one of our benton gentlemen took slelgh-ride with a young lady. The sleigh struck n bank and turned out the occupants In the snow. The horse ran away. completely demollshing the esleigh, so that 1t was sold the next morning for two dollars. The young man says if he had had both hands the horse would not have run. Moral: Look out for "both hands when slolghing with ladies.
 Adolphus Abbott has been offered $500 a year to take charge of the singing In one of the churches in Fairfield-better go.
 MT. James French, 90 years old, walks to and from church nearly every Sunday, and IS as straight as n bean pole. Mrs. Morris (93) and Daniel Lewis (9l) are en- toying tolerably good health.
 No more cases of scarlet fever among "s' BEE.
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 this cold weather,r Is understood uke tnsny a clerical superior, to have with iiaWn ills resignation Us sexton of St. raul's Church
 Ii. $. Stewart lately caught a 41-2 Ih. pickcral in Pornpcraug river. It is won ierful with the numerous fishermen. that ar fish of that size could escape so long in that river
 One of Wilbur Lindsloy's 's Canada horses r1tn away with him and Ccrepo Saxtou last week. The occupants of the sleigh did not like tho gate of the "kanuck. ' ana rolled gracefully out of the sleigh. one near tho Post-ol1ice and the other near the South Church. The horse pro- ccedod lon the ever tenor of his way. " and was stopped almost mile north of the village, no damage being done.
 The two Cat Swamp schools are closed The discharged teacher, who has con- linued teaching at a private house., hay- ing closed his school the 25th inst, and the new teacher at tho school house, hay ing closed his term on the 18th Now comes tho tug of war, to see whether n teachor with revoked certificate, and who cannot produce the certificate Of the school Board since his discharge, can collect any wages for that time.
 Colds and throat diseases of a severe, type are very prevalent. William Wheel CT, Mrs. Enos Benham, Lawyer Cothren and many others have been very i'll with them for the past two weeks, but are convalcScing. NAMELEss
 Mir. G. B. Lewis has been i'll with Il severe cold.
 Mrs. Henry Lambert Is quite Ill from the effects Of q fall.
 Rev. James Jacocks of Litchfield, for merly Rector of the Episcopal Church hcre, was i'll town last week.
 MT. Homer Root has been confined to the house for several days with rheuma- tism.
 MT. James Taylor has moved his house. hold goods to the lower part of the town. Born, Feb. 10th, a daughter to Mir. and Mrs. George Barnes.
 Died, Feb. 23d, Mir. Stanley Beardsley, aged 3 years. The funeral took place at his residence on the following We'd nesday. His remains were placed in the vault owned by the Cothren and Wood run families at the Lower Cemetery.
 The oyster and fish market up town has closed and the proprietor has moved out of the place.
 MT. Julius Galpin has been West after cattle and horses.
 Mr. k. V. Parker is about selling out his grocery business.
 We understand that MT. James Stone has rented the building recently occupied by S. H. White and will soon open d market. VRED.
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We are constantly stirred by the re- ports of sudden deaths in this town. There have been five within the last few months. The latest Is that of Stanley E,. Beardsley. Esq. which occurred yester- day Sunday at p. m. Mir Beardsley was in the habit of sleeping in the cham Der or his store for the protection of hls property. As he did not come to break fast at the usual time, his father went down to the store and on opening the door. found him lying on the floor in an Snsensible condition. He was removed to tho house and medical aid summoned. It would seem that he had arisen from his bed. dressed himself, descended to tho store below, put on his overcoat and Htaftcq for the door with coal scuttle to go oYt a9d gst some coal. An invoice of goods had been received the proceeding evening. and some of the packages were scattered about the floor. The theory Is that in the dark he stumbled on one of these packages and fell against the door, producing concussion of the brain. At the time the doctor reached him he was conscious to ask hiW to bleed him, But he lapsed into pncopsoiousness. and so rcnained till he died, In his death, the community has suffefad great loss. He wns q most active, opogabIe and success ful business man. Hc vas the only child Of his parents. on whom they greatly de. pended. He was ali his fife a most faith. ful and obadient son. always dsfeprfnp to their wishes, oven in matters where somo might think his owp iudgmen, should be his guide. He was afYable kind and obiiging to all. He was m, friend and In his death feel personal Joss. He was singularly reticent and Aiseroet. engaging in no neighborhood MisSapsions. His absence from business circles will leave void not easily filled and alt will long regret that they see his famiHNf fOFm no more. He bore various town ofHces. Town Treasurer, Justice ai the Peace and others, and was Postmasta, from 18th October. 1867, to 26tl April 1869.
 Wallace Mitohsii has gone to Califor nln on pleasure trip to continue seyara months. aud to visit his uncle, John " Mitchell. ono of the largest fax5ners il tho State Of the Golden Gsta.
 r.. C. Stoddard. of Pompesauc, hn, found employment at tha faetDxy of tn, Thomaston Clock Co.,. and left to entcl lpOn hia engagement.
 John ID. Bcnham IS again sick. and hi. brotber. James. takes his place on ths .Wstnrbury route.
 Daniel Futile, the oracle jD many things ,l,e who lately told Pnpxon Churchill fhut ''ho should think. that n man wht knnty na much as hc did. would know xliousI, nut to come ont b0re-h"ndcd II
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RIantsngsown.

