The Newtown bee., 1888-07-27
LONG HILL.

Rev Dr E.. E. Beardsley and daughter of New Haven have been guests of his sister, Mrs Sylvia B. Burroughs.
 Four excursions week bring lots of people to Parlor Rock and Manager Har- ris Is as busy as can be. Round trip tickets from Bridgeport, good on all reg ular trains, are sold for 25c and many come up this way. Next weeks engage ments: Tuesday, 3Ist, West Haven M. k. Sunday school; Wednesday, August l, Co. C, Fifth battalion, c. N. G., Bridgeport; Thursday, 2d, St. Paul's Sunday school, East Bridgeport.
 Next Sunday is the fifth in the month and offerings in Grace church will ac- cordingly be devoted to the Sunday school.
 Mir and Mrs Wallis Smith of Yonkers, N. Y., have been at E. M. Beardsley's.
 Sundays rain kept many at home and Rev Dr k. k. Beardsley of St. Thomas church, New Haven. who delivered a masterly sermon at Grace church, had but few listeners. The text was Luke XXIv, % and the discourse, delivered in Dr Beardsley's smooth and impressive style, was excellent.
 Although the town pays $100 more for schools, this year, than last, Long Hill, the most important district, had it's ap- propriatiOn reduced S3. Frank $. Seeley of Plattsville, who has taught so suc- cessfully for several years, declined to take the school at the reduced figures. Rather than lose him, the committee, E. B. Burroughs, circulated paper for sub scriptions; $14 30 has already been se- cured and he hopes to increase it to $2O. Mr sAatQu hoe anraad fn nn6aT these circumstances.
 1t is an open secret that beer and liq. uors are sold here in violation of the liq- uor law and the officers seem powerless to stop 1t. Dealers carry small stock and, if raided, lose but little, while the bill of costs from such raids is less than the cost of a license, if license were al- lowed; the town pays heavy costs and gets almost nothing in return. This was exemplifed, a few days ago, when Dep uty Sherifis Patrick J. Leonard of Bridge port and Stephen B. Hayes of Stepney descended on Frank Judge at the Point House and also on the German who oc- cupies August Weidner's place. Ineach case small quantity of liquor was se- cured, but not nearly enough to pay the costs, for a bill of $6S for the two raids was presented to the town treasurer; the
  efforts. Judge, at least, was running with greater enthusiasm than ever in q short time. There was a hot old time there, the Sunday night after the raid, on liquor the officers overlooked. A somewhat similar case was that of Will son, who occupied dollhouse near Nichols. He was raided some weeks ago and bill of over $50 was the principal result. As the Bridgeport Post says; what the liquor law needs is n general overhauling which will allow the punish ment to be made so severe that none will care to run the risk of violating it.
 Edgar Staples, wife and one son arc guests of Hon l.. G. Beers.
 Farmers are mostly through with hay ing and the rye harvest and are getting ready for the oat harvest, which prom ises good yield.
 Raccoons are busy, these moonlight nights, gathering poultry. They took 20 from G. NJ. Bennett in one night and, at another time, about the same number from k. M. Beardsley.
 The committee appointed to select a present for Miss s. K. Burroughs for faithful services in playing the organ at Grace church have presented her with an easy chair. Long may she live to en- joy it.
 The Seymour Episcopal church will picnic ut Parlor Rock, k,to-morrow, 18th.
 Seymour Ely's family, seven in mum ber, are 1t Y. s. Sheltop's.