The Newtown bee., 1880-08-11
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 The peach festival of the Shieleir Guards lass week, was success.
 Mr. Frederick Wfldman. son of Fred ericb $. Wildman. Esq. died on Sunday. l Mr. Starr Polly of Montreal, Canada, has made business (and pleasule) trip to Oar bury.
 "A. S. P.' Is now in the employ of the government; he carries the mail to New Fairfield twice a week.
 Sickness among the children is abating somewhat, but there are many sick, and some deaths the past week. Rev. B. W. Atwell. ofIiciated at St. Jame's church, Sunday. Their new pas tor las not yet taken his post of duty.
 Lieut.. Peck, and Sergt. Mcdonald were in Danbury the other day. in the matter of the reunion of the 17th c. ". at Newtown.
 Benedict Brothers are putting up two new honses on their lot fronting on De- lay street. One is already covered and well under way.
 The Republicm is now issued semi weekly. It is newsy and spicy. Its new heading is an improvement on the old one, in not having as many horns.
 We were pleased to take by the hard, Mir. l. G Hamlin from Maine, now in Danbury for q short vacation. He re ports business as being lively down east.
 An opportunity for some granger to get good paper for corn stalk. The Repabticaa offers a years subscription est stalk of corn.
 Many all taking much interest in the Methodist camp meeting at BIookside Park this week. Danbury will be we'll represented from present indications, weather permitting.
 Some twelve or more prisoners are at work in the trenches for the extension of the Kohanza water pipes. It has caused discussion of the convict labor question, in our local papers.
 The St. Peters (Catholic) Benevolent
  cers were elected recently as follows President, James Moore, Vice. President, John Byrnes, Secretary, Patrick Connor, Treasurer, Owen Shelvoy.
 At the Democratic caucus Friday even- ing, Frank Riordan, Henry Perry, Win. Burke, and Theodore Hoyt, were select ed as delegates to the Democratic state The appointment of dele gates to the other conventions was post poned.
 At the checker tournament last week, r. r. Conway is credited with winning 72 games in 80, if your correspondent ur- son, 32 ill A., J. J. Hinman, 24 i'll 26, J. w. Lee, in 9. Danbury seems to have been defeated. Many of our "cracked up" checker players did not take a hand in the playing. At the Republican caucus, last week Tuesday, delegates were aIpointed as follows :-!Stdte C0nuentiOn-Hon. D. P. Nichols, Judge l.. D. Brewster, $. c. Holley, NJ. H. Chittenden. Congressional COnuentfon-Richmond Hoyt, D. B. Booth, c. H. Crosby, E. B. Harris. County-W H. Tweedy H. L. Crofut, c. H. Hoyt, G. E. Holmes. Prcbate-A. B. Holley, W. A. Ely, c. J. Bennett, G. S. Purdy. It seems our ancient brethren used to dodge the responsibilities of life by com hitting suicide. Concerning it Plato | said what may be appropriately quoted 1 in view of the suicde mania which pre- sails, viz. ''a man is placed i'll his sta ton of life, like soldier at his proper post, which he is not to quit, whatever may happen, until he Is called off by his who placed him in it." Ii | requires pluck to desert, but it is the pluck of coward, and the desarter runs much risk. It requires more genuine courage to stand firmly. Courage broth 'r Life will soon enough be over
 HORACE.