RIantsngfown.
 Mir. Thoa Carroll and wife moved into MT. Benjamin Curtis house in Sandy Hook. friday.
 Nil. Charles Gilbert has fora few weeks last beain selling oif his stock or goods cheap, and to-day commenced to move bis stock, etc, to Oxford. East Erd ol 2par (SnsponsioO Bri,ig ,whcrcne has ei'- kagod a storo for three years. He has Two niea new boats well adapted for use on the river. (Now look out for black bass when the law Is off, Wilson.) Three teams are to carry off tho remainder Of his goods. tomorrow We wish Charles success.
 Mossrs. Honoe and George Gilbert. have sold those large oxen, at &l0O each, for Now Haven markets to Mr. Rich mond. NIMRoD.
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Danbury.


 Last Tuesday evening, in defiance Of the weather, the Opera House was we'll filled by the friends of the Young Mems Dramatic Club to witness the charming play of Among the Breakers" and The Stage Struck Yankee Both plays were admirably performed and the audience was well pleased The singing and the | iig dancing were also very nicely execu- ted. We are pleased to note the care that this company takes in presenting thcir plays 10 the public, and we believe that they would be equally as successful were they to go out of town toperform Why notY
 An interesting feature of the past week with us has been the re-opening of the | public library, on Wednesday evening, in | the new building. The Library Building having been completed the library was removed to the beautiful rooms ppepare1 for it. For this fine building and ample library, Danbury is indebted to the White family descendants of Col. E. Moss White, a former prominent citizen. About ten years ago Mir. W. A. White left s10,000 to found q public library. About the same time Mir. A. NJ. White gave the old White mansion and grounds, then oc- cupied by Col. Nelson L. White. There the library was kept until about two \ y rooms over the post-offiee and the old building was removed and the present new one erected Ut cost of some S2S, GOO which was given by A. NJ. White. During the progress of tho building other llberal sums were added by the family. The building Is very substantial It is of pressed brick trimmed with stone. 1t Is well located on the west side of Main St.. nearly opposite the depot. It Is rather imposing in appearance although the i'm | pression one gets ut first sight is that ii Is too small at tho top for the base This Is especially so as you look at 1t from the northeast, The grounds are limited but beautifully graded. The 8 tyIe ol architecture Is mixed, being d kind oi | INorman-G Gothic The roof shoots up into Ispltnters like Alpine penks. and here is l where the c ,thic come~ ". It has front of fIfty-thrcc feet and eight Inches, and is something over sixty feet deep. The whole Is ssurmountedlsy d tastaful Iantprfl
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Now throw your hard slats to the moles and the bats and sop all your grumbling, and tossing, and hmbling, and kicking, and tearing, and eolding. and swearing about your hard bd, and rest your tired head on the Branaville Spring Bed. o !! they'll make you 70 happy and make you feel nap-py, and ese all your pains, and rest your tired bains. and-and-and-b never mind the rh.me. nor stop for hard times, but when gked to "try them be- fore you buy them do not say, .' Not to day." but say. Ys sir-and thank you too. as many god citizens of Newtown and vicinity have|lone-any of whom will confirm what we here affirm, that for comfort and restpu spring is the best, the cleanest, thesheapest the most dur able, the neates. that it beats all the rest from the ca, or the west, that they give satisfaction being perfect in action, and so wonderfl cheap that any who will, for Fiv Dollar Bill. can take them and try nem, but look out for spurious imifatons. The genuine are manufactured nly by the Branchville Spring Bed Co. at Branchville. Conn.
 w. BNNETT, Genl Agent.
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A CARD.

The Committee of the Joint Fire Department would take :nis opportunity of returning their sincere thanks to their many friends of Bethel, Danbury. Newtown, Bridgeport and New York. who kindly contributed articles and money for their Fair To Messrs. Morgan and Durant for their success with Museum and Art Gallery; also to the Bethel Cornet aid Citizens Csrnet Bands for their excellent Music for the occasion also to the Laics of Be. hel ast but not least) for their uniting ef forts for to them is due the great suc.ess of the Fair.
 I'll s. FOSTER
 B. 10 KWOOD.5 Committee
 CHAS. H. HART
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SANFORD &
 HAWLEY
 offer for the next thirty days all their
 Writer Goods greatly reduced prices. previous to taking their
 Annual Inventory. ffbry lst.
 GOOD oVERALLs, 50c pair,
 Good WRAPPERS 25c pair. Gents Laundried Fine Shirts only 75cts. A fine assortment of SLEIGH BEL LS. SHEDS and SKATES
 at lowest cash prices. few diaries left which offer at half price. 4 splendid assortment of Lamps and Laaterns-vsry cheap Examine Banner Lantern, only 4I.l0. Also our 50cent Lantern. KEROSENE OIL, 112 Test 5 Gallons for 76 CTS i6o Te.t Sic
 Use Hep Bitters.
 ' SMOKED HALIBUT - Choice l and 2 New Mackerel Hams. Dried Beef. Canned Corn Beef, Salmon, Lobster and Sardines.
 SHELL OYSTERS only 40c Peek. MAYos HOMELESS CoDTIsH is tho best.
 31-2 lbs good RAISINS for 25cts, Choice London LAYER RAISINS. CRANBERRIEs, ORANGES, LEMONS, e I.... ' FIGS. PRUNES.
 The cheapest Sugar to buy Is FINE GRANULATED-l0 lbs. for sl.O0 All others as cheap in proportion. Extra Fine New Orleans MOLASSES- New Crop--5Sc per Gallon. A new invoice of that 5o-cent JAPAN TEA just received, which we are selling at B cts per lb. 3 lbs for S1. Choice Black Tea, f lbs for S2 Something new. Linen Soap. 3I lb bars for 25cts-the best and chcapestsoap in market.
 Dobbins White Electric Soap. Only 10 cts Bar. Our Minnesota super Patent FLOUR Is the best. Try it and you'll use no other. Only $9.25 per bbl--Cash. Extra St. Louis patent process FLOUR.
 Best Michigan Flour
 $6.25 per bbl.
 Ask for Still River Mills Buckwheat Flour and you'll use no other. 3 l-2 cts per lb.
 WHITE SUGAR DRIPS for Pan Cakes BRADLEY and CLIPPER AXES are tho
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IF or Sale.

etoxe. situatedin Bethel Conn., For particu lars enquire of Box. No. Ill. None need enquire unleee tAe5 mean businees.
 9ood apposfnnity fir ! person with eap5tas. S.Ssleqso seesqne GavcA for wanting to se1l
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Chew Jackson's best Sweet Navy To bacco.
 A lifo saved for Fifty Cents Fact, for he had terrible racking cough way down on the lungs and one bottle Of Dr. A J Flagg's Cough and Lung Syrup cured 1t, [not dried 1t np3 and removed tho cause, 'gnd lo. well ns:ln, all Tor fifty cents.
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Boots s Shoes.

Special sale of old lots at very low prices: ..a
 Mems Thick Boots. sI7s.aoo. @ sss. s5s and 2 co Calf $2.Oo, 2. .2s. sn. e.55. 30e :" "very fine. s3as tn $500 Ladies' fine Goat Buttoned Boots &l-s5. a0. .0 a |" fine French Kid Buttoned Boots. ea.ss to 4sc
 A great bargain in ladies' Kid Buttoned Boots at S1 .25, worth $50.
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Charles Rininsland.
 BAIBER SHOP Cor of Ma; and West Sts. Newtown.

Cor of Mai and West sts.. Newtown. Shaving, shamooing and Hair Dressing done in the most artistictyle.
 Alwaysn hand CHOICE LOT of Segars aDl Chewing T0bmccO.
 The best in to,cn.) BRANCH BsBER SHOP IN SANDY NOOK. opened every ydnesday and Saturday afternoon. Shop next to fk Post Office.
 LADJES HAfR DRESSIN; EMrORIUM
 fNet door to Town Clerks Ofiice.) Mrs. Chg. Rininsand invites the ladies to ex- anime spe linens of her work, consisting of switch es. braid curls. puffs. etc. Ladies have their comkin made up.
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Persons cutting Hickory Wood will findit to their advantage to save the bot tom cuts as for as clear, either white or red heart, if solid, and deliver the same to AX-HANDLE FACTORY near the Grist Mill, SANDY HOOK, for which l will give one-third of the handles the timber makes.
 Gut any length so it will work into cuts 53 inches long, if white, and 37 inches if rcd
 90 ". R. LELAND, Agt.
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My stock is the largest. My sales are by far the greatest. My expenses the lightest, and | have no one to divide profits with but my customers. All goods not proving as represented will bc taken back and money refunded.
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Ido net attempt is being dsBe in this viiRityfo palm off common Rubber Boo's. duh fpished. as Pure Gum My goods will be repgesented exactly as they aret
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Ladies' Congress and Buckle Arcsf~s ....... s1 On Gents Congress and Buckle eArctirs-..-...... 1 25
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GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from l1 Nervous DEBILITY, PREMATURE DECAY. nd all the effects of youthful indiscreton will for he sake of suffering humanity send free to all who need 1t. the recipe and direction for making tho simple remedy by which2he was cured sufferers wishing to profit by the advertisers experience. can 'o 'o y Js HIN s il.ss,Is, n Peries. M connaenee;
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now offer Diploma The finest new process F1onr ever made in Minnesota. hoccst St. Louis and Michigan Flour, all at the very lowest prices.
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IF. F. BOO H,
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To while away dull care, "When the Wind whistles the storm King from his Lair," or order d
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10 lbs. finest Granulated for s1 .O0. All other kinds at the lowest rates.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-05

See Eighth Page.l
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-15
New York SUM-

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE river and har-
Dor aspiration bill, which was completed by
the House Committee on Commerce to-day
and ordered reported to the House. contains
the following, among other appropriations
New York-East river and He'll Gate, $780,
600; Harlan river, 100000; Buffalo harbor,
100000; Oswego, 100000. Pennsylvania
Delaware river, below Bridesbnrg, on the
northeastern limits of Philadelphia, $4,000.
Delaware-Ice harhor, New Castle, 5000;
pier near Lewes, $4,000; Delaware river, at
Cherry Island flats, $4,000. Maryland Bal
timore harbor, 100000; Pocomoke river,
$500; Queenstown harbor, $4,000; Cambridge
harbor, $500; Breton bay, at Leonardtown,
$4,000 Wicomico river, $4,000; Washington
and Georgetown harbOr, $4,000 West Vir-
ginia-M onongahea river, $4,000; Little
Kanawha, $4,000; Great Kanawha, $150,000;
New river, $4,000. Virginia-James river,
100000; Appomattox river, $4,000; Kappa
hammock river, $4,000; Norfolk harbor, $780,
600. Other Southern rivers and harbors-
Cape Fear river, N. G., S25, 000 Charleston,
S. c., 100000; Savannah, Ga, 100000 Mo
bile, Ala, 100000; New Orleans, La, $50 1000;
Galveston, Tex, 100000: Galveston ship
channel, $4,000; Memphis, $4,000; Chicago,
S75 1000; Cleveland, 100000. The appropTia-
tons for the various Western rivers. exclusive
Of harbor improvements, aggregate over
ST, COO, 900. The total amount appropriated
by the bill Is SIS, 900.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-15

neither soul to be damned nor body to
be kicked r. write In no spirit OF enmity
TO associated capital, but as II has ceased to
be OF use to the people who gave it existence,
1t Ia as well for them, as they. at best, as now
conducting business, make little or no money,
and many have lost largely. To dissolve and
relegate to individuals the money now locked
up IN per cent bonds, those Individual stock
holders would probably use u portion OF this
money In promoting Louisiana interests and
In speeding the plow." The repeal OF the
charter OF the banks, organized under State
laws, would not iniure the banks, rs they
proclaim they make no money and could not
ininre the landed interests, which they totally
repudiate and refuse to aid. IT the conven-
tion has, or will have the power, let 1t look
into this question. The banks are now inimical
to the agricultural interests Of the people.
Private capitalists may do better.